tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42010814876933334072024-03-13T12:13:17.215-07:00art4moiJackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-40581432554121831472013-02-13T22:59:00.000-08:002013-02-13T22:59:46.864-08:00Happy Valentines Day .......Happy Valentines Day to everyone out there ...... a special card .... and Pauls taking me to the movies.<br />
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I have been stitching my protection cloth .... some nights only a few stitches....but it is coming along. Slow and steady wins the race..... I'm not sure whether I will do any stitching on the dots/in the dots. I think I will leave them as they were when I bought the piece of cloth. It has been lovely to hear that others are doing some red stitching too.<br />
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I chose this beautiful print I bought from <a href="http://theitsybitsyspill.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Magaly Ohika</span></strong></a> (one of her beautiful postcard sets) for the front of my latest molesking journal (#5). Love this series of her work ....and I love her art on the front of my daily journals. Very inspirational.</div>
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Some new art supplies... some Daniel Smith watercolors. I do LOVE his colours!!!! Some new cobra water based oil paints and a couple of new sennellier oil pastels. Fun, fun, fun.<br />
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And lastly a photo of my sweet old dog Oakey (16) having a little snooze with his teddy. He loves to rest his head on a pillow or his toys. He's the sweetest little man.....and sleeps a lot these days.<br />
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I hope your Valentines Day was special.....sending you all LOVE.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">LOVE THE ANIMALS,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">LOVE THE PLANTS,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">LOVE EVERTHING.</span></strong></div>
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-82364750791274712432013-02-04T00:13:00.000-08:002013-02-04T00:13:07.748-08:00stitching for protection.....This is the beginning of my Protection Cloth... I read a while back on <a href="http://www.onehundredquilts.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/jacks-quilt.html"><strong><em><span style="color: red;">Judy</span><span style="color: red;"> Martin's</span></em></strong></a><span style="color: red;"><strong> </strong></span>blog where she was stitching in red thread for protection, for Jack.....and at the moment I feel the need to make my own protection cloth...for my family and my friends. So much is happening and you feel you have no control over much of it. So this is my answer. I will sit and stitch a little each night, and think about those who need a mothers protection.<br />
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A piece of cotton cloth from <a href="http://www.ziguzagu.net/"><strong><span style="color: blue;"><em>Zigu Zagu</em></span></strong>,</a> stiff in texture, with markings, circles. I wonder if they were for a shibori design originally as this is very old cloth. Approx. 15" wide and 2m long. It will keep my busy. The backing is a beautiful fine old silk kimono lining. All will be stitched with a variety of red threads.</div>
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Some more dyeing.... a tin can that soaked for a few days in an old onion skin bath, ready for opening and a colour catcher indigo dyed with <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong><em>Nat</em></strong></span></a><strong><em>.</em></strong><br />
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This is a close up of the colour catcher (thank you <a href="http://eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.com.au/"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;"><em>Deanna</em></span></strong></a> via Nat). The resist was made by folding and clamping. I have something in mind for this....when I get a few more made.</div>
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The results from the tin can dyeing (method a la Deanna and <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/"><strong><em><span style="color: #351c75;">Jude Hill</span></em></strong></a><strong>).</strong> I used a folded piece of very fine wool, from a deconstructed kimono from Zigu Zagu again.</div>
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Close up. The internal rings remind me of the rings when a tree is cut down.</div>
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This week is more stitching and I need to do some painting...play with those neons.</div>
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I hope you have a creative week.</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><strong>JUST HAVE TO</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><strong>CREATE YOUR OWN</strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f1c232; color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><strong>SUNSHINE</strong></span></div>
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-51852680755255354262013-01-30T22:32:00.000-08:002013-01-30T22:32:39.527-08:00January .....Here it is nearly the end of January....and what have I been doing? Certainly haven't been blogging!<br />
I have been very busy though. Catching up with family and friends, relaxing.....<br />
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I finished another journal at the end of December and am well and truly into my next one. Journal no.5<br />
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I've been doing lots of reading. Beautiful books I was given for Christmas, art books I bought last year and had time over the last month to have a good look and read of them. And, my e-reader has been kept very busy too. Mostly light, holiday reading. <br />
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I've been dyeing with friends. Last weekend I went to my friend Nat's and we did some indigo dyeing in her vat. Two beautiful scarves. Nat taught me how to make the fringeing to finish them off. More indigo moons, I can never have enough of these. Lots of fun and our love of indigo continues. See more of our indigo dyeing adventures on <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Nat's blog</strong></span></span></a><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong>.</strong></span></div>
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I picked up some lovely silks and linen samples while op. shop trawling with my friend <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Dot</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">.</span></strong> Some of these will find their way to the dye pot soon.</div>
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And I'm doing an online workshop at <a href="http://timssally.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><strong>Tim's Sally</strong></span>.</span></a>.... I've never used neons before, but these are used in the workshop, so I thought I would be brave and give them a go. I will let you know how that went later!</div>
