http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:49:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I dyed several metres of fabric yesterday. Alas most of it is useless to me due to a severe case of RED-SPECK-ITIS: Lisa, Annie and others have previously shared helpful tips for combating RED-SPECK-ITIS and I have been a faithful whisker and pantyhose filterer ever since. However, these dye ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/12/04/seeing-red/ The Twelve by Twelve website gallery pages have been updated to showcase our latest challenge quilts - MATHEMATICS. Once again, the interpretations are diverse, compelling and often surprising. At this scale at least, I am struck by a square motif that can be discerned in over half the ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/12/03/the-power-of-twelve/ Whether or not you like how a quilt turned out, it is often instructive to review the design decisions that you made along the way. In the case of Simple String Theory, the following steps were involved: the spark of an idea - colourful strings hanging down; audition of colour - ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/12/02/the-evolution-of-simple-string-theory/ I travelled interstate for a wonderful family weekend where this little angel was the centre of attention: http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/12/01/wonderful-weekend/ It's a bit late for Thanksgiving 2008 but I have just posted my Holiday Ambrosia recipe. This concoction works well with turkey so, depending upon your menu, you could make it for Christmas too. I'm on the lookout for tried and true recipes for festive fare. Not so much dinner ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/11/29/festive-fare/ I have never done a workshop with Rosalie Dace, but I have heard her speak (twice!) about contemporary quiltmaking in South Africa and have been utterly captivated. I see that a space in Rosalie's four day workshop at AQC 2009 has become available. Here is the class description ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/11/28/rosalie-dace-workshop-at-aqc-2009/ As part of my teaching and quilt design business, I send out an occasional newsletter once or twice a year. So far, this has been done with very simple tools - an Excel database, regular e-mail and a pdf attachment. I'd like to move to an html e-mail ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/11/27/newsletter-software/ I have finished quilting my latest mathematics-themed piece as the most likely contender for the next Twelve by Twelve challenge which is due to be unveiled next week. I managed to break four needles in the process. I am quilting just two layers - the top and the batting ... http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/11/26/maths-lesson/ As part of exploration of the mathematics theme, I considered a pipe and string shibori piece and got this far [same panel: B&W; True Colour; Enhanced - thanks to Photoshop]: I'd love to be like Gloria Hansen and have the opportunity to do a shibori workshop with Jan Myers-Newbury. http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/11/25/another-kind-of-string-theory/ Quilters Companion No 34 is due to go on sale this week. Inside you will find an article about the Twelve by Twelve Collaborative Art Quilt Project. I can hardly wait! I am also looking forward to my very first cuddles with my new niece Sasha this weekend. http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2008/11/24/anticipation/