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NOVEMBER 2019 Date
Gyotaku Print 2 0 0 19. Nov, 2019
Gyotaku print 1 enhanced 0 0 18. Nov, 2019
Gyotaku Print 1 0 0 17. Nov, 2019
Wow A New Record for me 0 0 16. Nov, 2019
Revisiting Gyrotaku 0 0 16. Nov, 2019
And the Sunny Side of the Back Bank 0 0 15. Nov, 2019
Rain and Now More Sun 0 0 14. Nov, 2019
Round 1 of Dyed Teabags 0 0 13. Nov, 2019
A new Experiment using Teabags 0 0 12. Nov, 2019
A garden Takes As Much A You Will Give 0 0 11. Nov, 2019
The Restfulness of Stitch 0 0 10. Nov, 2019
The Nest is Empty 0 0 9. Nov, 2019
Baby Bird Update 0 0 8. Nov, 2019
An interesting Development 0 0 7. Nov, 2019
Far From stunning REsults 0 0 6. Nov, 2019
Round 1 Using a Lac blanket 0 0 6. Nov, 2019
Eco Dying in the Microwave Experiment 0 0 6. Nov, 2019
Hungry mouths 0 0 3. Nov, 2019
A Favourite corner of the garden 0 0 2. Nov, 2019
One Person's Trash is Another Person's Treasure 0 0 1. Nov, 2019
OCTOBER 2019 Date
Heucheras 0 0 31. Oct, 2019
I am Amazed At How Quickly They Have Grown 0 0 30. Oct, 2019
All the Eggs are Hatched 0 0 29. Oct, 2019
Using a stencil with a Screen 0 0 28. Oct, 2019
One of the Eggs Have hatched 0 0 26. Oct, 2019
The Paper Towel Iron Blanket 0 0 25. Oct, 2019
Remember that red cabbage dyed linen 0 0 24. Oct, 2019
The Koru 0 0 23. Oct, 2019
And In The Nest 0 0 22. Oct, 2019
Spring Spying 0 0 21. Oct, 2019
And Just so I Can Prove I did do the Abstract exercise 0 0 20. Oct, 2019
One More Inspiration is Everywhere 0 0 19. Oct, 2019
Rough and Textured in a Different Vein 0 0 18. Oct, 2019
Tree Bark Contrast 0 0 17. Oct, 2019
Have you ever pondered the Beauty of Tree Bark? 0 0 16. Oct, 2019
Playing with media 0 0 15. Oct, 2019
And the three D Form 0 0 15. Oct, 2019
Putting together time 0 0 13. Oct, 2019
The fifth and final panel 0 0 12. Oct, 2019
Panel 4 0 0 11. Oct, 2019
Three panels done 0 0 10. Oct, 2019
Applying the Principles of Fibonacci 0 0 9. Oct, 2019
Making the pattern for the 3 D Vessel Alysn Midgelow Marsden Course 0 0 8. Oct, 2019
My Silver Quilt Entry 0 0 7. Oct, 2019
Understanding lutradur at Last 0 0 6. Oct, 2019
Heating Metals Shim for Effect 0 0 5. Oct, 2019
Alysn Midgelow Marlow's Symposium Course Day 1 0 0 3. Oct, 2019
How About This 0 0 2. Oct, 2019
A Group Effort - Quilt Symposium 0 0 2. Oct, 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019 Date
Breakdown printing in the making 0 0 30. Sep, 2019
Making the Breakdown screen 0 0 29. Sep, 2019
Making screens 0 0 29. Sep, 2019
Beautiful Lillies 0 0 27. Sep, 2019
Finalist in Waikato Business of the Year 0 0 26. Sep, 2019
A Tortured Willow 0 0 23. Sep, 2019
Tui in a Kowhai Tree 0 0 22. Sep, 2019
The Marmalade is done 0 0 21. Sep, 2019
And The Result 0 0 20. Sep, 2019
Red Cabbage 0 0 19. Sep, 2019
All that Texture 0 0 18. Sep, 2019
And the real Reason for My visit to the Hamilton GArdens 0 0 17. Sep, 2019
Loropetalum Iceberg 0 0 17. Sep, 2019
A bit of a technique Junkie 0 0 15. Sep, 2019
Old Rejected Prints 0 0 14. Sep, 2019
A Little Textile Box 0 0 13. Sep, 2019
Quilting Closeup 0 0 12. Sep, 2019
From the Connections Exhibition at Hamilton Quilt and Craft Fair 0 0 11. Sep, 2019
Still Trying To Catch My Tail 0 0 10. Sep, 2019
"And all at once I saw a crowd, A host of Golden Daffodils" Wordsworth 0 0 9. Sep, 2019
And here are some of the "books"/boxes I made 0 0 8. Sep, 2019
Toni Hartill Workshop on making folded books 0 0 7. Sep, 2019
A Selection from the Hoffman Chellenge Quilts 0 0 6. Sep, 2019
Bernina Challenge - Childhood Memories 0 0 5. Sep, 2019
In the final 20 of the Hoffman Challenge 0 0 4. Sep, 2019
Supporting the Block NZ - Te Kuiti Team 0 0 3. Sep, 2019