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Tonight I plan to do some stitching....with red thread (Judy Martin says she uses red thread for protection .... I like that idea).</div>
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-47394053641401710302012-12-29T22:18:00.001-08:002012-12-29T22:28:16.529-08:00Christmas Bounty ......There were only seven of us ..... but we had a <em>really lovely Christmas Day</em>. The weather was very mild, low 20's which was perfect as we like to have a traditional Christmas lunch.<br />
My sister Lee always makes a wonderful antipasta platter to start the meal....frittata, BBQ chicken balls, cheeses, olives, fruit etc. Just scrumptious.<br />
We had roast turkey with maple syrup glaze, roast lamb with garlic and rosemary, ham on the bone, and masses of beautiful vegetables.<br />
We had Chocolate meringue mousse cake, strawberry flan and much, much more. I love having the family sitting around our table for a special lunch! There's always plenty left over which keeps us going for days after the lunch. <br />
Afterwards there's always time for a bit of cricket for the boys and this year my nephew Hugh had his first driving lesson....in the farm ute out in the hay paddock. He did super and in years to come I'm sure we'll always remember his first lesson.<br />
I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas too. It's a special time of the year.<br />
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And of course there were the present from family....so special, my sister Lee just knows me so well!!!!<br />
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An amazing book on the ceramics of the Ottomans....this book is truly luscious (and will inspire many a painting I am sure). The colour plates are beautiful !!!!</div>
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And what a treat this little horse was..... a <a href="https://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=eri&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enAU341AU341&q=japanese+kogo&gs_l=hp..5.41l10.0.0.0.31537...........0.9m1FW4bVPxU"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Kogo</span></strong></a> (japanese incense holder) .... my heart skipped a beat when I opened this one. I had admired it at <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://www.kazari.com.au/">Kazari</a></span></strong> a while ago and my lovely little sister went back and bought it for me. It is only about 1.5 inches high. Such a treasure. In the background is a gorgeous specimen vase I bought from <a href="http://erinswindow.blogspot.com.au/"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Erinswindow</span></strong></a>. Each Sunday a light a candle for my mum and now I also place a flower in this little vase I bought for her. I bought one for Lee too so she can do the same.</div>
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A beautiful pottery teapot by <a href="http://www.samantharobinson.com.au/porcelian.html"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Samantha Robinson</span></strong></a>. I love her work and over the years have purchased quite a bit of it for Lee as she collects her pottery. The little painting behind is one that I bought from <a href="http://theitsybitsyspill.blogspot.com.au/"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Magaly Ohika</span></strong></a> quite a while back .... another artist whose work I love and like to support.<br />
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Yesterday I had my friend <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Dot</span></strong></a> come out for a day of eco dyeing. The above were from our onion dye bath pictured, and also a couple from a red cabbage dye bath. It's lovely to do something creative when we get together. Dot has already unwrapped hers (and they look amazing....I'm trying to wait a day or two longer....but may succumb to opening one of them later today ....)</div>
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-67178236059764676472012-12-10T22:57:00.002-08:002012-12-10T22:57:24.528-08:00Just wanted to share .....<br />
I've been busy making clay tags again. Last weekend I visited my friend<a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"> <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dot</span></strong></a> and we had our very own 'clay day'. These tags are lots of fun and beautiful to decorate your gifts and/or your Christmas tree. There is a great tutorial on <a href="http://josloft.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Jo's blog</strong></span></a> ..... and many other wonderful, festive things for you to try.<br />
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We used all kinds of things to make our imprints into the clay....my favourite being the bracken (growing along our roadside). We used a doiley, rubber stamps (the simpler the better), pieces of jewellery, cake decorating tools. I have some lovely snowflake ones that I havent photographed yet. We had <em><strong>lots of fun </strong></em> and so easy to do in your own home. <br />
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We didnt have a rolling pin, so we used an old bottle. I didnt have my awl, so we used a rivet that I had found in my husbands pocket (he had been doing some metal fabrication down in the shed). You can use a skewer! We used glasses instead of cookie cutters....<br />
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Do pop over to Jo's blog and say hi, and see the other wonderful holiday treats she has been making....I love the paper stars...already have a few of those ready for presents too.<br />
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I recently did an online workshop with the lovely <a href="http://rivergardenstudio.typepad.com/"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Roxanne</span></strong></a> of River Garden Studio. We made the most beautiful, nature inspired art books, guided gently by Roxanne. Such an enjoyable and rewarding experience. The above art by Roxanne arrived in my mail box this week.....such <strong>treasures</strong>... that beautiful little bird and the gold moon....I want to make another book now for these lovely gifts.<br />
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-15418760467901495492012-12-05T01:02:00.000-08:002012-12-05T01:02:34.075-08:00December already ......I cant believe it's December already!!!! Christmas is just around the corner, and for a change I have done a lot of my Christmas shopping. I still want to make a couple of last minute gifts, but otherwise (touchwood), better organised than usual.<br />
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This month, the girls I paint with on Friday mornings are having an exhibition out at Lillico Gallery. The opening was last Friday. I had the two pieces below framed for the exhibition. I loved the angel with the indigo sky (and she was the first piece to sell). I had painted her to use for my Christmas Cards this year. The reindeer below my angel was also painted for my cards. I really love folk, naive style artwork (and hope the people that receive my Christmas Cards do too). Click on photos for a closer look.<br />
