Transition
A change of season is often a transition from slightly warm to warm to slightly cold then slightly cold to cold to slightly warm again. That is in the South Island of New Zealand where we do have four seasons but not the extreme levels of heat or snow in
What is our next challenge?
Given our overall theme is ‘Change’ I was looking for a topic that had wide range appeal. I looked on my desk at work and saw my water bottle and long life coffee mug and it hit me! What has changed? Well my habits have changed and that is the
Relationships
Continuing on with my series its interesting to see how the colour is changing from piece to piece. Each piece is also getting narrower at this point until 9 inches wide then I will begin enlarging them back to a full 24 inches wide. It will be interesting to see
Restoration or not?
Initially when I think of the prompt “restoration” I think of Governor Greys mansion which I visited last year and that it has been fully restored to what it was like back in that day in the 1800’s when it was first built. Its easy to think of the restoration
A New Start
I feel that starting round 4 its time for a complete change away from countries (USA, Canada, New Zealand) in the last two rounds to basing this round on myself! Not sure how this is going to work but we will work through the prompts and see what it delivers.
Time to switch
With a new round beginning for Cloth in Common based on an overarching theme of CHANGE its time for me to literally have a “change of pace” which is indeed the first challenge prompt. I am trying to work out what I will personally base this series on (time is
Structurally Sound
The prompt ‘Connections’ brought me back to Christchurch, New Zealand. It is the last prompt for this round of Cloth in Common on which I have based the entire 12 quilts on my country New Zealand. The first quilt in this series was about the new city being built post
So many options
The prompt of CONNECTIONS gives me a lot of food for thought. Initially I was thinking of structural connections for buildings especially in Christchurch where post our major earthquakes all buildings were reinforced with cross like strengthening steel poles. These poles connecting to the ceilings or upper floors provided strength
Canterbury Plains
Thinking about pattern and how it relates to New Zealand I immediately thought of the Canterbury Plains. This is close to where I live and has miles of patchwork paddocks and farms leading up to the Mountains (the Southern Alps). There are parts that are barren and isolated with soil
Modern Crazy
The prompt of pattern immediately made me think of the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand. This is where I live. Flat farmland broken into paddocks with the backdrop of the Southern Alps on one side and a short distance to the sea on the other. This area clearly relates to
Punakaiki
The prompt of Lines originally had me going off in another direction but then I travelled down our West Coast just after Christmas at stopped at the Pan Cake Rocks at Punakaiki. They are spectacular! The Pan Cake Rocks are limestone formations that began forming 30 million years ago when