While we didn’t dye great meterage, Erica and I had such fun mucking around with the colours. We bypassed the primaries and concentrated on saturated secondaries. Here are some of my oranges, greens and purples (and a black, another “bright” for good measure): For some reason, we both did a lot of orange: And, of […]
Archives for November 2006
Play Day
Today Erica is coming to my house to play. We have “booked” the wet area in David’s workshop and plan on doing some shibori and other dyeing – who knows what havoc we can wreak. Here is the “before” shot: And here are my pristine shibori-style pieces:
Insanity
It is said that the definition of insanity is to keep on doing things the same way and expecting them to turn out differently. How many insane quiltmakers do you know?! Currently my insanity is manifesting itself on the culinary front. Due to other [quilting] commitments later in the month, David and I are celebrating […]
SCQuilter Blog Listing
I belong to the online quilting group Southern Cross Quilters, aka “SCQuilters”. An increasing number of SCQuilters have taken up blogging and there has been a call for a SCQuilter blog listing to be created. Pending any more elegant or integrated solution (and NO, I am not volunteering to set up a webring!), I have […]
Group Blogging
Have you seen the new Art & Perception blog? Quite apart from the interesting core subject matter, I have been intrigued by the robust dialogue between the contributors regarding the administration and the look and feel of the blog. When we set up our own personal blogs, we consciously or subconsciously make all sorts of […]
Tossing and Turning
No time for blogging yesterday as I rustled up a bunch of blocks for a quilt gift (hence no photos on the blog). When I turned out the light in my studio last night, I surveyed the layout on my design wall and felt well-satisfied with my productivity. I spent the night tossing and turning. […]