Armed with Melody Johnson’s guide for The Lazy Dyer , I spent a wonderful day playing with dyes and fabrics in my garden yesterday and here are some of the results: I’ll spare you any photos of my shoulders which I sunburnt to a particularly vibrant shade of pink. Ouch! I also took the opportunity […]
Waving Not Drowning
Well I have decided to take the plunge and to hold a patchwork and quilting workshop here on the Central Coast. Appropriately enough, I have chosen my “Making Waves” workshop which involves using fabric stacks, freeform cutting and a curved piecing technique. Once mastered, this technique will be useful in a range of improvisational projects […]
Minding Your Ps & Qs
Have you noticed the proliferation of labels that can apply to those caught up with the world of patchwork, quilting and textile art? For example: stitcher sewer (unfortunate-looking when written down) patchworker quilter quiltmaker art quilter fibre artist textile artist etc For myself, I prefer the term “quiltmaker” – it’s simple, descriptive and functional. Kind […]
Parlez-vous francais?
I do. Or at least I used to. With a sojourn in France coming up in May 2006, I thought I should brush up on my French and expand my vocabulary to include a few quilting and textile terms. And so I am off to my local community college for nine evening classes starting next […]
The New Quilt 2006
Last night I attended the opening of The New Quilt 2006 – contemporary quilt textiles exhibition presented by The Quilters’ Guild of NSW Inc and Manly Art Gallery & Museum. It was one of those sublime Sydney evenings where the summer warmth envelopes you and this experience was only enhanced by viewing the diverse range […]
National Cuisines
Well today is Australia Day and it so happens that I have some lamb to cook on the barbeque this evening so maybe I’ll get a gold koala stamp for being a good little vegemite. There was no decent lamb available when we were in the United States but there were lots of other yummy […]
