Today in Ten
My day in 10 photos… Really just another ordinary day, but sometimes usually ordinary days are the best kind… The day started with half a coffee (inevitably, the second half gets cold before I get...
View ArticleStudio visit: WAFTA
On Saturday I had the privilege of hosting some lovely WAFTA (Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association Inc.) ladies in my studio. It’s always inspiring and motivating to be able to share what...
View ArticleHole in the table
Can you think of a good reason to make a great big hole in a perfectly good dining table? Other than playing peekaboo, that is (I think he regrets popping up right as I pressed the button:)) I can!...
View ArticleStitch: the latest eucalypt quilt
I'm making good progress on this quilt. It's one of two large eucalypt quilts currently in progress in the studio. (If you find it hard to keep track of the various projects on the go, I'm not...
View ArticleThere's a pirate ship in my studio
Today is the third full day in a row spent on making another school banner (I'm working on a set of five for a local school). It's been great to spend so much time sewing again. It has meant re...
View ArticleCreate: school banners in progress
When there's not much action on the blog it either means there's been no action in the studio, or there's been loads of action, with no time left for blogging. Lately it's been the latter. I'm pushing...
View ArticleOrganise: the other corner of the studio
I know I've shared little peeks into the studio before, but I'm not sure whether we've ever peeked around that corner. Mostly because it's been a bit of a dead space up until recently. Then Phil went...
View ArticleOrganise: two-minute shelves
I've had this fabric floating around in my studio in messy stacks, baskets and bags for the past year. They are the bits and pieces that I pull out when I'm planning a new quilt – lots of neutrals/off...
View ArticleRamble
I'm definitely a multiple-projects-at-a-time person. I love having a range of things to work on – there's always something that suits my current mood, and if I run out of supplies for one project, I...
View ArticleOrganise: my printing table
Usually, when I do screen-printing, I spread all over the dining table and kitchen island as well as much of the dining room floor. You might recall the time last year when we had blossom foot prints...
View ArticleArmadale Hills Open Studio Arts Trail.
I love art trails. I think it's partly because I find that seeing where and how artists work is even more inspiring that seeing their finished artworks. So I'm excited to be part of our inaugural...
View ArticleReminder: Armadale Hills Arts Trail starts tomorrow!
Just a friendly reminder for everyone local: the Armadale Hills Open Studio Arts Trail starts tomorrow! Come and check out some of the local artists at work in their studio. Stop for lunch or coffee at...
View ArticleLooking back on the Armadale Hills Open Studio Arts Trail
Just like that, the arts trail is done and dusted. Some of the artworks have been packed away again, and I am back to finding a new normal. Thank you so much to everyone who came out to visit my...
View ArticleBeau Est Mein
We've been half a family this week. Three children are staying with friends and family in Albany, and Phil has been riding from Albany to Perth (via Walpole, Pemberton and Busselton) as part of a...
View ArticleArmadale Hills Open Studio Arts Trail 2016
We are halfway through our second annual local arts trail. It's been great to welcome people here to share my artwork, and where and how I work. A big thank you to everyone who has visited so far!...
View ArticleStudio tour: step inside my creative space!
Seeing as most of my blog readers don't live locally and can't pop in to visit my studio during an event such as our arts trail, I thought it might be fun to take you in a studio tour via my blog...
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