I'm in Launceston Tasmania right now. Its where I was born and where I lived until I was 10 years old. I don't know, but for the past 50+ years I've lived in South Australia and yet I still think of Launceston as my 'home' Flying in, one gets the feeling of belonging. The vista…
Category: Capture & Create
Thread painting.
After getting everything back in order I had time to have a small snooze, eat lots of prawns, watch TV, wash the table linen and do a little quilting. Keith thought it would be a good day to entertain…. but I sort of declined the suggestion !!!! I've begun work on the new thread painted…
Back to my fabric stuff.
Goodness, the blog has been a bit slow over the past week. Preparations for Christmas have been paramount and I find that I'm behind with the work I love. My fabric stuff. But putting it all in perspective… Christmas day was wonderful. There is nothing more special than spending the day with family and friends…
Its worth bottling.
Its Christmas Eve, and we've just had a wonderful impromptu meal with friends. Today I took my little point and shoot to document the time I spent with my sisters and I guess most of you do the same. Free of constraints we just indulged ourselves with delightful things to see and do. We told…
Solving problems
The build up to that special day has been rather busy so I've had limited time to work on the blog. I've been babysitting little Ollie, our 4 month old today and he sat up on the desk, watched everything I did and just laughed at my efforts in the shed. I told him all…
Why didn’t I think of that before.?
Its that time of the year. So many things happening at once. I'm making some feeble attempts at getting back into the swing of things but I'm a little hampered. I have 2500 books where my fabric stash is situated….just one box of 24 books is 15 kg, so I can't shift them without help……
Thread painting preparation.
Last year I photographed the window of an antique shop in England. I have blue and white china and I also inherited my Grandmothers' and Mothers' pieces. All my daughters have blue and white too, so as a testament to them all, I decided to make this image into a quilt. I've been planning this…
There are no words, just inner reflection.
I've been home a week today, fortunately I've had no jet lag because Thailand is only 4 hours behind us…. a bit different to 13 hours difference from the USA. But gees life has moved at an alarming pace. I got out some important work and hugged and spent time with the grandies, then I…
That was my day.
I find I've had elves in my studio… then again it was possibly some of the 6 little Hollands who came for cake this afternoon. !!!! We also had another little granddaughter given to us this morning, Jaya Grace, Meg and Jamie, the proud parents are thrilled. Kaiden waited for his cake all day….