I find it hard to get enthused about working in the studio after I've been out out all day. Don't get me wrong I love being in the studio…. I almost live there… I spend more time there than anywhere else. But spending time out seems like a trigger to extend the day just a…
Category: Capture & Create
A visit with Cheryl Bridgart.
Last week at Guild, our guest speaker was Cheryl Bridgart. I thought you might like to see some of her work. I found it fascinating that she draws with thread on washed art paper…. so I went home and washed some paper, but I couldn't get it very soft… I think there must be…
Notebook – June.
Continuing with the notebook series. Last year for our event in Alamogordo I designed fabric and a project with this small quail on it. So, the notebook quilt depicts that little Quail In this project I decided to machine stitch the entire thing… No illustration on this quilt.
Festival of Arts.
In Adelaide, South Australia we have a Fesitval of Arts. It's known as Adelaide Festival. There are so many things I want to participate in, but I have to schedule the time. At Guild last week our president had been invited to the opening of the Embroiderers Guild exhibition and she gave a wonderful account…
The Gazebo.
My new policy this year is to have everything in book form so the IBook of the Gazebo pattern for Gabriella is on my web page As is the book and the spoken version. The book and pattern are in PDF form. The spoken version takes a little while to download. I love Gazebos.. and…
Gabriella Goodness – the story.
It's been a long day today. I had so much to achieve and I managed to do about 75 percent of what I imagine I can do. Gabriella Goodness was one of my projects today. The story. I wrote the story at the same time as I made the quilt. Somehow, I think the…
Dedicated Bayeux Discipline blog.
Now I'm wrting two blogs a day. This one and the dedicated Bayuex Discipline Blog. One of the meaningul things about this journey is that I have visited and photographed 95% of the places depicted on the tapestry. In the next few days I will be creating Mont Saint Michel, and in this blog I…
It’s raining it’s pouring.
It's been raining all day, great for the garden, the olive trees and the tomatoes say "thank-you" But I hate it. I don't like to look out of watery windows. Tomorrow will be better. It's the first day of Autumn and already some of the trees have turned. NO, I'm not ready for winter yet…….