My Mothers in Laws sewing basket….(as I remember it)a journal quilt. I’ve been working on my  Major Project all day today…. it’s an absolute joy… The stitches in my back and thigh are giving me heaps and I admit to taking it a little easier.I decided to stay in my jamas all day, but that…

I just felt the urge to photograph my cutters today….strange but true. I’ve been working on three things at once today, my head aches and the interest has gone…. Motto, work smarter not harder….. One thing at a time.

I’ve added a small amount of illustration to the sleeve and right side of the dress… now that I have it to this stage… the hands look strange… I blended the lightest  color fabric into the next by gently shading with a sand Tsukineko pen… but it looks clunky….I may have to re-do it completely…I…

I injured my finger yesterday assembling some bright red filing cabinets… so I’m a little restricted in what I can do today. I’ve been illustrating today and I worked for several hours on Frida… As you can see, there is just one piece of fabric for her sleeve and the body of her dress. Now…

I’m finally able to get most of the travel things away… and itreally is one big circle….  because I spent the morning reviewing contracts and booking the next lot trip. It all got a bit too much so I put on the ipod… took a brolly and Ralf the dog and went for a walk…….

This is the scan of the face of Frida…. as promised for my students at Long Beach

Jamie left yesterday and as usual we wait to see his footage on channel 7… No work in the Studio yesterday, I was a little numb from clearing out Mums house…. My brother and sisters and I worked as a great team…. We ate donuts and drank strong coffee and laughed a lot, I even…

atilda’s quilt has been a long time in the making, I actually purchased the fabric this time last year. However, the time has come for Tilly to move to her big girl bed and the pile of unfinished blocks sitting on the studio desk needs to be made up into the quilt… I love this…

‘ve been up since 3.00. Jet lag has kicked in …. well, it’s actually 2.00 pm LA time, so it’s the wrong time to sleep. I’ve been working in a quilt for Tilly and I actually make the block 3 times… I thought of the frustration on one of my students in class last week,…