Around Casa da Praia (the name we bestowed on our home at Copacabana – it’s Portuguese for “house of the beach”) we have a long standing house rule that you are not allowed breakfast unless you have been for a walk and/or a swim. Exercise and salt air are a great tonic and this daily […]
Playing with fire
I’ve been playing with fire but it’s still not flamelike enough for me so it might be time to put it aside for a while. I’ve had slightly more success with developing my blog button: Lisa Call very kindly shared with me the trick of modifying the html code so that it shows up in […]
Up in Smoke
Well I managed to ruin fire yesterday with some ill-advised insertions. So often, less is more and more is less (And no I’m not going to show you because it may turn into a phoenix yet.) I’m going to start it over again and try not to overthink it this time. Fortunately the pieces are […]
earthwaterfire work in progress
So this is a sneak preview of how the three pieces might look together. I finished piecing water today but still have some work to do on fire. I would prefer there to be more contrast between earth and fire but hopefully the quilting will enhance the earth tones and play up the oranges in […]
Water, water, everywhere
I know I said good things come in threes but this is ridiculous: I’m working on the middle part of my earthwaterfire triptych and here are three possible colour/layer compositions. (Yes, the digital camera audition comes to the rescue again ! ) I’m concerned that putting a dark layer in the middle cuts the quilt […]
Good things come in threes
Here is the first (unquilted) part of my earthwater fire triptych. I’d love to spend the day on the other pieces but I’m off to Sydney to start processing entry forms for the Sydney Quilt Show…One of the good things about being Exhibition Secretary is that I get a sneak preview of all of the […]