It's Sunday and the day I do my video diary. I filmed very early this morning, it's a hot day so I have other things to do before editing it, but I will put it up this afternoon or this evening… The diary is basically for my own use, however, I'm sharing this journey. This…

In the 5 minute drive to Keith's  office today we were discussion my early starts… I surprised myself by realizing, just how much I love getting up at 4.00 am. I love the time of day, I love the ambiance of pre dawn, it's as if I'm blanketed in a cocoon of creativity and I…

I woke at 2.00 and tried to go back to sleep. But it evaded me, I was thinking of my next step on the quilt and in the end I came out to the studio at 2.30. I’m paranoid that I’m going to forget to turn off the alarms and wake the neighbors at that…

The time goes so fast, the time between 4.00 am to 7.00 when I have brekky (Australian slang for breakfast) just whizzes by. It's always dark when I arrive and I get to see the sun rise, which is just super. I watch the American news and I talk to the TV when I don't…

These are some of the guys I have been working with over the past few days… Now they will be the subject of design for the next Bayeux Quilt for the book.

I feel like I'm so far behind with everything. But today I was editing and filing photos, I've added an album  of textures to my face book site. These images are of an antique Pakistani hat from my collection. I know very little about it… except that I really like the intricacy of the embroidery….

I have to handle each piece of applique nine times. 1. Create the initial drawing 2. Reverse the pattern and trace it onto fusible web. (I'm using steam a seam lite, single) 3. Select the fabric and iron the pattern to the fabric. I iron twice to make sure the glue is adhered to back…