Markets, quilts and the bushfires
I realise I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but I’ve not been idle. Markets, quilting and dyeing have kept me out of mischief After Middleton Country Fair, it was back to work at the sewing machine,...
View ArticleLots of dyeing – scarves and art cloth
It’s always a fun day when I’m dyeing silk scarves. Mixing colours and techniques makes for some surprising results. This picture shows some of he colours. The “spotty” scarves – silk organza with...
View ArticleCotton felt and Quilt Festival in Ireland
It’s all happening at last. I’m off to Ireland in June for the International Quilt Festival of Ireland, 3 days of quilt heaven (sigh ) I have my tickets and booked to do classes with Ineke Berlyn, a...
View ArticleEnd of summer
It’s that time of the year again when most days starts like this heralding lovely sunny days, and the hint of chill in the air by evening. We have had a very dry summer, and have had to keep up the...
View ArticleOut of office notice
Tomorrow Wednesday 6 March, I’ll be out of the studio for most of the day. You can contact me on my mobile phone.
View ArticleQuilt project for bush fire relief
Well, we’re nearly there, 22 quilts later. 18 quilts are finished ready to go to their new owners, and 4 still are awaiting quilting. A table covered in quilts To see more of them, go to the page...
View ArticleFirst of April
Yesterday was the first of April, and not being at home to see any children, the day of joke making was completely forgotten. That is, until emails were checked last night …. First there was this one...
View ArticleUFOs and some scenic pictures
It seems an age since I last did some creating for myself. But in the last week or so I have been working on 2 of my UFOs. This one is now ready for the sewing machine - And this one is ready for the...
View ArticleAQC and some new quilts
I’ve been home from AQC (Australasian Quilt Convention) a week but my head still feels a bit like this Following classes I took with Mary Transom, Suzanne Gummow and Julie Haddrick, I now have 3...
View ArticleFiery sunrise followed by fog
I am having a few problems with my new Samsung Tablet, bought now so I could take it overseas with me. Yesterday’s post happened accidentally while working out settings on the unfamiliar screen. DD...
View ArticleMarkets and Dyeing to Felt
It’s been quite a while since I last wrote here. I’ve been home from my travels for some weeks I know, but I have been busy, first getting results of our quilt exhibition (which was the weekend we...
View ArticlePhotos of Quilt Festival Ireland
I have created a new page titled Quilt Festival Ireland with some of the 800+ photos I took when I was there in June last. I will keep adding quilts to the “show’n'tell” as and when I have time to keep...
View ArticleDyeing some more
This is how the day started Sunrise over the Channel 21 August 2013 Locally the temperature dropped down to a minus figure overnight (first time this winter?) , but here we had a balmy plus 3 degrees...
View ArticleCRAG Spring exhibition
Yesterday was day 1 of CRAG’s Spring Art Exhibition at the Kettering Community Hall. I was there with my scarves as I hadn’t got around to create anything worth hanging. This is the opening in the...
View ArticleVagaries of spring in the garden and feathery fabric
Spring is here. One day there is snow, wind and rain, and we shiver, and the next we have a frosty morning and a beautiful sunny day, and temperatures can be in the mid-twenties one day and barely...
View ArticleDyeing silk scarves for lime design of Salamanca and Tas Craft Fair Deloraine
I probably mentioned this a few months ago that I will be having a stall again this year at the Tas Craft Fair in Deloraine. On the weekend I received the notice that I have the same space as last...
View ArticleStack of books ready for markets
Over the last couple of weeks I have been making lots of covers for notebooks and diaries. I had quite a production line going. First, was cutting lots of 9-inch wide strips of iron-on pellon Then...
View ArticleDeloraine Craft Fair and Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize
Only eight more sleeps before I head off to Deloraine for the Tasmanian Craft Fair, four days for the visiting public to see hundreds of wonderful talented artisans and craftspeople who are there...
View ArticleDeloraine Craft Fair
Today is day 3 of the Craft Fair at Deloraine. This is half of my stall, with my new quilt on the far right. On the left is the table with hand-dyed fabrics and my diaries and notebooks. I would love...
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