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the Gallery looked wonderful with all of our art and the beautiful glassware made by the galleries owner Hayden.<br />
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Often Meg sets up a still life for us to paint .... these were our interpretations (mine centre bottom) of a still life with pink lillies that Meg had set up when we arrived. <br />
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I've been busy getting some festive bunting made for friends.</div>
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And last week went along to our local art gallery/ co-op where they were having their Wednesday "Clay Day". I really love working with the clay, molding it with your hands. This week we made these rustic clay ornaments/gift tags . <br />
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I'm also taking part in a Collaborative Cloth with a few friends <span style="background-color: white;">(</span><a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/?"><strong><span style="background-color: white;">Dot</span></strong></a>, <a href="http://jenxo.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Jenxo</span></strong></a> and <a href="http://hoolatallulah.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Tallulah</span></strong></a>), over the next few months. I decided my colourful pony can be sent off for the others to add their own touches. Thus far I have blind stitched the pony and stitched a couple of accents onto him and basted down the fabric weaving so others can add their stitches and/or embellishments. I look forward to seeing how he looks when he gets home again.<br />
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-67500324560927131912012-11-28T15:06:00.000-08:002012-11-28T15:06:07.182-08:00Angels everywhere .......Christmas is coming...... it always creeps up on me too quickly and I am rushing about, trying to get things finished (that I thought I had plenty of time to do!!!). But I do LOVE Christmas.<br />
Each year lately I have been doing a painting/drawing to make my own Christmas Cards. This year I did this Angel in watercolours and gouache (you can click for a closer look) .... she will grace my cards this year and I have had her framed for a Christmas exhibition my local art group are having during December.<br />
There seem to be Angels everywhere at this time of year. Pop over to <a href="http://deemallon.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Dee Mallons blog</span></a> and see her latest cloth and the wonderful Angel that has appeared......<br />
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Last month I did a pastel portrait workshop with <a href="https://www.google.com.au/search?q=agata+lelek&hl=en&tbo=u&rls=com.microsoft:en-au:IE-Address&rlz=1I7GGLL_enAU341&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=wZe2UPT6EsmdiAetxoCoAw&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1896&bih=900"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>Agata Lelek</strong></span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"><strong>.....</strong></span>I felt very challenged as I dont work with pastel and I am definately not a portrait painter/artist. I love naive, folk style art. <br />
I really enjoyed this workshop . We chose a picture/photo from a group that Agata supplied and then she taught us her technique of putting down the pastel with a cloth and lifting off with a kneadable eraser to make the picture appear.<br />
Believe it or not, the portrait below was from a picture of Charlotte Johansen in the movie "Girl with a Pearl Earring". I know there's not much a resemblance, but I was pleased with my picture and would love to do more with Agata...she's a wonderful teacher.<br />
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Talk about a Jack of all trades and master of none...... next..... below is a cloth I began a couple of years ago with <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/"><strong>Jude Hill</strong></a>. I never completed it, wasnt happy with certain elements, especially the little houses. But, after seeing some of Dee's cloths, I thought I might get it out again, pin it up for a while and get some ideas brewing as to where I might go with this cloth.</div>
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A page from my daily journal (which as you know I dont do daily entries....I'm not disciplined enough, but I still call it my daily journal???). I do love to record quotes I come across, words of wisdom, little anecdotes etc. from blogs I read and I love to have a play around with my little travel watercolour set. I never work on pages in a chronological order....often randomly stick something down or paint so that I come across it further into my journal...like this little owl. Elements of him were used for a linocut I did earlier this year. And now here we are in November I came across him again...that made me smile. I might even do come more work on him?</div>
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Some days when I look out my kitchen window I just have to grab my camera and capture the colours, the wedges of colour.... paddock, trees, sunlight, mountain range, sky ... this was after a storm recently and the sunlight on the land behind the trees looked amazing, was just glowing. The photo doesnt do it justice, but it reminds me of that warm glow.<br />
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-75629785877574163972012-11-11T23:36:00.001-08:002012-11-11T23:36:51.038-08:00eco friendly fun .....<br />
We had glorious spring weather on Sunday ... a perfect day for some eco-dyeing with friends. <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Dot</span></strong></a>, <a href="http://robruhn.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Ro</span></strong></a>, <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">Nat</span></strong></a> and I spent the day at the Belgrave studio of <a href="http://naturallydyed.blogspot.com.au/"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Jude Craig</span></strong></a>...doing an eco-dyeing workshop. Fun, fun, fun and less than an hour from home .... and lots of fabric to take home. Jude has been a passionate eco-dyer for many years . She has done workshops with India Flint years ago and was inspired and influenced by her teachings and books. <br />
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Two of our gorgeous dye pots....the concoctions: tumeric at the back and red cabbage at the front ... our bundles had simmered and we were waiting for them to cool so we could take a peek. Normally we would leave our bundles for at least a week (if possible,, even longer Jude advises...but I'm always a tad impatient). But, as this was a workshop we wanted to share our experiments with each other. The results were still wonderful.<br />
