The horizon
This piece was completed with inspiration from the scenery seen from the sea. The sky was cloudy and the sea was not rough, but there were gentle waves. From the boundary line where the sky and the sea meet, the colors unfold differently. The horizontal lines give a sense of
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
What’s My Line?
What’s My Line was a game show popular in the UK and US in the 1950s and 1960s. The game involved celebrities trying to guess the contestants’ occupation, i.e. their “line of work” and was the origin of the expression “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” My line of work
LINES, Taking COLOUR Off in All Directions
This prompt started me on the adventure of using my favourite dye techniques in this new year as an Instructor for a group of terrific friends in two days of Dye Workshops at our Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. I loved making many cuts of thin/wide strips, adding small
Repeats
Where does a quilter get his inspiration from, when she has to work on a theme. People are often inspired by nature. While making a trip you can also be impressed by buildings, people, cultures, landscapes, coastlines and much more. With me during our trip to Spain, was the SAGRADA
Light on the LINE
The light has changed from wood burning, animal oil, oil, gas, and electricity. People must have felt that the light of civilization came on LINE. When they got brightness of electric light from the dark light of the night. After the sun goes down, the street lights come on and
Flood Lines
My first quilt for Cloth in Common, prompt – LINES. I thought about lines of communication; lining up for warm school milk as a small child; the myriad lines that define us; life written on our faces in lines and wrinkles as we age, stretch marks, the repair lines on
Bent and Reflected
Lines get more interested when bent and reflected.