Its dusk and outside its green, tropical and misty. The air is heavy with moisture. The day is laying its grey blanket over the hills and valleys here in Maleny Maleny is in the Blackall Range overlooking the Glasshouse Mountains. At an altitude of about 1500 feet (450 meters) above sea level, it is a…
Category: Capture & Create
Quilting assisting International Womens Day
9.30 pm and its the first time I've had to write. Its been a wonderful day. Thank you so much for all who attended the International Women's Day Luncheon at Maleny. The money raised will go a long way to help support an emergency shelter for Women in Papua New Guinea. I wasn't praying…
International Womens Day
International Women's Day in Abyei (Photo credit: NewsHour) and I'm now in Brisbane for the International Womens Day lunch tomorrow. We have a full house and a waiting list so I think the organizers are thrilled. International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the…
Leaving on a jet plane.
Its time to leave on yet another adventure.. The hard part is leaving the troops. It was lovely to have time to sit and chat over dinner with family last night and then again at lunch time today… I do appreciate those time kids. Thank you so much. The little people now understand that I'm…
‘The Market’ Quilt
Well finally the Caribbean quilt is finished. Now officially and simply named. 'The Market' My stats tell me I began it on the 13-1-2013. A few people asked me what size it is, 113 cm X 68 1/2 cm. Its a medium size wall quilt. The design is similar to paintings I saw in Haiti…
Capturing the day in Photographs.
Visual journal I'm going to miss most of our Festival of Arts so I took time off yesterday afternoon to wander the streets, photograph and enjoy the ambiance in our fabulous city of Adelaide. The Adelaide Festival, also known as the Adelaide Festival of Arts, is an arts festival held annually in the South…
My Quilting Quandry.
I've been trying to avoid a rush before I leave for Brisbane but I now have to work over the weekend to finish the Caribbean quilt so that it can be ready for valuation. The lights have gone on the sweet 16 and it appears I have to take it to be repaired….!!! A brand…
A day in the life of a Quilt teacher. The preparation.
Ah, a day in the life of a Quilt Teacher in preparation. Get up at 7.30, breakfast, go to the studio, quilt some samples, lunch, more quilting, relax over dinner. NO, not so. Get up at 4.30 and with coffee in hand wander across to the studio in the dark. A possum hisses at the…
Its a story with a happy ending.
A young man approached me in the main street of our small town recently. He shook my hand, 'do you know where I'm from' he said.'I think you might come from Chile' I said recognizing his accent. He was taken back. He was raising funds for UNESCO and wanted me to pay a certain…
The ‘X’ quilt is completed.
The 'X' Quilt is completed. I'll possibly use the pattern in the book but in reality this quilt is a class sample and will be given to son Jamie whose film business is called Extreme Productions. I want each quilt to be a little quirky and different to the norm. The aim is to…