Today I received the most thoughtful gift from my youngest sister Delia (who is a grown up doctor now and doesn’t keep a blog to link to). A CD of images containing all sorts of glorious colours and patterns including lots of inspiration for my continuing grasses series. Thanks Delia!
Inspiration
Dorothy Caldwell Lecture: 29 April 7-9pm
Even though I can’t make it (I’ll be at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne), I thought I would share this announcement that I received: Dorothy Caldwell is visiting Australia at the invitation of The Australian Forum for Textile Arts and teaching at their Orange Forum (NSW) in April. She is also presenting a free […]
Colorado Colours
As you will have noticed, I like to take photos especially when I travel. Even if the resulting photos are not great compositions, a camera is a great tool for capturing shapes, mood and colour. Over on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon, Elizabeth has an interesting post showing how you can use your computer to […]
Aquatic Inspiration
After weeks of “thinking pink”, I was naturally drawn to this unusual anenome at the aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences yesterday: but I found some blue and white (with a dash of black) jellies too. This is the new challenge palette for Twelve by Twelve: You can’t got past some colour combinations found […]
Visiting with Joe the Quilter
Yesterday the Laundry King and I separated – a strategy I heartily recommend when you are travelling and otherwise in each other’s company 24/7. He went shopping and met up with some former work colleagues for lunch and I caught the 1 California bus to vist Joe the Quilter at his lower Pacific Heights studio. […]
A Change in the Weather
A Change in the Weather is an exhibition of contemporary quilts made by an online group of textile artists from Australia and New Zealand. The members of this group generally only ever meet in person if there is a quilt symposium where a number of them are teaching but nevertheless have maintained a connection and […]