It’s great to be back in the studio working on a new project – coaxing some new creation into being out of my own hand-dyed cottons. As textile artists, we have a range of cloth and other media available to us but cotton remains my favourite for the kind of quilts I create. The Australian […]
This & That
Mud & Colour Man & Wonkiness
In the best of Christmas traditions, I have already devoured the thoughtful gift from my mother and three sisters – a book called Mud and Colour Man: The Morris & James Story. Morris & James is an iconic New Zealand pottery located at Matakana, close to the town where I grew up. David and I […]
AP&Q AQC Challenge 2011 – Seven Deadly Sins
For the past two years, I have participated in the challenge presented by Australian Patchwork & Quilting and the Australasian Quilt Convention and I am contemplating entering again in 2011. The challenge theme is Seven Deadly Sins – wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony. There is one category only. Entries can be based […]
Golden Lines
Melanie Testa has issued a challenge to herself: Create line on the 5.5×5.5″ block in no more than 15 minutes (less is OK), each day for 30 days. Post a picture with commentary (or without, the picture is the important part) each day. At the end of the 30 day period I will reassess and […]
The Back of Things
I am working on a medium size quilt project for a magazine. This means I can’t show you the front but here is the back: I found the perfect Philip JacobsMagenta Iris & Peony fabric on sale in Sydney and there was just enough left on the bolt. Similarly, I bought a key fabric on […]
On the machine
Happiness is looking in the thread drawer and finding the perfect thread for the project at hand – thanks to some Aurifil freebies received from Jenny Scott at Always Quilting – thanks Jenny! (Excuse the wobbly quilting – it’s been a while since I last quilted.)