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Archive for May, 2009

Piece by piece

You could say that I have an organic approach to design.

You could say that I am a lousy photographer . . .

. . . with a cheap camera.

I certainly wouldn’t argue with you in any case.

Nevertheless I have the beginning of a fun quilt for a little boy’s first birthday and have quite enjoyed mucking [...]

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Playing around

Well, the “last test’ I mentioned last time I wrote wasn’t the last after all. I’m scheduled for two long days of chemical stress tests at the hospital in June. Plus I’ve heard from a respirologist who wants to test my breathing -  also in June because we were running out of May! The hospital had [...]

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Stayed up late last night and watched The Colour Purple on TV. I don’t know why I never saw it; I’ve never been much good at contemporary cultural icons. Am I the last person in North America who didn’t know Oprah Winfrey started out as an actress? Got a kick out of spotting “Larry Fishburne” in the [...]

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It’s a quilt – machine quilted for sturdiness, bound and everything:

The backing fabric was a bit narrow so I pieced it out by extending the binding  which was itself already pieced.

I quite like it and enjoyed making it. It reminds me somewhat of nautical flags and might be a bit odd for a new baby [...]

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