Warning: Loads of photos!!
Hi everyone! Well, it's been a very long time since I've posted. Good grief, where did the time go?!
I've been quite busy doing all sort of things. I'll do a show and tell to show what's been going on in my life.
Warning: Loads of photos!!
Hi everyone! Well, it's been a very long time since I've posted. Good grief, where did the time go?!
I've been quite busy doing all sort of things. I'll do a show and tell to show what's been going on in my life.
Followers know that I’ve been an Island Batik Ambassador for six years. It’s been a lot of fun being an Ambassador, with every year full of creative challenges and of course, gorgeous batiks! But as much fun as it’s been, the full schedule of an Ambassador has kept me from growing my business in other directions.
So what am I planning for 2023?
I’m continuing my association with Island Batik, but this time as more of a Designer as this year I’ll be releasing ...
read moreIrina Shaar from Fiberchats asked me if she could interview me for her Fiberchats channel on YouTube. I said "Yes", and here's the result.
Irina mainly interviews knitting designers and people who hand dye knitting wool, but she's branching out and interviewing other fiber artists too now.
I hope you enjoy my interview!
Here's the link incase the embedded link above doesn't work for you:
Now it's time for the Peacock Party. Feel free to link up a recent blog post below.
Several storms had hit Wembury over the last few weeks. I recorded this video on Saturday 19th February in the afternoon. There was a short lull in the weather, so I took walked down the hill to the beach.
There are diversions and then there are DIVERSIONS! Organizing can be one of those. I finished the BIG piece I’ve been working on and instead of leaping into something new, I got sidetracked with organizing. Organizing my work space, it’s pretty small so it takes some doing to spend more than a few hours on […]
read moreI’m not feeling great. I should probably just end this post right here. But, no, I’ll soldier on. Not because this post is important, it’s not, but because it represents all the things on my to do list and so much that is just life. No one needs to hear my laundry list of “woes”, […]
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read moreThis blog is a reminder of my mother. She was my biggest supporter and commented over the years more than anyone else. It was through this blog that I often kept in touch with her and towards the end it was the one full proof way I knew I could reach her, especially when my […]
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read moreToday’s morning reading excerpt: “While you don’t control external events, you retain the ability to decide how you respond to those events. You control what every external event means to you personally.” The Daily Stoic When we returned from Africa, I had a livestream scheduled for the next day and a Zoom meeting that couldn’t […]
read moreI just finished editing the final video of our Africa trip. If you’re interested in following along I created a playlist: African Adventures and you can subscribe to get email notifications whenever a new video is posted. The last video of that trip will post on Saturday. A couple of fun things are in the […]
read moreQuilt Stories If your quilt could talk, what would it say? Every quilt has a story. The story may...
read moreFirst day seeing an animal (any animal): Me: What is that? It looks like a boar. Runs to find someone who can accurately identify said boar. Told it’s a warthog. Second time seeing boar-like creature: Me: Oh look! It’s a warthog. Confidently lists several features of the warthog; it’s preferred vegetation, which animals prey upon it, etc. First day […]
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read moreThere are moments that feel impossible and others that fly by unnoticed. Mostly I’m exhausted almost constantly, as though a perpetual scrim has enveloped me, making everything feel heavier, cloudier, more difficult to sort through. It’s not terrible, just different. This is grief, I’m told. This morning is one of those heavier moments. Maybe it’s […]
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