So Nice to be Back Home 0 0 2. Sep, 2019
AUGUST 2019 Date
Only 6 weeks to Quilt symposium 2019 0 0 25. Aug, 2019
The white perfumed magnolia 0 0 24. Aug, 2019
The Refound cloth with the Lilies on it 0 0 23. Aug, 2019
My Life is Often Very Chaotic 0 0 22. Aug, 2019
Costuming 0 0 21. Aug, 2019
Everywhere we are trying to minimize rubbish 0 0 20. Aug, 2019
Great texture potential 0 0 19. Aug, 2019
The Boring and Time consuming Part of Quilt Exhibiting 0 0 18. Aug, 2019
Slow Stitch 0 0 17. Aug, 2019
First Signs of Spring 0 0 16. Aug, 2019
Filling the Well Wherever I go 0 0 15. Aug, 2019
Indigenous markets are a Great Source for Inspiration 0 0 14. Aug, 2019
Some Things are the Same anywhere in the World 0 0 13. Aug, 2019
Filling the well 0 0 12. Aug, 2019
Toko Central 0 0 11. Aug, 2019
Another Piece of intricately woven ikat 0 0 10. Aug, 2019
Hand Made Complex Cloth 0 0 9. Aug, 2019
Artha Dharma - Singaraja 0 0 8. Aug, 2019
Home from my travels in Indonesia . 0 0 7. Aug, 2019
JULY 2019 Date
Blocked sink 0 0 26. Jul, 2019
Spaghetti Quilting 0 0 25. Jul, 2019
A Temperature Balnket 0 0 24. Jul, 2019
My Show and Tell at the Retreat 0 0 23. Jul, 2019
Waitomo Society of Arts Retreat at kiwipacka 0 0 22. Jul, 2019
Tyvek Experiment 4 0 0 21. Jul, 2019
Tyvek Experiment 3 0 0 21. Jul, 2019
Experiment stage 2 0 0 19. Jul, 2019
A new Experiment 0 0 18. Jul, 2019
Puppy dog Ears and Tail 0 0 17. Jul, 2019
Knitting? 0 0 16. Jul, 2019
Stitch Meditation - the Scarab Beetle 0 0 15. Jul, 2019
A New Wood Block Stamp 0 0 14. Jul, 2019
Now For the Melting Out 0 0 13. Jul, 2019
11 Little Fishes Swimming in rows 0 0 12. Jul, 2019
Production style 0 0 11. Jul, 2019
The First of Many 0 0 10. Jul, 2019
Recycle Fun 0 0 9. Jul, 2019
Stitching on leaves 0 0 8. Jul, 2019
Now to Finish Off some UFOs 0 0 7. Jul, 2019
Selection From How Far Does the Hand Reach 0 0 6. Jul, 2019
The Second Eco Piece Stamped 0 0 5. Jul, 2019
No Longer an Eco Dye Project 0 0 4. Jul, 2019
Experiments with stamping on Top with Natural dyes 0 0 3. Jul, 2019
Try 2 Eco Print on natural thermofax 0 0 2. Jul, 2019
Try one Print on thermofax 0 0 2. Jul, 2019
JUNE 2019 Date
Stage 1 Natural Thickened Dye Thermofax print 0 0 30. Jun, 2019
A New Eco dye Experiment 0 0 29. Jun, 2019
A Paper Print on watercolour paper 0 0 28. Jun, 2019
Do you believe in seredipity 0 0 26. Jun, 2019
Back to Stitching on Leaves 0 0 25. Jun, 2019
A Family Affair 0 0 24. Jun, 2019
Granny to the Rescue 0 0 23. Jun, 2019
Winter is Really here 0 0 22. Jun, 2019
Flowering Kale 0 0 21. Jun, 2019
Dead Buxus 0 0 20. Jun, 2019
Hamilton Gardens 0 0 19. Jun, 2019
Back to control - and Embellishment 0 0 18. Jun, 2019
Post immersion and after steam printing 0 0 17. Jun, 2019
Couldn't Leave Good Enough Alone 0 0 16. Jun, 2019
Immersion Dyed Woollen blanket 0 0 15. Jun, 2019
My Pseudo Coldron 0 0 14. Jun, 2019
Indiana Flint Method 0 0 13. Jun, 2019
Using Teabags for Aged Skin 0 0 12. Jun, 2019
More eco Paint on Leaf silhouette 0 0 11. Jun, 2019
A Mystery Debunked 0 0 10. Jun, 2019
Eco resists and stamped enhancements 0 0 9. Jun, 2019
Shifting the Ph After Steaming 0 0 8. Jun, 2019
Here is my natural dyes thickend paste 0 0 7. Jun, 2019
Thickened Dyes for Textile Work 0 0 6. Jun, 2019
Another sample for the Eco quilt finished 0 0 5. Jun, 2019
And Down come the Ginkgo leaves 0 0 4. Jun, 2019
Gyotaku 3 - On watercolour Paper 0 0 3. Jun, 2019
gyotaku 2 Fabric paint 0 0 2. Jun, 2019
Guotaku print 1 - Acrylic paint on hand dyed cotton 0 0 1. Jun, 2019
MAY 2019 Date
Gyotaku 0 0 31. May, 2019
How Many Leaves Can I Use 0 0 30. May, 2019
First Fire of the Winter 0 0 29. May, 2019
