While I do not advocate the importation of American holidays into the Antipodes, the celebration of Thanksgiving has been part of my personal calendar for over half my life for various reasons. I have fond memories of my first Thanksgiving as an exchange student – a sit down affair for over 35 people orchestrated by […]
Archives for November 2008
The wonders of e-mail
It’s over a year since I was in my hometown holding a Serendipity Circles workshop with Warkworth Quilters. So I was surprised, but delighted!, when I received this picture of Annette’s finished quilt: Annette doesn’t have e-mail but Anne (the group’s president) kindly sent the image by e-mail along with this note “I hope this […]
Simple String Theory
I cut into my last batch of hand dyes to make this piece. I’ve decided it is too abstract to submit as my mathematics themed quilt for the next Twelve by Twelve challenge. However, I am super-happy with the way the quilt turned out – the fluid curves; the interaction of colour; the quilting and […]
Coast and Country
Images of the quilts from the 2008 Guild Challenge are now uploaded to the online album Coast and Country. Alternatively, you can view the slideshow. Members were invited to focus on either theme element or both. It’s always interesting to see what creative images people come up with – Girls Day Out is a particularly […]
Losing Count
The next “reveal” of the Twelve by Twelve challenge quilts is on 1 December US time. I have one three four five numerous mathematics themed quilts in various stages of completion and am not sure whether “the one” has emerged yet. While I don’t like making quilts to a deadline, challenges can work in a […]
Lines and shapes
The abstract works of German-born Australian artist Karl Wiebke explore some of the endless possibilities offered by lines and shapes. Each of the 162 drawings in his Flag series consists of an arrangement of rectangles and squares on small, uniformly sized sheets of paper. The positive and negative space is then filled in with yellow […]