Journal · page 17

Sketch to Quilt

I quite like it now.

Square Set

Splish Splash Colour

This week I collected these small bits of driftwood off the beach. I’m still pinching myself that we live about 2 minutes walk from a decent beach. How lucky are we!!

Good Weekend

This weekend we did some stuff. It might not sound very profound, but we are homebodies at heart and it is easy for us to amuse ourselves at home rather than exploring this…

Thirty One

I’m thinking that I will use the top of the drawers as a storage area for my sewing machine and clear a drawer for use as a place to hold projects that I need to vamoose quickly…

Around the flats

Oil Recovery Hi. I’ve been absent. Going through a creative dry spot and not really wanting to blog about it. Today I’m coming down with a cold, and had ample excuse to curlup on…

Blue Blue Blue

Today is the Australia Day public holiday and it officially marks the end of the ‘bum on couch’ season for me. The Australian Open (tennis) finished last night and the last test…

Circles on Blue

I’m using one of my favourite hand dyed fabrics which fades from blue blue to a tan blue up the other end. I’ll show a full shot when I’ve finished with the embroidery.

Bottles and Placemats

Before we came here I bought 3 little bottles from Mel Robson, a ceramic artist from Brisbane. For me, they are a momento of our transition from South to North. I took the above…

India Ink and Acrylic Paint Magic

Today (instead of getting ready to move house) I tried out a technique that I read about in Quilting Arts Magazine which described how acrylic paint resists India Ink. The ink…