Alive and kicking. This has been a very busy week with work and, therefore, the blog becomes a sad little Neglectarino. I haven’t done very much crafting at all, but others have on my behalf!
I present to you, my new quilt, MAGNIFICENTLY quilted by the all-talented and positively exceptionally beautiful Tracey...
Can that girl sew or what? Check out the feathers she did in the corners!! I am so totally in love 
Yes, I know. Once again it is only a snippet of a view. I don’t mean to tease, honestly I don’t, but it’s more Secret Squirrel Stuff. You know how it is…
The glue pot called.
There are paper fragments and pens and ribbons and stuff all over our dining table.
How unusual!
This is a little sketchbook. And this one…
…is a journal. The journal is sold already, but the sketchbook is in my etsy shop.
Thank you for Clancy’s birthday wishes. I can hardly believe he is nineteen.
I really can’t believe he is so far away.
We are so proud of you and we’ll love you forever.
xxxxxx
A number of years ago a friend (Hi Margaret!) told me about the amazing knitting and crocheting that Prudence Mapstone makes. Last year I saw her at a craft fair and was inspired but also quite overwhelmed by what she makes. This year I saw her again and, after my forays into knitting and crocheting over the last year, I was less intimidated by the thought of giving it a go. So I bought her book and some (more) yarn and I’m doing it! I don’t like the way this looks just yet but I think it’s one of those processes that needs to be pushed through the “ugly stage”. I can see that I need more fuzzy stuff to soften the overall look of it and I also think I need to make quite a lot more of it before I’ll really have any idea of what it will look like.
The idea at this stage is to make a jacket that is dark at the bottom (black, gray and very dark blue, green and purple), quickly transition it to greens and then to pink, lilac and finally off-whites. I want it to look like a garden.
It will probably look more like a frog-pond and never get finished. I don’t even know if I like the imagined thing in my head let alone the real thing!
What a fascinating discussion that turned out to be! Thanks everyone who commented. There is one thing I would like to clarify. My comments were not about all traditional quilts, but rather about a particular type of quilt that, to my mind, seem to be made for the purpose of competition. Also, I would like to stress that these quilts are amazing, I admire the effort that they require and I am glad that they are made. We need excellence in all things. My point was that they fail to move me. One of the things that I most love about quilting is that there is room for everyone and every style. As for my lack of participation in the discussion - I didn’t just lay low, honestly! I’ve actually been away for a little holiday.
This is where I’ve been:
This is Cape Tribulation, a World Heritage listed rainforest in Far North Queensland ( a couple of hours north of Cairns).
It is the last remnant of Gondwanaland and one of the most magical places I have ever been. It felt like a privilege to be there (let’s face it, it IS a privilege to be there!). I kept expecting to see a dinosaur! But, no, we only met these guys…
Oh, and him…
On a crafty note, more knitting and crocheting coming soon to this blog… 
