7 Mar Written By Pam Holland I work with Muslin, so this exhibition at the Indian Craft Museum fascinated me. Muslin is a fabric that embodies delicate beauty and ethereal qualities. It has been treasured and worn by people worldwide since ancient times. This feather-light fabric is as light as air and was even described as…
Marigold the Orange Elephant.
I am happy to share the link and PDF patterns for the charming Little Elephant Quilt! This delightful quilt design was initially created using AI technology and then redrawn into a quilt pattern for you to enjoy. If you’re interested in learning more about the creative process behind this unique design, you can find the…
Marigold Textile Art and Adventure news.
I’m just touching base because you have expressed an interest in our tours, or you are a ‘class’ friend, or you are just plain reading this blog, and we thought you might like to know more about our upcoming tours in India. India is a country of rich cultural heritage, breathtaking landscapes, and incredible diversity….
South India
We haven’t finished our new web page yet, but I’ve received a lot of requests for information about our tours. So, I’ve decided to add details about the following three tours to our current web page and make it available for those who are interested. If you need more information, don’t hesitate to get in…
Marigold, Textiles, Art and Adventures.
We haven’t finished our new web page yet, but I’ve received a lot of requests for information about our tours. So, I’ve decided to add details about the following three tours to our current web page and make it available for those who are interested. If you need more information, don’t hesitate to get in…
Marigold – Textiles, Art and Adventures.
Our first tour is the Gems of Jaipur and the Holi festival Tour https://express.adobe.com/page/NTDpehO688qlf/ If you click on the URL above, it will give you a wonderful view of the tour. Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, and the blossoming of love, and for many, it is a festive day to…
Marigold -Textiles, Art and Adventures.
This is the name of our new venture in travel. We are working on a travel Agency link for our trips, but we currently have two listed and more to come in the next months. The name of the link will be “We Travel” and you will be able to see the two new tours….
Re-purposing
I wanted some lampshades that reflected the environment in which the shack is situated.We are surrounded by Gum trees, native plants, the river and lake and of course the bird life.I found some interesting cane-based lampshades from Kmart that had white shades.I wasn’t sure I could draw on them, but at about $20 each, I…
A pinny or a patch. – working on the shack.
The shack was built in the era of my childhood, 50’s and I wanted to keep some of the warmth of the 50s as I decorated it. ‘We’ did work – ‘I’ dressed and decorated it, and ‘we’ had to do it on a budget. Now, as I sit here surrounded by the creativity of…
Many days of frustration, and then satisfaction as it grew.
Late April Where do you begin.? To be honest I thought that everything was beyond my capabilities, lifting revolting mattresses and cleaning ovens and fridges. I had just undergone a radical hand and wrist surgery and my arm was in plaster. On the first day of purging, five men and a wingless old gal worked…
The story of the ‘shack’
The phone rang; it was Easter holiday weekend; we were enjoying the peace of the four-day break.“Keith, I think the tenants have done a bunk,” said Jamies’ friend John. He also has a holiday property in the same area. Next door in fact. Our day plans changed, and with our son Jinda and his family,…
Back to the blog.
I haven’t blogged for such a long time; I have to admit I use my two FB accounts and Instagram most of the time. But it’s time to change things a little. First of all, I’m thrilled to share that I was the 2022 Rajah award winner. Now just what is the Rajah Award, you…
Aurifil Artisans, Morocco Textile Piece.
In 12 hours I’m leaving Australia for Morocco. It’s a place I’ve been to before and this time I will be teaching Textile Art and Photography as Artist in Residence. I wanted a project for the guests to do as we travel so I decided to create an image of Marrakech as I see it,…
Creating a design board.
This is a small drawing I created in Adobe Draw on the iPad Pro as we traveled in the bus yesterday. It’s Naive to say the least, but it’s what I saw in a pure sort of way. Components in the image could be used as stand alone patterns for fabric. The stripes, the trees…
From Alice Springs to Uluru.
7.00 am, and we left Alice. It was calm and quiet, and when we stepped out of the door of hotel the air smelled of dew on the grass. It was delicious. I’m aware that there’s been a lot of rain recently, but I don’t think that’s the only reason it’s so green, I remember…
Who knows what we will encounter at the next exciting turn.
