The banksia quilt is finished- another one bites the dust! It is for sale for $750US ( it measures 26 inches by 54 inches) I am hoping to ma...

I actually wanted to be working on another quilt which fell out of the sky ( well my one and only fabric shelf in my room as most of my work...

I am still in the thinking process with the rock tied pieces. The one I have chosen is the one without nicks and some dark...

It has been a topsy turvy year in the fruit and vegetable garden. The vegetables are all late- we did not get seedlings in until the end of ...

The rock tieing method is something I learnt from Robina Summers of Wildscarves in the workshops we did at Samson Hill...

Ok the silk is dyed! To my great surprise rocks actually take on dye- the ones I used anway - they are now a blue green colour! Th...

Rocks in my head- or that is probably what our neighbour thinks. There i was in the driveway looking for rocks in the rain- turned...

Have not achieved much this week. It has been so hot that it is hard to think let alone sit at a sewing machine and sew. And then last night...

This very pretty little banksia ( though the tree is getting mighty large) has the prettiest flowers- very dainty with little "pearls...

The first image is of a hand painted panel one of my students in Kuwait gave me last year. Her name was Paramjeet ( thanks Felicity for the ...

Gilgamesh's Rug is done! I am not sure if I shall call it that - but maybe I shall have a year of making rugs rather than art quilts LOL...

Many people think that all the travelling I do is very exotic and must be fun. It is and it isn't - I always miss my family...

Firstly thank you one and all for your very sweet thoughts- I know many of us go through painful experiences , debilitating illnesses and u...

Sometimes I feel like a little tattered leaf floating on the ocean of debris- my flowers have withered into hard little nuts and somehow yo...

I want to wish every one a Happy and Safe New Year! I have been making more pomegranate cards to sell at the winery next week.I had almost ...

Sometimes you can't see for looking. I am very interested in the history of textiles and of quilts. There is much debate about where qui...

I spent today dyeing some silk- I seem to have lost my touch dyeing silk, I think I need to thicken the dyes more so that they don't ble...

I have finished the eye idol quilt. The border with foiled circles I zigzagged quilted- normally this pulls the fabric in and I made allowa...

Yesterday was a write off work wise. Family came over for an early Christmas dinner. I have been making more badges, trying different fabric...

Thanks for the comments on the previous post- it is good to know that there are people of like mind out there. It is hot today and we are ...