Yesterday we finished the Dragon Class, and WOW the results are Fantastic!! A georgeous copper Earth Dragon, all metallic, and the background colours set him off beautifully. What a great tone-on-tone Water Dragon. There’s wonderful silvery sparkly bits in there, too! The dramatic impact of the fabulous colours here, in…
Last week I did a Trunk Show at Sew This n That in their Fabulous new store. The ladies who attended were treated to a suitcase full of my quilts and I really enjoyed sharing with them.If you missed out, I will be teaching there next month and you can…
This quilt came about because of the lovely little Dutch Girls that my mother used to paint. She was Dutch herself, and this is a Tribute to her. She died 12 months ago today. I made this piece by first doing up watercolour paintings based on her little oil paintings,…
I have just finished this little piece, for a new workshop on learning how to make the little 3D Gum Blossoms. I have used these blossoms on several pieces in the past, and they are all machine stitched before being attached to the background. Should be lots of fun for…
Yesterday I had a lovely day at Patchwork Angel. My students were busy making their backgrounds for their chinese dragons. You can see them working busily away here. It’s fascinating seeing how people’s fabric and colour choices come together, always different and interesting!
Today I taught my Modern Colour Theory workshop with the Lovely Ladies from Mountain Quilters in Peachester. We ran through lots of exercises, both with colour swatches and paints, and each particpant went home with their very own workbook complete with notes. Being such a complex subject, is was very…