Keeping it simple
Last July we celebrated our 40th anniversary. It was a simple yet wonderful evening. Our two boys and their families came over for dinner and surprised us with 40 balloons! Given the grandies are only 5, 3 and 14 months at the time we had lots of fun playing with
New Beginnings
I’ve taken to looking at some of my older quilts and wondering how I could reimagine them, cut them up or change them in some way. With the Dare to Dream prompt I was thinking of some recent milestones in our city of Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 years on from
Regrowth
In Christchurch, New Zealand, where I come from, we experienced a series of major earthquakes during 2010 and 2011. These caused 185 deaths and massive destruction to our city. Parts of the city were built on a sandy land that liquified (Liquefaction) and a muddy sludge that saw some houses
Springtime in New Zealand
Its Springtime in New Zealand and the blossom is in full flight everywhere. Its so pretty! The juxtaposition of the beautiful blossom against hard architecture of buildings tends to soften the view and make it more pleasing to the eye. However, after our major earthquakes in Christchurch in 2010/2011, I
A Bridge Too Far
For this piece I have taken a work I made in 2018 and updated it in two ways. I have added length as it was too short and I always thought it was out of balance! I’m much happier with it now as I feel that the soldier balances the
Me to a Tee
Embrace Imperfection suits me down to the ground! All my life I have never been a fastidious person wanting everything to be perfect. I’d rather make something and move onto the next piece as I have always believed that the more you make the better you get. I remember the
The Journey
Over the last two years I have purposely worked in a series based on the prompts that have come through. It has amazed me that by changing one or maybe two pieces of fabric from one quilt to the next, that it has driven a dramatic colour change over this
Time for Change
As I reflect on my piece tonight, which is very late due to me having Influenza A at the end of last month, I am wondering if the timing is right? Revolution normally means a group of people have risen up to enforce political change or you could look at
Is it time to change?
We are in Autumn going towards Winter and in the northern hemisphere it is spring going into summer. Inevitable change of seasons is happening. Every year we get older so again inevitable change. These are things we cannot control. Things we can change though are our weight, our fitness, our
Change of Tone
As I thought about this prompt and how to portray a change of language, I was thinking of using English characters and then the characters of my daughter-in-laws language but felt that was an easy and obvious track to go down. The more I thought about language changing, the more
The impact of Language
When thinking of language I am drawn to two aspects. The first is the impact of language when it is used in a positive or negative sense. The advent of social media today sees language spiral out of control as it spreads quickly around the world. Generally if positive language