EDM - Self portrait
The Everyday Matters drawing challenge this week is – Self Portrait. EDM – Self Portrait on my birthday I drew this from a photograph because I wanted to turn the photo upside…
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Journal · page 31
More notes, discoveries and moments from the journal.
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Intense
I can get a little intense: Portrait LOOK at those EYEBROWS!!!! My sister would be proud! (She sports a well cultivated monobrow) I took this photo because I want to draw myself…
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Spinning and Knitting
I’ve been slack on the spinning and knitting front lately because I needed to spin up some more yarn for the jumper and had more fun things to do, like make a quilt. So tonight I…
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A Quilting Quandry
Just a bit of eye candy because the rest is just words (except for the neat workroom shot at the bottom of the post) This vine scrambles and hangs off our ugly side fence, it is…
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Big Dredger Quilt - A Major Step Forward
This was a bit like untangling spagetti, it took me many hours down on my knees to sort it out. YAY, the top is fused. Though my knees are sore from crawling around on the floor…
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Black and White
Burnt tree trunk. This tree was burnt during our recent bushfire. It is far from dead though, and will sprout all the way up the trunk. Riscy and I will go back up there in a few…
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The Fabric
I’m done with the dyeing, now the quilt can start. You would not believe how happy this makes me. I was starting to feel the project slipping away and I really want to see this…
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More dyeing - will I ever get this quilt started?
Another day another banner. The background image is taken from some dye play I did tonight. When I was processing the photo below I realised the lino print section (spectacularly…
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Internet Friends
Fabric dyed. I’ll use two of theses pieces for the Dredger quilt. The gusty breeze made this shot fun to take. I will need to overdye the dark value fabric as I really wanted a…
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Finishing the Day with a Flourish
Thank you to those who commented and emailed me regarding the death of my friend. I thought I would share another photo of the aftermath of the Moondarah Bush Fire with you. You…
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A Sad Day
A Rose in the Sun. One of my spinning friends, Robina, died unexpectedly today. I am very sad and distressed for her family and close friends. I spent quite some time talking to…
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Clean Clean Clean
It feels sort of boring posting a pencil only drawing, no colour. But I don’t want to paint in this journal. EDM #54 – Someone I Love Chris watching Alpine Skiing on telly. This…
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