As I browsed through Dijanne Cevaal’s blog, Musings of a Textile Itinerant, the other day I was very excited to see that she is holding a two day workshop in Salleles d’Aude, Languedoc, France at the same time as David and I will be in the French Pyrenees for our home exchange. (Like me, Dijanne […]
A Quilter’s Guide to Blogging
Although I am relatively new to blogging, you will have guessed that I am a convert! Today I wrote a guide to blogging for The Template, our guild magazine. While our guild has over 1000 members, it seemed a shame not to share the article with a wider audience – so HERE it is (a […]
Spring Petals
If you are looking to make a quick and cheerful baby quilt, check out my Spring Petals quilt which features as a project in the current issue (Vol 14, No 5) of Australian Patchwork & Quilting. As you can see, I used a selection of hand-dyed fabrics but it would look good in other colour […]
No Swimming or Passeggiata Today
As some of you will recall, we have a house rule – “no breakfast unless you have been for a walk and/or a swim”. Looks like this morning we won’t be doing either. A deep low-pressure system in the far southern Tasman Sea combined with south-westerly winds is generating 3-7m swells along the coast especially […]
Anne: Serger Extraordinaire
After a busy week, including a full day teaching my “Making Waves” workshop yesterday, I can’t say that I was hugely motivated to make the 90+ minute drive to Newcastle today for the Quilters’ Guild “away” meeting hosted by the Novocastrian Quilters. However, the trip was well worth the effort especially to hear the guest […]
Now We’re Getting Somewhere…
So I put the blues and purples back in…I decided that I really did need the darker values to keep things interesting. Then I carefully managed to arrange the blocks to have a straight edge along the top of the quilt and was well on the way to squaring up the other sides. But then […]