As a child, at the instigation of my mother, I had something called a “treasure drawer” – a special place to keep all those little trinkets and mementos and drawings that often accumulate. An important feature of the “treasure drawer” was that I was the sole curator of its contents. I knew that anything I […]
Caught
Today was the closing day for entries to the Sydney Quilt Show so I am off to Sydney for a couple of days to process the entries that have been received and to attend a committee meeting. (I am Exhibition Secretary of The Quilters’ Guild of NSW Inc.) While I am gone, I thought I […]
Breaking the Rules
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 […]