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The grey colours came from a eucalyptus dye bath in an iron pot (see the perle thread below from that same pot!!! Beautiful strong colour). The purple/blue colours were from the red cabbage and purple carrots and those yellowy/mustards from the tumeric...thanks to Nat for bring along the tumeric root and sharing with us all.<br />
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I love to tie my bundles with white DMC or perle thread... after the dye pot you get some wonderful threads to use for stitching your cloths . This time I also put in a few buttons that I wanted the colour *tempered* a little. I was really happy with the outcome. Even got a few variegated threads!</div>
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The velvet on the left shows colouring from the purple carrots (Ro and Dot loved the purple carrots). The second from the right shows some strong yellow/mustard from the tumeric. I am looking forward to dyeing more with the tumeric. I have been trying to get a muted mustard colour...thus far trying euphorbia and wattle...nothing to exciting yet. Thinking a mix of a few might work. Need to *play* more in the dyepot.</div>
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I think all photos are clickable for a closer look...some great effects from the bundling/tieing. I love the serendipity of eco-dyeing...you just never know what you are going to end up with when you untie your bundles.<br />
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My little indigo seeds are struggling....BUGS have been eating them as quick as they appear. They have a special cover, but still the bugs gets in. Luckily they appear quite sturdy and keep coming back... a couple are still in tact. I have my fingers crossed that I will have a few healthy plants come summer to try some indigo dyeing and to seed so I can have a crop again next year. I might transplant them next weekend and see how they go in a bigger pot.<br />
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My sweet friend <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Dot</span></strong></a> recently gifted me these two beautiful fabric pieces. A lovely burnt orange cushion...kimono fabrics, wools, cottons....fabric weaving, buttons. It is gorgeous. I have only one problem with it.....my dear old dog Oakey thinks it's his "special" cushion and loves to snooze with his head on it (he's so old he sleeps most of the day these days). Dot is an animal lover. I think he knows that and that is why he prefers this cushion to any other on my couches.<br />
The beautiful greens are a lovely tote bag Dot made me...to tote my lunch and other goodies to work each day. The Kaffe Fassett fabric is one of my favourites. Lucky me to get two such beautiful, colourful gifts.<br />
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-918900876551977012012-10-29T04:39:00.002-07:002012-10-29T04:39:24.769-07:00disconnected .....A little *disconnected* nine patch....some little (previously) discarded pieces of fabric stitched to a base cloth. Inspired by <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/"><strong>Jude</strong></a> in our Cloth Diaries .... <br />
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These pieces are only about 1" square, offcuts from other cloths. I like how the formation of the little nine patch gives them a life of their own.....<br />
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They are stitched onto a beautiful piece of indigo dyed linen and the backing fabric is a lovely soft Japanese cotton from my friend Shirl in W.A. Just perfect for this simple little cloth I think.</div>
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Still on things Japanese.... on Saturday my friend <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Nat</span></strong></a> taught me how to bind a journal using coptic stitch. I really enjoyed the stitching (and got quite confused many a time....thanks Nat for being so patient). Notice on the spine you can see colourful papers. These were beautiful handmade Japanese papers that we added to our journals too. I havent decided what I will use this journal for as yet .....maybe all things indigo????</div>
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And great excitement this week...my first indigo seed sprouted ....I am so excited that I may be able to dye with my own homegrown indigo later this year (I am being very careful to water and cover these little seedlings...give them every chance of surviving, protect them)</div>
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This evening we had a beautiful, soft moon (dreadful photo...sorry). I went out to water my seedlings and it was there, softly hanging in the evening sky. It was my Mum's birthday today, she would have been 73. After some really grey, cold, horrible days we had glorious sunshine and then this beautiful moon....how fitting!<br />
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Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-9353574331839335872012-10-19T02:19:00.000-07:002012-10-19T02:19:32.636-07:00art book...........<br />
I'm still working away on my 'art book' for my online workshop with <a href="http://rivergardenstudio.typepad.com/"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Roxanne</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">.</span></strong> Really enjoying the building up of layers, the search for 'just the right' images and text. It's very soothing........ My friends Coral and <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/">Nat</a> are doing the workshop too. It's lovely to catch up and show each other our pages and discuss techniques.<br />
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My first spread (you saw the beginnings in the post below). I've done a bit more work to the first page and started on the second part. My background is ready, one image at the ready ....hoping to work on finishing these off on Sunday.</div>
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This is the second spread. Another background for the page on the left, ready to go. The page on the right is finished though and ready to be glued down. I love the Queen Anne's Lace that grows by the roadside this time of year so I picked some whilst out walking and sketched it into my book.</div>
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We are making "Little Books" also, which are part of the bigger book and will be stitched in later. I will place this with the page above as it continues with the them of the Queen Anne's Lace. Another little sketch, pressed snippets of the plant. The cover for the little book is eco-dyed silk, dyed with our local gums.<br />
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Another glimpse inside the little book and a tag which I will include in the book. The image on the tag is a little naive style hand carved stamp I made a while back.</div>
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And yet another glimpse. This little book is only about 2 1/2 inches square.</div>
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Did you notice the lovely indigo fabric behind the little book? Here is a better view. I bought it at Zigu Zagu last weekend.<br />
