I’m in the Qantas club in Queensland and working on how to put a Jacaranda into a quilt….I’ll do it tonight so stay tuned.I think I will try to do it like the Monet Quilts…. It’s going to be a busy week with just a 8 days until Houston…Meetings are organized, classes and lectures full……

3 years ago, Rachael gave me a climatis  for my birthday, It’s a beautiful delicate pink. Last year, Keith decided he was going to  "Prune"….. I actually call it "sheer inhalation"…. "I’m going to get rid of the Ivy from around your shed" was his statement.I showed him the climatis that was climbing over the…

Our Boy, creative in a different way.

Once upon a time there was a little boy called Jinda… he’s our youngest son…..He had lovely black shiny hair that glistened in the sun…. He had a big smile and was always helpful and happy…. Now this is my little boy called Jinda who has an interestingly creative hairdo and at 22 is still…

De-cluttered…. the shed has had a re-vamp…. 14 red leather boxes hold all my supplies from pens to office supplies, even rulers and cutters. This is where I do all the hard work…. cutting, sewing, designing…. I decided to get everything into boxes…. and working with this system over the past week, it has been…

Make a cuppa and have a look at this site……on How is thread made? Photographed below is one of my favorites, it’s Alex Andersons Masterpiece thread by superior….50 wt cotton.   I think these colors blend beautifully with the vintage blocks that daughter Callie purchased at the local thrift shop….    Callie has all the local…

I had a night home in my own bed, with my own shower and my own bathroom, toast and vegemite and I could wear my uggies, heaven… Today I flew to NSW….Mittagong….and I begin teaching tomorrow. I laughed to myself as I walked across the car park…. there were 4 guys dressed in their work…

This morning, we drove through misty fields and small villages, the stone houses with high pitched rooves rise close to the road and are decorated with pale blue flower boxes brimming over with red geraniums and brightly colored flowers. I have to pinch myself that I am actually here.We drove to Le Mont Saint-Michel… too…