The Latest Stitched and Embellished Sample 0 0 28. May, 2019
What am I doing with all these Eco print samples 0 0 27. May, 2019
A different type of eco print Design 0 0 26. May, 2019
Working on More Defined Oak Leaf Prints 0 0 25. May, 2019
Autumn Cottonus prints 0 0 24. May, 2019
A Perfect Leaf 0 0 23. May, 2019
Freezing Leaves 0 0 22. May, 2019
I decided to reprint the silk for How Far Does the Hand Reach 0 0 21. May, 2019
Oak Leaves 0 0 20. May, 2019
Print versus resist 0 0 19. May, 2019
The Paper Towel iron Blanket Transformation 0 0 18. May, 2019
Using Commercial printed Cotton 0 0 17. May, 2019
Kathy Hays Weeds and Leaves Online Course has Begun 0 0 16. May, 2019
Another sample to stitch 0 0 15. May, 2019
Forest Leaf Experimental Stitch Sample 0 0 14. May, 2019
Tints and Shades 0 0 13. May, 2019
New Approach to Colour - Exploring hues 0 0 12. May, 2019
A New High 0 0 11. May, 2019
The first of the Experimental pieces stitched 0 0 11. May, 2019
Experiments with Autumn Leaves 0 0 10. May, 2019
A New Approach to Colour - Jane Dunnewold 0 0 9. May, 2019
Autumn Hydrangeas 0 0 8. May, 2019
All Ready to print my custome colour wheels 0 0 7. May, 2019
They've arrived 0 0 6. May, 2019
Art Books 0 0 5. May, 2019
Scrapbooking 0 0 4. May, 2019
Macadamia Nuts 0 0 3. May, 2019
Another Empty Compost Bin 0 0 1. May, 2019
APRIL 2019 Date
My Garden is Like a Living Quilt to me 0 0 29. Apr, 2019
What does Autumn Mean to You 0 0 28. Apr, 2019
Explorations with Onion Skins 0 0 27. Apr, 2019
The Apple Peel Results 0 0 26. Apr, 2019
Anzac Day 0 0 25. Apr, 2019
The Joys Of Being an Eco Artist 0 0 25. Apr, 2019
And the blanket paper towel 0 0 24. Apr, 2019
How Far Does the Hand Reach - Cotton Sample 0 0 23. Apr, 2019
How Far Does The Hand Reach - Silk Sample 0 0 22. Apr, 2019
Duck Billed Scissors 0 0 21. Apr, 2019
The Results of the Passion Fruit Dye 0 0 20. Apr, 2019
Saving My maple leaves 0 0 19. Apr, 2019
Passion Fruit Skins 0 0 18. Apr, 2019
Grapes Gallore 0 0 17. Apr, 2019
Another View of the Meditation Garden 0 0 16. Apr, 2019
Beautiful Bromeliads 0 0 15. Apr, 2019
Botanical Inks 0 0 14. Apr, 2019
A New Approach to Colour 0 0 13. Apr, 2019
Face Details Sketched in 0 0 12. Apr, 2019
The Next Quilt Art Challenge 0 0 11. Apr, 2019
Gathering Fall Leaves for Winter Eco printing 0 0 9. Apr, 2019
Winter is Coming 0 0 8. Apr, 2019
How Far Can the hand Reach 0 0 7. Apr, 2019
Chokos anyone 0 0 4. Apr, 2019
Locked Out of My website 0 0 3. Apr, 2019
MARCH 2019 Date
Hoffman Challenge 2019 0 0 31. Mar, 2019
Last of the Summer 0 0 30. Mar, 2019
This is About as Organised as My Office Gets 0 0 29. Mar, 2019
More Home Improvements Rather than Art 0 0 26. Mar, 2019
Nerines 0 0 25. Mar, 2019
A Different type of Challenge 0 0 23. Mar, 2019
The Bernina 12 x12 Challenge - Childhood Memories 0 0 23. Mar, 2019
Stitched In Place 0 0 21. Mar, 2019
Well here Goes 0 0 20. Mar, 2019
Amazing what a bit of Rain does 0 0 14. Mar, 2019
The Amazing Thing About Tannin 0 0 13. Mar, 2019
The underside Prints of the Forest Tulip Leaves 0 0 11. Mar, 2019
Experiments with Silk 0 0 11. Mar, 2019
Sneak Peak 0 0 10. Mar, 2019
At it Again 0 0 9. Mar, 2019
The First Experimental Print with the Forest Tulip Leaves 0 0 8. Mar, 2019
Last Fishing Trip For A While 0 0 7. Mar, 2019
Getting There Slowly 0 0 6. Mar, 2019
Forest tulip 0 0 3. Mar, 2019
The last of my monoprinted Hexagons 0 0 2. Mar, 2019
Not as Bad as it Could Have Been 0 0 1. Mar, 2019
FEBRUARY 2019 Date
Disaster 0 0 28. Feb, 2019
Cheat Lemon Curd 0 0 27. Feb, 2019
Mordanting Cotton Day today 0 0 26. Feb, 2019
Gherkins -An indulgence 0 0 24. Feb, 2019
Ready for the Dehydrator 0 0 23. Feb, 2019
