This week Alison Schwabe and I had an on and off- blog conversation about improvisational curved piecing. Although Alison lives in Uruguay, through her blog I feel like I know her. It helps too that I attended a slide presentation that she made at the Quilting Symposium in Christchurch, New Zealand 2003. The symposium was […]
Teaching
Preparing for the Big Trip
OK, I’m back in blog land. My online tax return has been duly completed, triple-checked and dispatched and new personal/business accounting systems have been set up to streamline the process for future years. All part of the transition from my corporate lawyering life. Next week I am off to Canberra to give a presentation to […]
Fun at School
Earlier this week I attended a local high school to give a quilt presentation to some textile and design students (13-14 year olds). Of course, I can talk about quilts all day but I thought it would be more fun for the students if I incorporated a design activity. Here is the resulting quilt top […]
A Satisfying Saturday
It’s been good to get back to the sewing machine. This is a teaching sample for my forthcoming workshop Serendipity Circles to be held at Terrigal Rotary Hall on Friday, 2 February 2007 (which isn’t as far away as it sounds!):
Spreading like Bushfire
As many quilting teachers will attest, one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching is seeing sparks of enthusiasm and understanding ignite and ripple through the class as students “get it” and surge to do more. It’s also a thrill when students return with more advanced projects incorporating the techniques or designs they have learned […]
Housekeeping
This week we satisfied one of our civic duties by completing the 2006 census. Among the many questions was an estimate of the number of hours per week we undertake unpaid housework. My husband is very domesticated so I get off lightly but I have been doing my own kind of housekeeping over the last […]