“Don’t undervalue what you do.” Pam I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m going backwards.Then I stopped and took stock. “Where has that week gone”? I spent all of last week working on a program, and when I begin something like that, I can’t stop in the middle and do…
Things I see when I visit the shack.
(The shack is a 1950’s holiday house, it was destroyed by vandal renters, but we are finally getting it back to its former glory) Back home preparing to pack for our outback trip. It’s just a couple of days away and the cameras are being cleaned and packed. We’ll only need summer clothes, the temperatures…
The time has come.
Goodness me, it’s so long since I’ve written my blog, but things are about to change, and I need a space to share, so it’s back to the blog, shall I venture to say, it’s with a degree of enthusiasm and a little dash of doubt that I can do it as regularly as I…
New year, New ideas and old and my Aurifil Artisan information for this month.
I’m going to share my life project.It’s my Mount Everest, and I’ve been working through the process of the re-creation of the Bayeux Tapestry as a quilt for almost 16 years. Research, I have every book I can find that was written about the Bayeux Tapestry and a vast library of information on William the…
Aurifil Artisans – August Challenge.
I teach Textile Art, but like most artists, my inspiration comes from the environment and situations I find myself in.This year has disrupted everyone’s lives. I know I’m preaching to the converted when I say that it has had an immense effect on our family and the way my year was expected to roll out….
Illustrative applique.
I finally have the video complete. Basically all you have to do is follow along now that you have me visiting in your studio.
From the studio.
Another day of Bayeux work, then on to the portraits, I’m doing three different genres at once, and I want to get them completed so that I can create another cheesecloth portrait. I drew this on very fine Indian fabric. It’s so fine, you can see through it. I used prisma pencils because they are…
What are you doing at home?
This week I’ve turned the corner in a way, and I’m preparing for a long time home.What does ‘long time’ mean?Who knows, but I need to plan and get on with what I love doing best—working with Textiles. Hopefully, sometime in the future I can travel and teach again, but I can assure you I…
A day in the studio.
I’ve spent all day in the studio today.I finished a Textile Art piece I’ve been working on. I am following the Textileart.org Stitch Club and jumping out of my personal space and doing different things. I don’t do all of the things offered, but I’ve found it most interesting.The piece I completed is a creative…
The Mojo is back and the tours are on the books.
Have you found that the days have begun to run into one another? The weekend came around extremely fast this week, it just snuck up on me. Then again, I’ve been busily working in the studio. Quilting, illustrating, appliquéing and writing and venturing out very little. Here in South Australia, Covid 19 is no longer…
The stages of my Bayeux.
I’ve managed to catch up with many of my other projects, now I can concentrate on the Bayeux. I try to put in six or seven hours a day of work, but I’m not doing the 4.00 am starts because it’s winter. I prefer doing that in summer. The days are so short and the…
My blog has been resting.
Thirteen weeks down and counting.Thirteen weeks home and in complete isolation for 3/4 of that time.Yes, everyone else is in the same situation, and life has changed immeasurably for us all. In the future, dates will be measured by “During the time of the pandemic.”You try to be upbeat, but sometimes even that state of…
A Bayeux Journey Story
A Bayeux story. When Jamie and I decided to film part of the documentary of my journey with the Bayeux Tapestry, Carolyn, one of my friends from Australia, joined us in Paris. We drove to Bayeux in our hired Mercedes. Poor Caroline, Jamie took advantage of being in Europe and drove a lot faster than…
The Bayeux Tapestry – comparison
Drawing the pattern. Deciding to create my own Bayeux Tapestry occurred very quickly, but I guess I didn’t give much thought to the time it would take to complete. It happened, and I dove into the project with enthusiasm and excitement. I’ve read almost every book I can find on the Bayeux Tapestry. I’ve lived…
No 3 in the steps to the Bayeux, Tapestry to Quilt.
Every week I will add more to this journey. I’ve done it in this format to add to Social Media for my students. In 1068 a group of artisans completed one of the most intriguing pieces of art in history. The Bayeux Tapestry. Carola Hicks states “The Bayeux Tapestry provides a far-from impartial account of a…
I can’t travel right now.