The next page Red Carpet Rose 0 0 21. Feb, 2019
Why I Did the botanicals Course 0 0 19. Feb, 2019
Pencil Art From Wendy Hollinger's Botanicals Class 0 0 17. Feb, 2019
Learning in the Process 0 0 16. Feb, 2019
The Steve McCurry Quilt is Finished 0 0 15. Feb, 2019
It's Even Too Hot For My cat 0 0 14. Feb, 2019
A Long Way to Go 0 0 13. Feb, 2019
Completing a long time UFO 0 0 11. Feb, 2019
A Trial Run 0 0 8. Feb, 2019
Not Much Crafting Going On 0 0 4. Feb, 2019
JANUARY 2019 Date
Magnolia Leaf Stitchery 3 in its pocket window 0 0 31. Jan, 2019
Different Form of Creativity 0 0 29. Jan, 2019
And Wonderful Paper too 0 0 28. Jan, 2019
And the Fabric Result 0 0 26. Jan, 2019
Getting Ready to Dye the Daylily Experiment 0 0 26. Jan, 2019
Discoveries Come From All Sorts of Accidents 0 0 25. Jan, 2019
My Nature Art 0 0 24. Jan, 2019
Putting it All Together 0 0 23. Jan, 2019
Photo 0 0 23. Jan, 2019
Everything in Life is Not Even 0 0 22. Jan, 2019
Texture plates for toilet paper moulding 0 0 22. Jan, 2019
Toilet paper Casting!!!! 0 0 20. Jan, 2019
210 teabags 0 0 19. Jan, 2019
Trying to master Botanical drawing 0 0 18. Jan, 2019
And Now for the Tedious Part 0 0 17. Jan, 2019
Linda Mathews free journal inspiration weekly 0 0 16. Jan, 2019
All the Steve McCurry portraits 0 0 15. Jan, 2019
Last Thread painting in the Steve McCurry Quilt 0 0 14. Jan, 2019
A surprise with the Powertex 0 0 11. Jan, 2019
30 Day Colour Pencil Challenge 0 0 10. Jan, 2019
The Magnolia Petal Project 0 0 9. Jan, 2019
Magnolia Leaf Stitchery 3 0 0 8. Jan, 2019
Only one More to Go On The Steve McCurry Quilt 0 0 7. Jan, 2019
Magnolia Petal Progress 0 0 7. Jan, 2019
Cover For Winter Theme Journal 0 0 5. Jan, 2019
Winter Themed Journal 0 0 4. Jan, 2019
Stage 2 of the magnolia Petal Project 0 0 3. Jan, 2019
Home made prepared for printing fabric 0 0 2. Jan, 2019
Happy New Year 2009 0 0 1. Jan, 2019
DECEMBER 2018 Date
Magnolia flowers 0 0 30. Dec, 2018
Magnolia Leaf 2 in the Making 0 0 29. Dec, 2018
Stitching on Leaves Again 0 0 28. Dec, 2018
Heritage Rose 0 0 27. Dec, 2018
Fuchsia Voodoo 0 0 26. Dec, 2018
Merry Christmas brigade 1 0 0 26. Dec, 2018
erry Christmas Everyone 0 0 25. Dec, 2018
A Christmas journal for a Friend 0 0 23. Dec, 2018
Four Hungry Mouths 0 0 20. Dec, 2018
Christmas at Shoppington (3 G Teak and Smarty Pants) NZ 0 0 18. Dec, 2018
My Hanging Baskets Were Beautiful 0 0 13. Dec, 2018
Apple Dumplings 0 0 13. Dec, 2018
Only 13 Days to Christmas 0 0 11. Dec, 2018
At This time of the Year..... 0 0 10. Dec, 2018
This is My Ball 0 0 9. Dec, 2018
Joining the October Meditation Stitching Squares Together 0 0 8. Dec, 2018
A New use for the Old Handheld Shower Piece 0 0 7. Dec, 2018
Arisima Taiwanesis 0 0 6. Dec, 2018
An Interesting new Book 0 0 5. Dec, 2018
A New Journal 0 0 4. Dec, 2018
Four Hungry mouths to Feed 0 0 3. Dec, 2018
Shoppington 0 0 2. Dec, 2018
I Couldn't Bring Myself to cut it Up 0 0 1. Dec, 2018
NOVEMBER 2018 Date
I thought I would reference my Spring plants 0 0 30. Nov, 2018
A Loveable rogue 0 0 29. Nov, 2018
A disaster but Proof of Practice 0 0 28. Nov, 2018
Strange Little Flowers 0 0 27. Nov, 2018
Close up showing the complexity of Colour in the Flowers 0 0 26. Nov, 2018
My first run at eco printing on linen 0 0 26. Nov, 2018
The Importance of Scouring 0 0 25. Nov, 2018
A Family Affair 0 0 24. Nov, 2018
And another page 0 0 23. Nov, 2018
Using watercolour paper as a blanket 0 0 23. Nov, 2018
And Here is My second Spoonflower Ceation 0 0 21. Nov, 2018
Spoonflower had Free International Shipping Again 0 0 20. Nov, 2018
Throwing out the rule Book 0 0 18. Nov, 2018
Discharge on Procion Dyed Cloth 0 0 17. Nov, 2018
