1 = 4
The last three weeks I’ve been working on various projects in the house. The first one I finished off has been on-going since Christmas last year. We bought material and the mechanisms to put up Roman blinds in the lounge. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Textile art
Black and white #2 is hung
The quilt actually got hung twice. First of all I made the sleeve and sewed it to the back and the same evening DH&CP cut a baton to size and banged some nails in the wall. That was Wednesday evening. … Continue reading
Mister Finch
I was wandering around the web last night – as you do – when I discovered Mister Finch. This is what he says about himself: My name is Finch – it’s actually my surname… everyone calls me it and I … Continue reading
Quilt almost finished
I did manage to almost finish the quilt I was working on – the sister quilt to “Black and White and Red all over”. I finished all the quilting and attached the binding. It was too late and I didn’t … Continue reading
New homes for quilts
We have had time in the last few weeks to start finding homes on our walls for quilts and other pieces of art. I thought I’d share a few photos of them here. I found it interesting that despite being … Continue reading
Text on Textile 2011
As the first showing of my quilt in the Text on Textile exhibit at Houston ended today I guess it’s now ok to post a picture of it on my blog. I find it very frustrating as it is always … Continue reading
Into the second round
You may remember that I posted about taking photos in the rain. We did have an ulterior motive for doing so. I sent the photographs to Lark Crafts in the hope of them being accepted into the new book Art … Continue reading
Taking photos
The neighbours probably think we are losing our marbles. It’s not the normal thing to do – hang portraits up on the outside walls of the house. Especially as it’s been raining most of the day. We kept nipping in … Continue reading
Text on Textiles 2011
The first news I received this morning on opening my eyes was that my entry for the Text on Textiles juried exhibition has been chosen as one of 26 finalists. DH&PA was reading email in the small hours of the … Continue reading
Artist #8 Quilt #8
I uploaded my entry to the Text on Textiles exhibition a couple of days ago – with only a week left until closing. I was assigned artist and quilt number 8. Last year I was artist #39 and quilt #149. … Continue reading