The New Year brings the Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation (*affiliate link) into the Serendipity Studio library. Here’s an overview from an Antipodean perspective. Vital Statistics Art Quilts Unfolding is BIG and handsomely presented. Check out the artwork on the cover by Tim Harding that dates from 1986, a smart mid-way choice for […]
Book Review
As Above, So Below
On this Thanksgiving Day, it is timely to reflect on how my creative life has been enriched by blogging. A vibrant online community provides encouragement, education, accountability, problem-solving and critique yielding true friendships all around the world. While I regard my blog as primarily a means of self-expression and personal record-keeping, sharing online has raised […]
Talent Envy & Creative Habits
At a time when the blogosphere is awash with year-end reviews and setting goals and intentions for 2013, it seems timely to share The Alpine Path, an autobiography by Lucy Maud Montgomery. LM Montgomery was a Canadian author, reknown as the creator of the spirited and imaginative Anne of Green Gables enjoyed by redheads and […]
We Love Colour: Kona Cotton Solids
We Love Color, published by Stash Books – an imprint of C&T Publishing, features 16 quilts created by 16 designers known for their original style and use of colour: Lisa Call Emily Cier Alisa Haight Carlton Malka Dubrawsky Amy Ellis Jacqui Gering Elizabeth Hartman Australia’s very own Rita Hodge. Cherri House Kathy Mack Weeks Ringle […]