MASKER OG STING - og noen megapixler

Det har vært påske. Jeg har hatt 4 dager fri fra jobb. Jeg har forsøkt å kjede meg, uten større suksess - og jeg har forsøkt meg på drodling. Drodling, eller doodling, er å lage krusseduller på papir - mens man egentlig er konsentrert om noe annet. Kanskje man snakker i telefonen, eller tenker lange tanker, eller sitter på forelesning, mens man samtidig lar pennen løpe spenstig over papiret. Denne aktiviteten skal visst være ubevisst, men jeg har bevisst satt meg ned med et vakkert hvitt ark og en sort penn - hørt på Kings of Convenience og tegnet det som har falt meg inn. Pennen har kanskje fanget opp helt tilfeldige tanker - eller vært motivert av at jeg følte at dette var veldig likt det å øve inn maskinquiltemønster der målet er å fylle en flate. Tall -- ja, dette kan være noen høye søyler - og mylder av organismer under søylene? Jeg er også litt hektet på fargelegging for tiden, og har kjøpt "Enchanted Forest" av Johanna Basford (ja, og noen kort h...

Sculpture by the Sea  visited Cottesloe Beach here in Perth in the first part of March. It was an awesome display of art. Here are some of the pictures I took on the last day of the exhibition - see also my flickr-page at  SxSCottesloe2015.  The exhibition will be on display in Århus, Denmark, later in 2015. Donations welcome Claire Davenhall: for the love of sculpture Brad Jackson: wanderer conventus Warlukurlangu Artists: water dreaming Addam: cultural complexities of a wandering spirit Addam: cultural complexities of a wandering spirit Ken Unsworth: my home is your home. Ken Unsworth: my home is your home. Well - the sea is also a piece of art - surely. Britt Mikkelsen: ocean lace Ben Juniper: event horizon. Cottesloe beach was a popular place to be on March 23. Peter Zappa: over, under, through, around. Andrew Burton: vessel Tony Davis: primordial. Sally ...

Da jeg var på ferie i Sydney i januar fant jeg en vakker butikk om heter Morris and Sons (50 York St) , som hadde garn og stoff (og mere til). Jeg fikk kjøpt noen stoffbiter til quilting - med australsk mønster, og så kjøpte jeg mønster til lett skjerf i blanding av mohair og silke og i det italienske garnet Grignasco Kid Seta 2ply . Det kjennes som et brus mot huden. Det var et enkelt mønster ( Daisy Lace Scarf fra Morris and Sons ) og sjerfet mitt ble 150 cm langt og ca 27 cm bredt. Da brukte jeg ett nøste. Men, jeg tror det er lenge siden jeg har gjort så mye galt når jeg har strikket et enkelt sjerf, her var det økning er i sidene i tide og utide - og noen rapporter var 4 og andre 5 omganger - skulle tro jeg ikke kunne telle. Jeg tror jeg må bruke sjerfet knyttet rundt halsen slik at slik vingling synes så lite som mulig.

I have had a great day attending a jewellery class at the Fremantle Arts Centre . The class was called Chains, links and pendants in a day with Nicole Lance , and comes highly recommended! The finished pendant - after polishing. It`s "organic". I bought a 5x5cm square sheet of 0.8mm thick sterling silver at Australian Jewellers Suppliers in Perth, Hay st, and from this I made a pendant - not so sure if it this is "branches and leaves" or "mutant salamander". After tracing, sawing, filing, sanding and polishing - I have a shiny pendant to wear to work. Work scene: My silver sheet to right, some of the cut-out pieces and the saw that I used. The finished cut-out piece (bottom right) before filing++. I used a coin to draw the outer part of the pendant. Coffee was needed (top left) and sand paper (bottom left). The cut-out pendant - before filing. Rough edges I'm very happy with the result and hope to attend another class at the Fremant...

Some time ago (actually a few years ago..) I bought a 5' charm pack from Moda at Quiltegården . I've tried to puzzle the squares together to make a table cloth, but did not quite arrive at a solution that I liked. Last week I tried to instead make the squares into 4 separate placemats - and a bridging piece. I'm not sure why my charm pack contained 49 squares ( this reference talks about charm packs), did I loose one and it should have been 50? Nevertheless, I puzzled 3*4=12 of the squares into 4 separate placemats. Full size (after adding the binding) for each placemat is 4.5'*4+0.5=18.5' times 4.5'*3+0.5=14' (47 cm times 35.5 cm). I've meandered over the placemats. I found a nice matching Moda fabric with small dots for the binding, and on the back I put two different brown fabrics - one with hearts and one with candy circles. If I place the placemats with the bridging piece in the middle it can serve as a tablecloth. Ready for breakfast!

Just back from a weekend trip to Tasmania; Port Arthur, Eaglehawkneck, Tasmanian devil park, Hobart, Salamanca market, Battery Point, Mount Wellington, Mount Field and Richmond. So much beauty! You can see pictures from my trip at my PBase page And, I stopped by the lovely quilting and needlework shop in Hobart on Liverpool street; the Needlewoman. The owner was very helpful -- and had made so many lovely quilts, and she showed my beautiful work from Australian quilt designers. And, cross stitch patterns with colonial homes from Arthur circus at Battery point in Hobart. I bought a pattern with Arthur circus no. 47, so I had to go to Battery point to take a photograph of the house I'll do in cross stitch! Yes,it is the the cottage with the blue fence I have addede a picture of in the beginning of this blog. This beautiful pleated log cabin quilt was displayed in the shop - made from precut candy-roll fabric -- great idea!