When I have been in the Netherlands I have often come across the work of Cherilyn Martin but had never met her so I was delighted to final...

 Yes I am in France and back in Le Triadou where we are having an exhibition this weekend at le Clastre- the little chapel here that is actu...

I am at the European Quilt Chamionships in veldhoven and managed to finish all six of my sentinels. I will be making more of them for...

I know I have posted about Syria already but it is a heady experience- so many things to take in , so much to enjoy. So I just thought I wou...

I am enroute to Bruxelles and very sad to leave Syria- but as the British and Canadian embassies ( Canada helps out Australians when we don...

I can scarce believe it but apart from hand sewing five sentinelles are done! it's been a marathon of sewing and the bindings are on all...

I have been slack in taking in progress photos as my sentinels develop, mainly because I am just working and working. I intend to make six a...

It's been a busy week- sewing, writing an article for Down Under Textiles, teaching the Travellers Blanket for the first time. On Saturd...

I have been sewing  and sewing and my machine is not co-operating with the double thread I am running through it - the tension on the back o...

I have been hard at work but seem not to have achieved as much as I wanted. I was determined to get the blue sentinelle to a place where i ...

I feel overwhelmed by the recent events in New Zealand and Japan and the human tragedy that affects us all and leaves us helpless.I will be ...

I have cut out the stencil but  as i used vilene it was not water proof so I have had to seal it with clear lacquer. Of course the weather t...

I have been cutting out a life size stencil of a sentinelle.It's taken me ages as i wanted the effect to be  lacey.I finally finished it...

I am not sure where my week has gone- I have worked hard, making final arrangements for my trip to Syria and then Europe. I shall be teachin...

I have been working- yay. I am working on a large sentinel piece, but am fighting a battle with a thread I am using and got annoyed with it ...

I have finished stitching the River Sentinel- the fabrics have been heavily textured with stitch. I am thinking I want to make these life si...

I have been working on a new linocut , toying with the idea of sentinels/guardians/keepers of the land. I know they look kind of  madonna li...

Still no sewing done but a few ideas are percolating. It's been a case of going back to basics- ie my drawing journal, lace, immigration...

I have no idea where that last week went, but all the children are back at school finally- it's been a long holiday with moving and ever...