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Last weekend I went to the opening of an exhibition at Kazari in Malvern. The exhition was of art and craft using vintage Japanese fabrics purchased from their shop Zigu Zagu ..... as you know, one of my most favourite shops. Two of my friends, <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Dot</span></strong></a> and <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Nat</span></strong></a> were exhibiting their work, so I popped along to the opening....it was an amazing exhibition. Beautiful cloths, clothing, artwork by 26 artists all set amongst the beautiful Japanese setting of <a href="http://www.kazari.com.au/"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Kazari</span></strong></a>. If you are in Melbourne this weekend, try and get along to see it. If you cant get there....visit <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: purple;">Nat</span></strong></a> and <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: purple;">Dot's</span></strong></a> blogs for more photos.<br />
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This photo montage was made by Nat of some of the work that was on display. All photos are clickable for a closer view. I particularly loved the indigo dress on the bottom right by Lulu Kane.</div>
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What I needed was some inspiration..... I decided upon the theme of spring as I am really enjoying the arrival of spring this year (and it was a prompt from Roxanne, that always helps).<br />
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Inspiration...papers and some eco dyed silk. Delicate seed pods from my Japanese maple; new growth from the silver birch; beautiful, bright blossom buds from our apple tree; a beautiful, mysterious, dark Helebores bloom. I will press a few for my art book, and also sketch a couple I think. You can click on all photo's for a closer look.<br />
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I made a start on a journal page...an old paper bag that I was using for prepping my paper, overlayed with an old tea bag...gives some colour. Some hand stitching with a soft, spring coloured variegated thread that is hand dyed by a local artisan. The seed pods from the Japanese Maple. I have no double that some fabric will find its ways into this book ..... <br />
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A beautiful piece of Indigo Resist dyed cotton (Chinese I think) bought recently from Ziguzagu ... couldnt resist it. This piece is 1.80m long and I think will make a beautiful runner for my table. I couldnt cut this one up!</div>
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I really enjoy my journalling and while out today I came across this book, "Art Escape" by Dory Kanter. Lots of great ideas for daily journalling. Also bought three new paint brushes... and a new tube of gouache .... violet bluish. A grey/purple colour. Nice to add to my colour palette.</div>
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Purchased some lovely variegated red sock yarn to crochet a scarf for a friend. It's getting cold where she lives. Some new magazines arrived for inspiration and did do a little bit of fabric weaving with some scraps from my basket.</div>
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While I was in the UK I visited "Liberty" and purchased a metre of fabric (I was very restrained). I dont have a lot of Liberty fabrics, so when out and about today I bought two more pieces to add to the 'Liberty Stash' for a project down the track. Also found these lovely linen tapes and some vibrant Kaffe Fassett ribbon....no project in mind, but just loved them. Lots to inspire in that lot. ( think if you click you will get a better look, the linen tape is lovely).</div>
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It is Spring, I couldnt resist sharing these ranuncula's and leucodendron's I have in my lounge room.<br />
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I feel like I have been in a bit of a 'fog' since I returned from my trip .... a creative fog that is. To overcome this, I did some stitching. This little patch for a friend got me started ... and once I started ideas began to form for a new cloth I want to make. I am looking forward to the continuation of the <strong><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/">Spirit Cloth Diaries</a></span></strong> with Jude and to an upcoming workshop with <span style="color: #a64d79;"><strong><a href="http://rivergardenstudio.typepad.com/">Roxanne</a></strong></span> of River Garden Studio ... that will get me back into my rhythm again.</div>
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I've decided to hand quilt this old quilt that I made for Norma many years ago too. Sometimes when mulling over ideas for my current project I like to have something I can sit and simply stitch without thinking .... to do some meditative stitching. I made this little quilt for my MIL a long time ago and was rushing to get it finished to give her for Christmas. Thus it was only quilted sparingly...just enough to hold it together. Now it will be quilted within an inch of its life...quiet time to think about Norma and projects I am working on.</div>
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Aren't these fabric snippets beautiful!!! My friend Dot gifted these to me on the weekend when we caught up. I have something special in mind for them. Textiles, my favourite gifts!</div>
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<br />Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-48555932977299335142012-09-08T01:17:00.000-07:002012-09-08T01:17:42.627-07:00I'm back .....I've been back home since the end of August. My trip seems a distant memory already. Lots of highs and a few lows, but such a wonderful experience. London, Paris, Belgium (Leuven) and Barcelona ... so many pics to load and revisit.<br />
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My husband Paul, sister Lee and myself all made the trip to the UK to watch Matt and Watchi compete at the Games. We stayed at Greenwich in a little unit, walking distance to the equestrian venue. It was great to be so close and to be able to catch up with Matt most days.<br />
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As well as taking in the showjumping events, we had plenty of time to visit a few galleries. Lee and I made use of the river ferries (clippers), very easy travel, we were lucky to miss all the crowds. We visited the Tate Modern (exhibition of Edvard Munch), Tate Britain, the V&A (our favourite) and of course a visit to Liberty.....how beautiful is that shop? <br />
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I love the printmakers of the UK and bought many cards and books of their work. Came home with some treasures from a Greenwich bric-a-brac shop, fabrics and way too many goodies. Some serious stressing when it was time to board the flight home, but got everything back and I am enjoying looking at them all now.<br />
