We’re lucky in this country. At times we think we are hard done by, but in the scheme of things we have a pretty safe, secure existence.now where is all this leading?When I visited South Africa, I was taken to meet Dr Ina Le Roux who has begun the Tambani project to help the women…

It fits….!!!looks pretty good overall I think. The problem is that the settee is a sofa bed and because I’m short, when I sit on it my legs don’t reach the floor, so I need big cushions behind me. This is in the "summer house "… or my no 2 studio…. I must admit, the…

Ah, it’s Easter and with the family festivities over I have time to  make a cushion cover… Nothing hard, just sheer foo foo.What does foo foo mean, Fun over and above the ordinary (twice). I actually fell asleep at the computer tonight while waiting for the photo to download. It’s not the first time I’ve…

This is the back of the quilt. Pretty hard to see the quilting isn’t it. You can see the white line I did to show the difference…. the "bottom line" thread that I used in the bobbin is very fine and blends beautifully with the background. Specially when you consider it is quited almost every…

This fabric in the bottom picture is just wonderful for the borders, it looks like mud flats to me…. I quilted around every  small brown image… Fabric is by South Sea imports. M. M. Fab. I used a 60/8 sharp needle and I call this sculpture quilting….because I’m actually  sculpturing the fabric using the pattern…

The thread created wonderful contours, very similar to the ones I viewed from the plane. I did pleat some of the fabric, but it is difficult to see.The black and white fabric is a great contrast to the overall picture.

The small picture was illustrated with the pen end of the Tsukineko pigma ink pen.