Happy birthday to my sister Delia! Here we are 23 years ago: (And the most amazing thing is that I actually managed to find this photo within a few minutes of looking for it.)
Celebrations
Gosford Art Prize
Congratulations to my friends and quilting buddies, Kay Haerland and Jenni Munday, who almost belatedly discovered that textile works are eligible for entry for the Gosford Art Prize – a major event on the annual Central Coast arts calendar with $12,000 worth of prizes. Their last minute submissions were rewarded as their quilts A Different […]
Birthday Busyness
Today is, as my father would put it, the 20th anniversary of my 21st birthday. Now that I am all grown up, I get to do anything I want to celebrate this event which is why I will be found in my studio finishing off this quilt and doing other creative things:
I love visitors!
So tomorrow some of the whanau Mahurangi* are making a pilgrimage to Copacabana. While Maggie came to stay earlier in the year, and her sister Jamie before her, this is Maggie’s Mum first visit to Casa da Praia and I’m looking forward to showing her around. It’s also a good incentive to tidy up my […]
A Farewell Quilt
I don’t know about you, but I find the rhythms of quiltmaking to be wonderfully therapeutic; a sense of wellbeing envelopes me when I am at one with my sewing machine and there are few things more satisfying than knowing that your quilt is destined for an appreciative home. When my quilting friend Monica announced […]
Christmas Festivities
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. Delia brought her guitar,Rowan brought up a new adaptor for my digital piano and Mum brought over my repaired clarinet from high school band so we had our very own Christmas music. An unexpected power outage around 9.30pm fortunately did not interrupt our dinner but did defer our viewing […]