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View of the London Bridge with the Olympic Rings taken from the clipper (not a great photo)</div>
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Taken on our first day, catching up with Matt in Greenwich.</div>
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Unfortunately a disappointing start for the pair of them on the first day of competition, but I was very proud of how they re-focused and went out the next day and did a super round in the Teams event. They are both now back in the USA, competing again (New York this weekend) and doing very well. Both back in form which is wonderful.</div>
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Matt and Watchi competing in Florida, USA a couple of months ago. Dont you love Watchi's little white patch on his tummy.</div>
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Matt and Watchi relaxing down in the stable area, with Lacey (their dog) watching on.</div>
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<br /></div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-44707862151654451192012-07-08T01:02:00.001-07:002012-07-08T01:02:52.988-07:00Fabric of Friendship.....Since my last post I have had some beautiful (and some unexpected) fabric gifts come my way. I love receiving fabrics in the mail!!!!<br />
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This beautiful, colourful cloth was made for me by the gorgeous <a href="http://hoolatallulah.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Hoola Tallulah</span></strong></a> .... this cloth is as bright and effervescent as her blog and her life. Such a beautiful online friend of quite a few years now. Love the vivid fabric weaving and all of the hand stitching...such a ray of sunshine in winter in Australia.<br />
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And Tallulah also sent these lovely hand dyed fabrics (sorry the camera has not caught the beautiful, soft, natural colours) and some gorgeous variegated thread. I love how she sent the thread on a stick from near her home...my very own twig from the UK...love it. Thank you Tallulah for these lovely gifts and your friendship.<br />
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And another unexpected fabric gift...a beautiful, soft, buttery cloth from my friend <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>Dot</strong></span></a>. A different colour palette than I use myself, but ohhh so beautiful. It is to be a collaborative cloth...she has stitched the cloth a little and I will now add my *touches*. Lovely soft fabrics (it is so beatiful in your hand) and I loved the stitched creature/bird...very quirky and very Dot!<br />
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And what a treat these beautiful eco-dyed fabrics from another online friend Deanna in the USA. <a href="http://eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Deanna</strong></span></a> has dyed these using tin cans and a variety of leaves on silks...looove these! They will be put to good use in my Cloth I am working on for Magic Diaries with Jude Hill.<br />
The little pouch is handmade and has some of the lovely bobbin lace that Deanna makes.<br />
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He hee .... now here's a pair of fingerless gloves that I made for my sister <a href="http://glimpseofstyle.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Lee</strong></span></a> this week. Lee chose the wool (a beautiful Merino, Angora, Silk blend) when we went over to Healesville recently to see the <a href="http://twma.com.au/exhibitions/event/archibald-prize-2012/"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Arichibald Prize Winners</strong></span></a>. I have added a little boro touch as Lee is really into indigo at the moment and all things boro. <br />
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They are quite utilitarian... and I know Lee will get a lot of use out of them on these chilly winter mornings.<br />
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I am by no means a prolific journaller (even though I refer to these as my daily journals) , and I often <strong>wish</strong> that I were more consistent in my journalling. <br />
To be disciplined enough to journal a little each day is what I would love to accomplish....but sometimes weeks go by between entries. At first this used to bother me, my inconsistency. But now I just do what I can when I can and I dont feel so guilty about it.<br />
My journals are a mix of sketching, painting, ideas for future projects, a diary of sorts ...it is lovely to look back through them. Seeing the inspiration for cloths I have made, paintings/prints I have made.... and to remember goings on in my everyday life. Sometimes what I write seems really mundane. But reading back through them, it all becomes much more interesting than it seemed when I wrote it.<br />
I visited my friend <a href="http://lynnehoppe.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Lynne Hoppes</strong></span></a> blog today and you should see her lovely stack of journals.<br />
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This is my meagre little stack of journals. Thus far all in moleskins, but I am keen to try a Stillman & Birn sketchbook like Lynne uses. They sound great for mixed media and watercolours etc.</div>
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It has become a ritual of mine to put a print of <a href="http://theitsybitsyspill.blogspot.com/"><strong>Magaly Ohika's </strong></a>art on the cover of my journals. I love her quirky/whimsical works of art (and own quite a few of them now). On my first ever journal I taped one of Magaly's prints (you can buy them in postcard size) to the front, and here I am at my fourth journal with another lovely print of her art on the cover. Her beautiful girls above remind me a little of textile work of <a href="http://theartofmeditation.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #741b47;"><strong>Sara Lechner</strong></span></a>. They both have the same gentle quality about them. </div>
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Another little boro cloth on the go. A friend Lili who visited recently sent me a bag of beautiful kimono scraps. I decided to try and put them all into a little cloth ... a memory cloth of a lovely time spent with arty friends.</div>
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While I was in Bali I found these little dilly bags in a few different styles. Perfect gifts for friends back home, but also perfect little project bags. This one holds my wool, crochet hook and scarf easily. And the best part is.... I leave the ball of wool inside, tighten the cords and just pull out as much wool as I need..... I dont have my ball of wool getting out of control all over the place. </div>