ReFocusing a Lac Blanket that didnt have good Prints 0 0 16. Nov, 2018
Resurrecting a Dog 0 0 15. Nov, 2018
Disappointing Result from the Microwaving Experiment 0 0 14. Nov, 2018
Purple cotoneaster Joy 0 0 13. Nov, 2018
Overprinting Poor prints From Earlier Days 0 0 12. Nov, 2018
Is That how they Got That Colour With Rust Dying 0 0 12. Nov, 2018
And Now For the Blanket 0 0 10. Nov, 2018
The Result from The Logwood blanket and Gingko Leaves 0 0 9. Nov, 2018
So Now For a More controlled Print 0 0 8. Nov, 2018
The Results from the Lac Blanket 0 0 7. Nov, 2018
Using a Lac Blanket 0 0 6. Nov, 2018
October Stitch Meditation 0 0 5. Nov, 2018
A Happy Accident 0 0 5. Nov, 2018
The Ombre Wicking Result 0 0 3. Nov, 2018
Ombre Dip dying 0 0 2. Nov, 2018
Another eco dye piece 0 0 1. Nov, 2018
OCTOBER 2018 Date
One final Layer 0 0 30. Oct, 2018
Next Step - Does discharge paste work on Iron 0 0 29. Oct, 2018
Experimenting still 0 0 28. Oct, 2018
Osage Orange thickened Dye on Pomegranate dyed cotton 0 0 27. Oct, 2018
Printing on Pomegranate Dyed Cotton 0 0 26. Oct, 2018
Discharge using Lac 0 0 25. Oct, 2018
Printing with natural dye Thickened Paste 0 0 24. Oct, 2018
Natural thickened Discharge Paste 0 0 24. Oct, 2018
The latest squares in My Recycle Circle in a Square project 0 0 22. Oct, 2018
A visit to the Hamilton Gardens 0 0 21. Oct, 2018
Dye Paste 0 0 19. Oct, 2018
The Back side showing the recycle bit 0 0 18. Oct, 2018
The set in development 0 0 17. Oct, 2018
Another Recycled Square done 0 0 17. Oct, 2018
Daily Art practice 0 0 14. Oct, 2018
Waitomo Society of Arts Annual Exhibition 0 0 12. Oct, 2018
Daily Art Practice for October 0 0 11. Oct, 2018
Turmeric dyed silk charmeuse with eco print 0 0 8. Oct, 2018
My memory Gardem 0 0 7. Oct, 2018
Soft Eco colours on Lac 0 0 6. Oct, 2018
The Helebores have Been Lovely But..... 0 0 5. Oct, 2018
Success with Cinerarias 0 0 4. Oct, 2018
Even the Paper Towel iron Blankets are Beautiful 0 0 3. Oct, 2018
Iron Blanket and Persimmon extract on cotton 0 0 2. Oct, 2018
Off With Their Heads 0 0 1. Oct, 2018
SEPTEMBER 2018 Date
Speech and Drama Competitions 0 0 30. Sep, 2018
New Spring Maple Leaves on Logwood 0 0 28. Sep, 2018
Eco printed Lac with Iron Blanket 0 0 27. Sep, 2018
The Importance of Bundling in Eco Dying 0 0 26. Sep, 2018
Eco Dying on natural Dyed Fabric 0 0 26. Sep, 2018
We are almost there 0 0 24. Sep, 2018
A Truer Colour for the Logwood 0 0 21. Sep, 2018
Oh Ah Logwood Extract 0 0 19. Sep, 2018
A truer colour of the LAC 0 0 19. Sep, 2018
The Results with Lac 0 0 19. Sep, 2018
Dying with Lac Extract 0 0 18. Sep, 2018
I am struggling to Keep Up at the Moment 0 0 18. Sep, 2018
The next batch of Premade Gelli printed Hexagons 0 0 14. Sep, 2018
precision precion preciosn 0 0 11. Sep, 2018
Tamara's Zentangle 0 0 10. Sep, 2018
Citrus Fizz is Growing 0 0 9. Sep, 2018
My Hoffman Challenge Quilt 0 0 9. Sep, 2018
And the Winner of the Hoffman NZ Challenge 2018 . . . . 0 0 9. Sep, 2018
Catch up Time and the NZ Hoffman Challenge 2018 0 0 9. Sep, 2018
Chicago - the Musical 0 0 5. Sep, 2018
A Body of Work 0 0 4. Sep, 2018
Our wedding Anniversary is Near 0 0 2. Sep, 2018
Multiple Layer Stencils 0 0 1. Sep, 2018
AUGUST 2018 Date
Contouring and blending in 0 0 31. Aug, 2018
17 Participants and every kiwi unique 0 0 30. Aug, 2018
And then into blending the fabrics 0 0 30. Aug, 2018
The Importance of the eye 0 0 30. Aug, 2018
Taking account of colour and using a template 0 0 30. Aug, 2018
Fabric selection 0 0 30. Aug, 2018
I have been away at Sophie Standings 4 day textile workshop 0 0 30. Aug, 2018
working toward multi layer transfer stencils 0 0 24. Aug, 2018
Hellebores!!!! 0 0 21. Aug, 2018