Like all of you, I’m working from home and it’s been different but it has also allowed me time to create more and catch up on working through my journals and images. Today I came across a visual Journal that I thought you might like. “Its early morning, it’s still dark outside, and the lights…
More quilts from The International Quilt Festival at Houston 2019.
The quilt below was one of my most favoured quilts in the show. I go back over the images over and over again. In my studio and at my computer I’m able to look at the quilts in detail and read the description by the artist without any interuptions. This quilt was inspired by illuminated…
More quilts to delight you.
We’re in Isolation.Every person I know, or have ever met throughout the world has to isolate themselves due to this pandemic. It’s changed everything we know as normal. Each of us is working on creating something pleasant to still the heart at this time, what better way than to share the beauty and talent of…
Back to Houston.
In these difficult times I thought I would present you with more images of the International Quilt Festival Houston. I didn’t have time to add them all while I was there, so now we have more time to enjoy the beauty. It also means that I can review them all again. I like to take…
Beautiful Quilts.
I’m sharing a video I made yesterday. Yes, it’s a while since the International Quilt market and Quilt Festival, but I traveled to India immediately after Festival and didn’t get time to add photos. So there they are, a little after the fact. But Isolation gives me time to do things like this.
Let it flow past us.
Two weeks ago yesterday, I woke to the news that India was cancelling tourist visas, and our Textile Trip was cancelled.I was a little surprised, and, indeed, I could have made the deadline for Australians using the visa but, the American Tourists had their visas cancelled so, there was little point. I do admit that…
Punta Cana
3 days of travel and now I’m here in Punta Cana Dominican Republic. The TV news is talking to me in the background, the light is mellow in the room. I’m in my Jamas and trying to stay awake just a little longer. I’ve done 3 days washing and hung it in the bathroom and…
Traveling today.
I’ve actually been traveling for two days, Iwrote this yesterday as I traveled. One day from Australia and I arrived at 6.00 am yesterday. I admit I slept a bit when I got to the hotel. I don’t think I could have done another 5 hours to Miami so I do it today. The art…
A little more of the Quilts from the Houston Quilt Festival.
I flew directly to India after Houston and I still had a lot of images to share but I just rolled into the image of India. So here they are, I’m not sure what category these were in. I think it was colour. Nevertheless, they are gorgeous.
Look out of the window and create a quilt.
This is what it looks like as you fly over Australia. Sometimes I can capture images, sometimes not. This time I flew to right through the centre of Australia from South the North and I captured this image. Come home and make the quilt. Finished.
Working through the process.
Still working on the Giraffe. To be honest I had some doubts after I coloured the background but I quite like it now and I have a lot more planned for it, by that I mean I need to darken the top two edges of the quilt so that your eyes focus on the image…
Bringing your travels back home.
I sit under a Kantha quilt of indeterminable age at night when I watch TV, made by someone in the magical world of invisible possibility. There’s a stack that is neatly folded by the big chair that the Grandies love to sit in, and each of them has a favorite quilt to sit under. They…
It’s cooler today.
For us, living in the Adelaide Hills, the temperature has dropped and it’s cool once again. There is a stillness in the garden and the agapanthus are almost in full bloom and I love sitting out amongst the foliage and my ‘things’ and working. It’s unreal that our country is in the grip of terrible…
A muddling day.
I began the day with good intention, plans were changed for a meeting at the last minute and it sort of threw me a bit. OK, suck it up sunshine, I wanted to achieve a lot today, but I got sidetracked and washed the bathroom mats and did some cooking. (not my favourite thing) I…
The way it is.
I’m creating a year long time capsule. I may not be able to do it each day, but I will try to capture just a little bit daily. You may be interested, maybe it’s boring, but it’s a social experiment on my behalf. I have an application called’ Day One’ on my phone, Ipad and…
3 days after Christmas
The razzmatazz is over, the food is disappearing from the fridge and one’s mind turns to carbohydrate guilt and delight at the same time. We eat things that are not supposed to be good for us, however, the delight at eating the forbidden manifests in a quiet smile. We know it’s not going to stay…
Reminiscing today
With the Houston Quilt Event fast approaching I become reflective. This Event has shared so many wonderful things with me and I consider it the pinnacle of my year in this industry of Textile Art. It’s an Interesting life. You just never know what the future holds. I think we all have times in our…
Let’s Draw on the Ipad.