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Jacky xox</div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-335024875940401902012-06-08T01:39:00.000-07:002012-06-08T01:39:11.523-07:00gentle stitching....Well my holiday is but a distant memory.....we are really feeling winter at the moment. Short, dark and wet days .... soggy....but not long now until the Winter Solstice and all a the sudden the daylight is brighter, the <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=wattle&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_enAU341AU341&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zLnRT5KqJ9GVmQWdjsWWAw&ved=0CHIQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=936"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><strong>wattle</strong></span></a> starts to bloom along our road and everything brightens.<br />
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Thread Beads, indigo dyed cloth and old kimono fabrics (some of my favourite things in the world). The beginnings of a nine patch.</div>
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I have also been stitching some fabric stones for<a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/"> <span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>Judes</strong></span></a> Magic Feather cloths. Linen backing cloth with silk and cotton appliqued stones.</div>
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Jacky xox</div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-34589924571520460942012-05-31T05:01:00.001-07:002012-05-31T05:01:27.654-07:00hello there .......I've been away with my sister. ...... it's been hard to get back to my blog...... but I thought I must do a post before May is over!!!!!! My sister Lee and I had the most wonderful time. Exciting and relaxing.<br />
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Bali was wonderful. Such a beautiful country and beautiful, gentle people...ten days of pure bliss. Here are a few glimpses of our holiday.<br />
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The rice fields of Mahagiri (not long after I took this photo the heavens opened, heavy summer rain and the beautiful view was temporarily hidden).</div>
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This is the village of Tenganan ....where they weave the double ikat, one of only three places in the world that do the double ikat: Japan, India and Bali. It was amazing to visit this quiet little village and see the women working on their looms. Such a lengthy process ... the resists, the natural dyeing process of the cotton and the slow process of the fine weaving. From beginning to end this process can take 8 months.<br />
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We visited the produce market in Klong Kong ..... wonderful colours, textures and smells and later Lee and I did a cooking class. Yumbo!</div>
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I LOVED my trip to Bali and it's people and would love to visit again . I will be saving!</div>
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Since I've been home my Art group have had our annual exhibition again. This time at the Lillico Glass Studio not far from my home. A gorgeous gallery out in the countryside near Warragul. The opening was on Sunday @ 2pm which meant people could go for a nice Sunday afternoon drive and take in our little exhibition and get home at a reasonable hour.<br />
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Me, <a href="http://robruhn.blogspot.com/">Ro</a> Bruhn, <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/">Dot </a>Christian and Patsy Worledge at the opening of our exhibition. (click on photos to enlarge) visit Dots blog for lots of photo's from the day.</h3>
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The gardens at Lillico are beautiful this time of year. Carpets of fallen autumn leaves, lovely crisp air and we were lucky enough to have a bit of wintery sunshine.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Have a lovely week.........................Jacky xox</span></strong></div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-3934551637534805522012-04-30T00:10:00.000-07:002012-04-30T00:10:28.769-07:00Birthday girls......I made this little needle case for my sister <a href="http://glimpseofstyle.blogspot.com/">Lee</a>, part of her birthday present. I used a treasured piece of a japanese fabric (I only had a small piece). Also some of my indigo dyed fabric for the inner lining from a fun day of dyeing with <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/">Nat</a>. Lovingly stitched with rows of Kantha. I am encouraging my sister to begin stitching/sewing, so I thought this little gift might be well received.... I am happy to say she loved it.<br />
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Tied with silk and a pearl button.</div>
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Some wool flannel for her needles. The little scissor pouch made from fabric gifted to me by Patsy.</div>
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And there were more birthday celebrations. <a href="http://robruhn.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #073763;"><strong>Ro</strong></span></a><span style="color: #073763;"><strong>'s</strong></span> birthdayis in April. We .... Patsy, <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;">Dot</span></a> and I all celebrated with a beautiful lunch at Ro's ..... there was gorgeous Autumn sunshine, perfect for a walk around Ro's lush garden.<br />
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The gorgeous and vivacious Patsy with some beautiful roses from Ro's garden.</div>
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A beautiful bunch of herbs for me from Ro's garden.... it was bountiful. We all went home with flowers and herbs and we ate fresh product from her garden for lunch....<span style="color: #741b47;"><strong>bliss</strong></span>!</div>
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We recntly had some friends over from Western Australia (they were here for the Creative Souls Art Retreat with DJ Pettit....lucky girls). While over we showed them around Melbourne a bit...took them to our favourite haunts and eateries....Ziguzagu (of course), Seniors Art Supplies, Wondoflex, Glenferrie Rd. Button Shop etc. etc. We did stop for lunch. Here we are having lunch at "Treat" with three lovely dolls from a group of children in my friend <a href="http://m-is-for-martha.blogspot.com/">Martha's</a> class. They have travelled to Australia from America....seeing the world. So we took them on our shopping spree. They might even come on holiday with me soon!<br />
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And I"ve managed a little art.... this is an artist proof of a linocut I've been working on...playing around with handcolouring. Getting ready for an upcoming exhibition with my art group.<br />
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Yes, I havent blogged for quite a while, but as you can see I have been keeping very busy...<strong>and</strong> I will be busy for a bit longer! <br />
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My sister Lee is taking me to Bali for ten days for my birthday this year (our birthdays are two days apart, although I am seven years older than Lee).<br />
It will be a special time away together...we will be searching out ikat and maybe megamendung fabrics. Checking out all of the local arts and crafts that we can in our ten days.<br />
