playing with printing

I have been playing with some lino block printing. Did some doodles/drawings based on mendhi designs. Then I transposed some of it to a lino block and printed it. Great fun. I will now try and do one so that it is reversed so that the lines are printed rather than the spaces in between. When I get to that point I intend to print onto fabric and embroider over it. If it works I will move onto a bigger piece with a repeat pattern.

WRAP unwrapped

The exhibtion opened on 28 June 2008. Here is my wheatfelds quilt - representative of car trip memories as a child

Hawks Nest

WE spent a week at Hawks nest in the thrid last week in June. It rained. And rained. And rained. Havn't seent the like for a long time.

We did walks in the rain, drives in the rain and looked out the window of our hired house - which was right on the beach front but, yes, you guessed, we couldn't see the beach for the rain.

Not that I am complaining - it was very restful and we overdosed on DVD's and reading. And the sun did shine towards the end of time there.

A ferry trip across the bay to Port Nelson meant that I saw dolphins in the wild for about the thrid time in my life. The shore and river was alive with birds and we took many photos - I have put some on flickr - see the linkmore.

Busy busy

doing this and that. Been madly working on my WRAP peices - the D Day is the 17th and then I will be done.

Yet to finish my brther in laws quilt with family photos added to it.

This is my neice and one of the images, which I cropped still further and have added to the quilt.

All the piecing is done. I need to quilt and bind it and it will only be 18 moths late!

Hanging on the wall at last

Plane Trip to Cairnes 2007

Climbing the wall

Each year the Boston Ivy on my neighbour's house puts up a wonderful autumn display. This year it has been a particularly wonderful colour - blood orange springs to mind. Sadly she doesn't get to see it - but is is right outside my kitchen window so I do. It really is a weed and climbs up her house and over out adjoining fence. I am ever hopeful to do something in my garden but time never seems to permit it . So, I am thankful that she lets this bit run wild.

Ivy also runs rampant over the back steps - this has just been cut back to permit safe journeys to the laundry and back yard. The camilia is still flowering and the tree fern just does what tree fersn do - look stately and green. It is best this time of year as it is a bit exposed in summer and suffers from the heat and sunburn.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM

Sorry we are there to celebrate the day with you. Virtual flowers for you XXX