Creating the image.
A Photographic tour of a small tour up to Purgatory Mountain
What is it, We Hot springs are a result of melted snow and rainfall trickle down cracks in the Earth’s surface towards it core. After travelling thousands of feet, it reaches a point where it can’t go any further, so it begins to move back upward, using its intense heat to dissolve rocks and anything…
Leaving home is hard.
I have 100’s of people with great expectations resting on my shoulders relying on me and if I leave just one thing out of the list it could be a disaster. On the other hand, once I’m in the plane and in the process of travel, it all fades into the background and I just get on with the journey. Sometimes it’s a week journey, sometimes a month and often 3 months with multiple projects to juggle.
Artist in Residence – around the world
I’m so excited to share these tours with you. With expert guides I will share a delicious combination of sightseeing, photography and Textile Art experiences with you as we Travel. The tours are intimate and the experiences are Extraordinary. https://mailchi.mp/craftours/craftours-artist-in-resident-pam-holland-trips-1192395?e=58fd368859
The “I am Pam Holland” Blog.
This is the first blog I’ve attempted in the new web page format. I can’t do too much yet because my wonderful computer guy is still configuring it. Bless him. …
Our new Tours, Marigold, Textiles, Arts and Adventures.
Travel for exceptional people.
Exploring Textile Art: My Quilting Projects and Inspirations
Where have I been? I’m back home in Australia after travelling with my Tour Company, Marigold, Textiles, Arts and Adventures, through Thailand and Vietnam, followed by a tour with my Canadian friends on Kim Caskey Tours in Australia. Time spent away from the studio frequently leads to items being misplaced. When I return home, I…
Discover Exquisite Textile Tours in India
The upcoming website will showcase new tours focused on Indian textiles, offering immersive experiences with artisans and cultural insights. A video presentation is available for updates, alongside a special Christmas discount in December. With high participant return rates, the tours promise memorable adventures for all travelers, complemented by comprehensive itineraries and visuals.
Discover New Tours: Thailand and Vietnam Adventures
I’ve spent six weeks traveling, and I’m now excited to enjoy a cherished six weeks at home. After arriving home at midnight on Monday I took a day off to celebrate my birthday, and I’m now back in the studio. The tours in Thailand and Vietnam were truly amazing, and we can’t wait to introduce…
Discovering Textiles: My Thai Adventure Awaits!
Geraldine’s Journey Continues! Wednesday 23rd July. Geraldine is multiplying once again! Today marks Day 2 of our time with her, two weeks after our last encounter. We had a delightful day, and everyone achieved their goals. Oh, how wonderful it is to teach in the countryside, surrounded by scrumptious treats like cream puffs, chocolate cake,…
The Art of Textile: Weaving Stories Through Fabric
I’m traveling from Tutor to student of Textiles. I’m sharing it with like minded people. It’s a journey of curiosity and creativity. Each day brings new patterns and textures to explore. As a tutor, I shared knowledge. I fostered growth in others. Now, as a student of textiles, I find myself immersed in a world…
From Teaching to Creating: My Digital Art Adventure.
I taught the first day of a 2-day class today. Of course, it was the first day of Geraldine the Giraffe. I retired from paid teaching as of this year. But, I’ve decided to share my ideas as a gift to country groups. I’ve received many excellent opportunities to meet people over the past 30…
Creating Luscious Mini Quilts: A Step-by-Step Guide
It’s been a calm day. I made a short trip to town to get some groceries and then returned to my desk. I’ve had these ideas waiting for months, so it’s nice to finally have the time to try them out. Designing on the Ipad. I’m using an iPad Pro and an apple pencil. Vector…
Nurturing Creativity: Finding my Personal Time
Time out to sit and sew.
Crafting Unique Brooches from Repurposed Fabrics
The author enjoys creating brooches from repurposed fabrics, particularly old button-down collars from Troy, NY, a historic center for collar manufacturing. These unique accessories reflect creativity and sustainability while also serving as thoughtful gifts. The collar industry notably empowered Irish immigrant women and contributed to fashion innovation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.