This is where we are staying in Ubud, <a href="http://www.alilahotels.com/ubud">http://www.alilahotels.com/ubud</a> and in Candidasa, <a href="http://www.alilahotels.com/manggis">http://www.alilahotels.com/manggis</a>. Soooo beautiful. <br />
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I woke early enough to catch this beautiful sunrise through the fog .... isnt nature beautiful. Click for a closer look. It only lasted a couple of minutes...but it was so quiet at that time of the morning and a lovely way to start my day.<br />
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</div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-71013461442122506882012-03-21T04:51:00.000-07:002012-03-21T04:51:18.979-07:00Metal and Fabric mix ......Saturday my friend <a href="http://notjustnat.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Nat</span></strong></a> and I took a trip into <a href="http://www.ziguzagu.net/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Ziguzagu</strong></span></a>.....our favourite Japanese Warehouse where we find lots of old deconstructed kimono, vintage kimono fabrics...row upon row of baskets of wonderful fabric treasures. If you ever visit Melbourne be sure to visit. You wont be disappointed!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our day out was planned around a visit to the opening of an Art Exhibition, "<a href="http://naturallydyed.blogspot.com.au/search?updated-max=2012-02-29T21:26:00%2B11:00&max-results=7"><strong>Journeys In - Journeys Out'</strong></a> at the Burrinja Gallery in Upwey. Jude Craig of <a href="http://naturallydyed.blogspot.com/"><strong>Naturally Dyed</strong></a> and Michael Hyett and Martin Judd of Juet Sculpture collaborated to create an exhibition fusing metal and fabric. It was wonderful..... see photos below and visit Nat's blog for even more photos of ZZ.. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These next few photo's are 'just because' ..... <a href="http://lynnehoppe.blogspot.com/"><strong>Lynne</strong></a> and <a href="http://zoranaland.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Zorana</strong></span></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>,</strong></span> here are my new brushes!!! We've been talking about how much we love our paintbrushes and how exciting when we get a few new brushes, so I wanted to share them with you. I was recently given a voucher to my local art shop so bought two new brushes, more expensive than my usual purchases...such pleasure in choosing them. Arent they such beautiful shapes?</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">OUR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">GORGEOUS MOMENTS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><strong>THE SMELL OF CLOTHES DRIED</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>IN THE SUN IS ONE OF THOSE</strong></span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">RELAX, AND LET MOMENTS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">LIKE THESE SEEP INTO OUR SOUL.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Jacky xox</span></div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-20098560601704586412012-03-13T03:54:00.000-07:002012-03-13T03:54:02.360-07:00A Gathering in the woods ......We gathered in the woods on a beautiful, sunshiny autumn day. I had been invited to a friends property for a recital in her woods (I felt very lucky to be invited). It was a cool day, but with lovely clear sunshine creating dapples through the trees.<br />
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Finally...... I put together the backing for my cloth for <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/"><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong>Magic Diaries</strong></span></a>. I am really happy with the backing. Last visit to Ziguzagu I found the large floral piece of cotton cloth. Very old, but still quite sturdy and perfect for my cloth. I have added other vintage kimono pieces to the edge to make it a bit larger. I am very happy with my backing and can now start to place my pieces .... I have been dithering, but this backing cloth has set me on a path.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Jacky xox</span></div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201081487693333407.post-27608196237554869072012-02-28T02:53:00.000-08:002012-02-28T02:53:13.599-08:00yo-yo's .....I caught up with my art friends on the weekend..... <a href="http://robruhn.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong>Ro</strong></span></a>, <a href="http://dotwiththelot.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: purple;">Dot</span></a> and Patsy. We spent a beautiful day down by the beach in Beaumaris, lunching at the "Tea House" a lovely little cafe right on the beach. It was a perfect summers day... beautiful sunshine, with a light sea breeze (guess who forgot her camera though!!!). <br />
There was amazing birdlife....black swans, pelicans, seagulls all swimming in the shallows, feeding. A beautiful little wattle bird kept us entertained while we ate....he dined with us....we on our scrummy salads and cakes, the wattle bird swooping on insects.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nG0rFDfmmLaU2NMsYDv2NQ0bW5iohDfRH2qjHpAwTIx7iyX4DP9iaA0LO8kgwy6IL_CZVtfSTzgvr8lrQoY5Vx7jEBmvj9NIaubb6TnfTwTCcJiB288o1aggFpZle6vyFj_n0kLAXE8x/s1600/YO-YO%2527S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nG0rFDfmmLaU2NMsYDv2NQ0bW5iohDfRH2qjHpAwTIx7iyX4DP9iaA0LO8kgwy6IL_CZVtfSTzgvr8lrQoY5Vx7jEBmvj9NIaubb6TnfTwTCcJiB288o1aggFpZle6vyFj_n0kLAXE8x/s400/YO-YO%2527S.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Afterwards we all went back to Patsy's studio and made yo-yo's. We are making ourselves necklaces from these.....stay tuned for the finished product! The lovely old box of threads was from my MIL's, it belonged to her mother ...a special treasure for me. I also have some of the most amazing old lace...I will photograph that for another day.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v400MUw7__enwnXlGiRMIKD7x3vWlGkPKQjxNE2T9OxFiTIbjP8U-cIB0UjUUHNVQvqeLgXyTArsGKzrPykNJEVZ2EuLFn6Xc7HHTg1LZcDKk7L6tOdUOpe_HxzM-PS22GcegWmnl68f/s1600/ALAW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v400MUw7__enwnXlGiRMIKD7x3vWlGkPKQjxNE2T9OxFiTIbjP8U-cIB0UjUUHNVQvqeLgXyTArsGKzrPykNJEVZ2EuLFn6Xc7HHTg1LZcDKk7L6tOdUOpe_HxzM-PS22GcegWmnl68f/s400/ALAW.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div>I have been stitching these letters for ALAW. Muted coloured <strong>thread beads</strong> (a la <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Jude Hill</span></strong></a>) make up the letters for my alphabet on a lovely soft white linen cloth. I am enjoying stitching these and by the end of the year I will have two sets of alphabets. I quite like the look of them pinned to this lovely shibori dyed silk from Ziguzagu ... I might have to find some more.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><strong>Jacky xox</strong></span></div>Jackyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347191565099767347noreply@blogger.com12