And the Queen of hearts Costume is done 0 0 20. Aug, 2018
Captain Hook's hook 0 0 19. Aug, 2018
Harbinger of Spring 0 0 18. Aug, 2018
Time to work on my stencil technique 0 0 17. Aug, 2018
Adding extra width/length to a page for a Textile Journal 0 0 16. Aug, 2018
Back to making Stencils 0 0 15. Aug, 2018
Making a Mask on My Face 0 0 14. Aug, 2018
Making felt barnacles 0 0 13. Aug, 2018
Belonging or fitting In 0 0 12. Aug, 2018
Drying out wood is an amazing Amount 0 0 11. Aug, 2018
Mask stage 3 Poseidon Appears 0 0 10. Aug, 2018
The Mask Phase 2 0 0 9. Aug, 2018
The beginning of my Mask 0 0 8. Aug, 2018
Another stencil 0 0 7. Aug, 2018
The Stencil Cut and Printed 0 0 6. Aug, 2018
Using Photoshop Elements for make stencils from Photographs 0 0 6. Aug, 2018
Mask Making 0 0 4. Aug, 2018
Background Painted 0 0 3. Aug, 2018
An Experiment 0 0 2. Aug, 2018
Cheating a bit Here 0 0 1. Aug, 2018
JULY 2018 Date
My Latest White on White Stitch Mediation 0 0 30. Jul, 2018
Working with Old Hexies 0 0 29. Jul, 2018
White on White Stitch Meditation 0 0 28. Jul, 2018
Meredith Woolnough 0 0 27. Jul, 2018
An Octopus's Garden 0 0 26. Jul, 2018
Images From Shadows 0 0 25. Jul, 2018
Finding Design Inspiration 0 0 25. Jul, 2018
The Second of my Spoonflower Created Fabrics 0 0 23. Jul, 2018
YEAH The Spoonflower Fabrics Have Arrived 0 0 22. Jul, 2018
Another thread stitched Portrait complete 0 0 21. Jul, 2018
Steve M Curry Quilt - Purple lady 0 0 20. Jul, 2018
There was Nothing Wrong with my Mordant Process 0 0 19. Jul, 2018
Eco dying results 1 0 0 18. Jul, 2018
Eco Dying with Cotton 0 0 17. Jul, 2018
Playing around with the base 0 0 16. Jul, 2018
Creative Strength Training July 2018 0 0 15. Jul, 2018
Close up of the Tui block 0 0 14. Jul, 2018
Catch up Book Cover complete 0 0 13. Jul, 2018
NZ Baltimore Finally Finished 0 0 13. Jul, 2018
Stitch Meditation with Leaves 0 0 12. Jul, 2018
Daffodil commitment Almost Complete 0 0 10. Jul, 2018
The Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan 0 0 9. Jul, 2018
The Ugly Duckling Piece 0 0 8. Jul, 2018
Delighted with this eco dye on wool 0 0 7. Jul, 2018
Experiment with Eco dying wool 0 0 6. Jul, 2018
Today I had a Little Helper 0 0 5. Jul, 2018
My order Has been Shipped 0 0 4. Jul, 2018
Creating fabric on Spoonflower 0 0 3. Jul, 2018
The Stitched Gingkos 0 0 2. Jul, 2018
My Posting companion 0 0 2. Jul, 2018
The second of my White on White crazy squares 0 0 2. Jul, 2018
JUNE 2018 Date
Stitch meditations and Women mentors 0 0 29. Jun, 2018
Habotai and using a cotton iron blanket 0 0 29. Jun, 2018
Habotai silk with a habotai silk iron blanket 0 0 27. Jun, 2018
An iron blanket and habotai 0 0 26. Jun, 2018
Apples are so cheap at the moment 0 0 25. Jun, 2018
Famous on the Web (Almost) 0 0 24. Jun, 2018
A Ongoing Source of Pine Needles 0 0 23. Jun, 2018
Tyvek 0 0 22. Jun, 2018
Eco dying three ways with an Iron Blanket 0 0 21. Jun, 2018
Some thoughts on working with leaves 0 0 20. Jun, 2018
First run at Eco dying on silk 0 0 19. Jun, 2018
Kindergarten Abstract Impressionism 0 0 18. Jun, 2018
Progress on Stitch Mediation on Leaves 0 0 17. Jun, 2018
30 years in the making 0 0 16. Jun, 2018
And the Third painted Newspaper 0 0 15. Jun, 2018
Another painted newspaper 0 0 14. Jun, 2018
This didn't work like Tyvek 0 0 13. Jun, 2018
Abstract Impressionism 0 0 12. Jun, 2018
Continuing on my getting Things Finished 0 0 11. Jun, 2018
Thrift Store Finds for Rubbings 0 0 10. Jun, 2018
More Rubbing Block Experimentation 0 0 9. Jun, 2018
Playing with Inktense Blocks 0 0 8. Jun, 2018
I love Giraffes 0 0 7. Jun, 2018
Mushroom or Toadstool 0 0 6. Jun, 2018
