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Category: Capture & Create
“Now thats strange” you say
4 days away, woow what a luxury. "Now thats strange" you say….."You're always away" Yes, I am but there is always a work component attached, and I suppose I will do a little work this time but no scheduled work. We're off to Brisbane to see the British Quilt Exhibition Quilts 1700-1945. The biggest draw…
The Soul of a Quilter.
My time at home with the family has been precious. Cooking our favorite food. Sitting quietly with a 2 year old Grandie who's story is the most important thing right at that very moment. Birthday parties, the extraordinary dance concerts and shopping trips. Then there is being in my studio and working on more than…
Thank you for the day.
It was a sunny Saturday today. For the first time this winter I was able to turn the heaters off. Yesterday was a day with no work. I had further surgery on my face and I'm now faced with another 50 stitches. Its nothing sinister although it looks like it. The Melanoma…
Cat, Cat, Quilt.
I've worked in the studio all day, but a chest infection has held me back from going full pelt. cough, cough. Its the gifts our Grandies give us… !!! I concentrated on the cat quilt today and I got quite a bit completed. I'm blessed with having 3 Janomes' set up on the big table….
Cats eyes.
I worked on the blocks around the House Quilt today and then began to quilt the the cat quilt. I need to work on the threadpainting during the day, the light is better, but the first thing I wanted to do was to change the color the eyes to blue green. Which I did by…
working on the projects.
I just realized that last Sunday evening I was in Auckland, I stayed in a hotel at the airport and got up at 4.00 am Monday to catch the plane home, Melbourne Adelaide. To be honest it seems an age ago and I've sure fitted in a lot this week as well as catching up…
It hasn’t been straight forward designing today
It hasn't been straight forward designing today.. Normally, I just draw the quilt or block and make it… but… XXXXX Patience Pamela I thought I would use EQ7 to design the quilt and I had a great a range of fabrics that I purchased last year that seemed to fit the genre. I have a…
Designing quilts today.
I'm working with these fabrics.
The Taupo Quilt.
Its 4.15 pm and I don't normally write this late in the afternoon but its been a busy day. The weather is definitely wintery, the rain sleeted sideways today and the umbrellas turned inside out as people in the city crossed the street. It was grey, wet and windy everything you imagine a winter day…