I'm referring to the original on every step. Only the background is zig zag, the rest of the picture is straight stitch via pamhollanddesigns.typepad.com This is the process for the quilt I showed you this morning
Category: Capture & Create
From inspiration to quilt.
In 1941 Eleanor Coen became the first woman to win the James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship in painting at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. She chose to go to Mexico rather than Europe, the traditional choice prior to that time, because of the atmosphere in Europe, pre WW II. Eleanor Coen's work…
So little time.
One of the things I'm disappointed in this trip is the lack of time I've had to sketch. I don't know, I need more hours in the day. Photos, film and the blog take up a lot of time and then I'm just plain busy. Then again I have a lot of material to work…
students work.
Jan and Jeanne great samples.
Huipiles
Oh dear. Last night, I went to bed, re-read the blog on the Ipad and realised that I hadn't written in what a huilpil is. "A huipil is an embroidered blouse worn by indigenous women in southern Mexico and much of Central America. The blouses are particular to individual communities and are worn for special…
recapping the video.
This is a video I made with friend Sheri Brautigam last year. We spent 7 days in the village of Teotitlan and followed the process of spinning, weaving and dying silk. We were studying film making and this was our small piece. It's fascinating and I was reminded of the film today because I went…
Motivation solved…
Well, I solved the motivation problem. We took a long walk down the cobblestone road from our house to a fabulous restaurant. We chatted with people on the way and with others in the restaurant. We ate ice cream, sat in the Jardin with 100's of others and watched as the mariachi sang, played and…
Motivation Dry up.
Two days and I've not written a blog. I have so much work to do on the computer and at this stage the motivation is hard to come by because it's all a bit too hard. I can cope better in my studio when the inevitable "motivation dry up" occurs…. What do you do when…
SMA
Good morning everyone. Life is good, but l can't forget those poor folk in the USA who are going through such a terrible time right now. I feel guilty that I even mentioned the glitche in our trip. We missed the really bad weather by a day or so and our problems pale into insignificance….
San Miguel Allende
I have to catch up with the days events and day 3 in SMA we begin with the a little class and Bach for Breakfast, the smell of coffee and bacon accompany the sound of Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring. (it's not my bacon but the neighbours.) I think I should go visit them. I…