Weaving/Coiling with Pine needles 0 0 5. Jun, 2018
Another Journal Experiment 0 0 3. Jun, 2018
Experiment in My Journal 0 0 2. Jun, 2018
It's Finished - How Many Layers are enough The quilt that Siri Named Hope 0 0 1. Jun, 2018
Stitch meditation with leaves 0 0 1. Jun, 2018
MAY 2018 Date
My Husband is a Woodturner 0 0 29. May, 2018
Playing with patterns and wooden block 0 0 28. May, 2018
14 Days of Thumbnail designs 0 0 27. May, 2018
How many Layers is enough 0 0 27. May, 2018
And Finally Sketch Book Paper with eco dye 0 0 25. May, 2018
Using Parchment Paper 0 0 24. May, 2018
Eco dye Results on water colour papaer 0 0 23. May, 2018
Ready to Steam 0 0 22. May, 2018
More Eco Printing on paper 0 0 22. May, 2018
Quilting in turquoise thread on Black Velvet 0 0 20. May, 2018
String art with a thicker string 0 0 19. May, 2018
A Fun and random way to print in a Journal 0 0 17. May, 2018
Flash Card Prompts for Journalling 0 0 16. May, 2018
The Nicest Thing About Making Your Own Jounral 0 0 15. May, 2018
The Back of my Grimoire 0 0 14. May, 2018
Sketchbook Revival with Kiala Givehand 0 0 14. May, 2018
More Playing with stencils 0 0 14. May, 2018
And the first Persimmons 0 0 11. May, 2018
Not much textile stuff happening at the moment 0 0 10. May, 2018
More Experiments in my Journal stencils 1 0 0 9. May, 2018
More experimenting with my Tools 0 0 8. May, 2018
An interesting Aging Process 0 0 7. May, 2018
CST Self Portrait cont 0 0 6. May, 2018
Playing with your tools 0 0 5. May, 2018
Self Portraits 0 0 4. May, 2018
Lots of beaded mandalas 0 0 1. May, 2018
Iron Blanket Print 0 0 1. May, 2018
APRIL 2018 Date
Here is the background - Quilting and silhouettes still to come 0 0 28. Apr, 2018
My photo plan was from the Estuary at Whangamata 0 0 27. Apr, 2018
Two Days with Gloria Loughman 0 0 27. Apr, 2018
Anzac commemorations 0 0 25. Apr, 2018
Another Leaf Print 0 0 24. Apr, 2018
Eco printing on paper 0 0 23. Apr, 2018
A Close up of the Silk Cocoon Flowers 0 0 22. Apr, 2018
The Big Green Taro Leaf 0 0 21. Apr, 2018
The Leaf Art that Began as a Disaster 0 0 20. Apr, 2018
A Gift from nature 0 0 19. Apr, 2018
A Natural mandala 0 0 19. Apr, 2018
A Variety of Mandalas 0 0 17. Apr, 2018
At least we will be warm this winter 0 0 16. Apr, 2018
The Liquid Amber bundle revealed 0 0 15. Apr, 2018
Rust dying with tea or vinegar 0 0 14. Apr, 2018
Exciting colours for the liquidamber 0 0 13. Apr, 2018
Walnut Ink 0 0 12. Apr, 2018
Is it a Break Through for Me? 0 0 11. Apr, 2018
And when I Ironed the fabric 0 0 10. Apr, 2018
Walnut ink 0 0 10. Apr, 2018
No Leaf prints 0 0 10. Apr, 2018
What do you know - its a mandala!!! 0 0 7. Apr, 2018
Mandalas Everywhere 0 0 6. Apr, 2018
A Love Affair with Mandalas 0 0 5. Apr, 2018
Easter Egg Hunt memories 0 0 4. Apr, 2018
Anyone for some grapes 0 0 3. Apr, 2018
Trust in the process 0 0 3. Apr, 2018
More Experimental Stitching on Leaves 0 0 1. Apr, 2018
MARCH 2018 Date
The cover for my Textile Journal 0 0 31. Mar, 2018
Easter special 0 0 30. Mar, 2018
Stitch Meditation on Hydrangea Flowers 0 0 29. Mar, 2018
Crotchet insertion on Magnolia Leaf 0 0 28. Mar, 2018
Stitch meditations with Leaves 0 0 27. Mar, 2018
Next stage for the monoprints 0 0 26. Mar, 2018
Spackling Assemblage 0 0 26. Mar, 2018
Stitching/crotcheting on Leaves 0 0 26. Mar, 2018
Eco Printing on cotton 0 0 23. Mar, 2018
A Stitch Meditation - stitching on leaves 0 0 22. Mar, 2018
Overdone or interesting complexity - you decide 0 0 21. Mar, 2018
Daily Art Practice 0 0 20. Mar, 2018
Another Paste paper 0 0 19. Mar, 2018
Tray dying 0 0 18. Mar, 2018
a Sun Print using a thin wooden cutout 0 0 17. Mar, 2018
Another Sun Print 0 0 17. Mar, 2018
