A recent read
On the weekend I finished reading The Flower Seeker, A Painter’s Travels by Judy Cuppaidge. It was a lovely book, both a visual treat AND interesting in the written content. The…
DyeingRead entry
Journal archive
March 2005
From the journal archive.
19 entries
This was going to be a blog with no photos. But...
I decided to show you some photos of our picnic yesterday. I’ve been sewing, but I can’t show you yet, because it is for my swap with Sophie. We decided that since our camping…
SpinningRead entry
What Bliss
Just a quick note to say that I”M SEWING!!!! No wonder I was having major withdrawals, this is heaven. Sophie, your bag is coming along nicely 🙂
KnittingRead entry
My well ordered existance
As promised here on this blog yesterday. I ventured into my sewing room to tidy up the mess that has been festering there for a few months. I get into a frenzy of creativity;…
KnittingRead entry
More Painting, No Quilting
Hmmmm, see below: Twirly Swirly Pear’o’rama I went to the Farmers Market this morning and bought 4kg of the most yummy apples you can imagine. We spent quite some time trying to…
BooksRead entry
Easter Camping - At home
I love camping. My family camped regularly when I was growing up in Tasmania. Last Easter Riscy and I were back in Tas and took off camping for five days, travelling from the top…
BooksRead entry
Engineering excellence
I got my new wheel on Wednesday. I was so excited to get it out of the box and assembled and set up I completely forgot I had a committee meeting that nightand didn’t even…
LinocutRead entry
Big Head Beret - FINISHED!
It’s pretty hard to look normal when trying to take a photo of the hat on your head… I’m afraid this was the best one. I had to do some major cropping too, otherwise you would…
PhotographyRead entry
Creativity Gone Awry
My creativity has lost focus. Not terribly suprising since I have recently taken up spinning and knitting and Linocut and drawing in addition to my interests in making art quilts…
KnittingRead entry
Big Head Beret
Well. Remember yesterday I blogged about my beret and how it would work providing I got the maths right? Well um, this is what it looked like prior to unpicking tonight! I can’t…
PhotographyRead entry
A Beret, A Headlamp and Bean Enchilladas for Dinner
The rhubarb patch merino yarn I spun is being knit into a beret. Well I think it’s going to be a beret… this is dependent on a number of things, including: 1) that I’m reading the…
PhotographyRead entry
Quick Post
The weekend went well. Much wine and cheese was eaten. I have probably gained 5kg must go back on diet posthaste. Now onto the exciting news. I have won an Ebay auction for an…
LinocutRead entry
Little Update
Today’s photo is of my Ugly Duckling Scarf. It is definitely getting better looking though, so I’m thinking of changing it’s name to Swan Scarf. I’m more and more pleased with…
PhotographyRead entry
Friday Yay!!
Whew! It’s Friday. We are just about to head into a series of 4 day working weeks 🙂 Its Labour Day here on Monday then we head into Easter. An old friend of mine from High School…
KnittingRead entry
Slow Progress on the Shave for a Cure bag
Tonight I WILL finish the bag for the Shave for a Cure auction. My excuse for it taking me so long is that I decided it needed more quilting than I originally planned. The fabric…
KnittingRead entry
Finger Painting
I was feeling pretty bad about obliterating the beautiful leaves on my Linocut extravaganza so I made a tracing of them in photoshop, printed it out then fingerpainted it.…
PaintingRead entry
Linocut progress
Righto. I’ve probably gone overboard, I’ve certainly lost the effect of the beautiful leaves… but I couldn’t just leave them like that since this was intended to be a linocut…
PaintingRead entry
The Great Linocutting Adventure
Last night I Linocut ’til I couldn’t see straight. This is my progress so far This is my linocutting so far. I have decided to use the huge piece of lino in one big linocut…
PaintingRead entry
Birthdays are Great!
It was my 28th birthday yesterday. I’m now a hop, skip and a jump from 30, my main panic is that it is getting scarily close to the age I was sort of thinking about having…
PaintingRead entry