Art Weekend

Well had a fantastic weekend.  Did something I've wanted to try out for a while.  Pastels.  Started a little frustrated but with the excellent tutor's help and guidance I got into it.  We did animals so I chose to do a picture of our family dog that we lost at the start of the year.  She was 17 years old and we had had many a wonderful time with her.  So hopefully I've done her justice with the painting.  It is still a work in progress as we only did the workshop this weekend so I have a little more work to do. When I've finished her I'll post again.

This is me, my Tutor Marlene Millard and my unfinished puppy

Six of us enjoyed Marlene's teaching.

Been Away

Hi all, well sorry about the big gap in posting.  Was side tracked by doing a quilt for my expected grandchild.

I used the Kookaburra Cottage 'Noah & Friends' pattern.  down size it to a cot quilt size. Had great fun making it using all fabrics that I had coloured myself.  Some were dyed but most were coloured with 'Liquid Radiance' paints from Genesis Creations. Rainbow one I was very happy with. The only ones not coloured were the black & white. Also coloured the backing.

I will post the individual blocks on the Patchwork page as to give a closer look.
The expected grandchild arrived safely on the 6th September.  A Grandson. Jacob!