Sun Dyes 0 0 15. Mar, 2018
In the Footsteps of Joseph Cornell 0 0 14. Mar, 2018
Procion Thickened Dye on Fabric 0 0 12. Mar, 2018
Starch Paper 5 0 0 12. Mar, 2018
Starch paper 4 0 0 11. Mar, 2018
Starch paper 3 0 0 10. Mar, 2018
Paste Papers 2 0 0 9. Mar, 2018
Working with paste papers 0 0 8. Mar, 2018
24 colour Bright Colour Wheel (St Ives) 0 0 7. Mar, 2018
Patterns and Assemblage are everywhere 0 0 6. Mar, 2018
Assemblage 0 0 5. Mar, 2018
Creative Strength Training 0 0 4. Mar, 2018
Art work for a sketch painting 0 0 3. Mar, 2018
Wick Dying 2 0 0 2. Mar, 2018
Ice Dying Wicking 0 0 1. Mar, 2018
FEBRUARY 2018 Date
The elusive brown at last 0 0 28. Feb, 2018
Faux Dying results 0 0 27. Feb, 2018
Faux Snow Dying 0 0 26. Feb, 2018
Stitching on real flowers/leaves/seedpods 0 0 25. Feb, 2018
Brown is Such an Elusive Colour 0 0 23. Feb, 2018
Not my Art 0 0 22. Feb, 2018
A Tassel from a Dyed Silk Cocoon 0 0 22. Feb, 2018
No immersion microwave dying 0 0 20. Feb, 2018
The dye then stamp version of the Previous post 0 0 18. Feb, 2018
Foamy stamp and then dye 0 0 18. Feb, 2018
Wooden Block Print first rhen dye 0 0 17. Feb, 2018
Stencil First dye over the top 0 0 16. Feb, 2018
Here is the more restrained print 0 0 14. Feb, 2018
Back to Front Processing 0 0 14. Feb, 2018
Sketches toward a thermofax screen 0 0 13. Feb, 2018
A Happy Accident 0 0 13. Feb, 2018
Playing with Colour 0 0 11. Feb, 2018
Assemblage Dying Pushing the Limits colour ways 0 0 10. Feb, 2018
Assemblage Dying Safe Colourway Option 0 0 9. Feb, 2018
Produce Day 0 0 8. Feb, 2018
A Pinterest hack that really works 0 0 7. Feb, 2018
Photo 0 0 5. Feb, 2018
A new fabric Journal 0 0 3. Feb, 2018
Procion Dying 0 0 3. Feb, 2018
Hand Dyed Varigated Threads 0 0 1. Feb, 2018
JANUARY 2018 Date
Inspired by Di Wells 0 0 31. Jan, 2018
Playing with Colour 0 0 30. Jan, 2018
Bright Colour Wheel 0 0 29. Jan, 2018
Heat Work and Laziness 0 0 28. Jan, 2018
Experiments with Teabag Fabric 0 0 26. Jan, 2018
Waste Not Want not 0 0 25. Jan, 2018
Creating Colour Wheels/recipes with Low immersion dying 0 0 25. Jan, 2018
No Time For Artwork Today 0 0 24. Jan, 2018
A Gender Balancing 0 0 23. Jan, 2018
A Closed Facebook Group for No Rules Art Quilters 0 0 22. Jan, 2018
Serious Art Practice Today 0 0 17. Jan, 2018
Printing on Commercial fabric 0 0 16. Jan, 2018
Even the Drop Cloth might have possibilities 0 0 16. Jan, 2018
Expanded Fragment 2 0 0 15. Jan, 2018
I Love Suzy Toronto Style 0 0 14. Jan, 2018
I guess they can't all be favourites 0 0 13. Jan, 2018
Fragments Expanded 1 0 0 13. Jan, 2018
And sometimes the wrong side of the fabric is interesting too 0 0 12. Jan, 2018
Disaster Avvoided 0 0 12. Jan, 2018
The Bold print modified 0 0 12. Jan, 2018
A bold Print but not for me 0 0 12. Jan, 2018
Complex Cloth Snow flower 0 0 11. Jan, 2018
Another flight journal page 0 0 10. Jan, 2018
Flight journal page 2 0 0 10. Jan, 2018
Linda Mathews 2018 Artist Practice Challenge 0 0 10. Jan, 2018
Another layering Experiment 0 0 10. Jan, 2018
Layering - transferring an ugly into something else 0 0 10. Jan, 2018
Tamara's Scarey Clown Cake 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
The Teabags Dried 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
Working with teabags Take 2 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
Working with teabags take one 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
Indian wood carved bee blocks 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
Fragments of embroidery 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
Making Christmas decorations 0 0 1. Jan, 2018
SEPTEMBER 2017 Date
Quilt Symposium NZ 2017 0 0 30. Sep, 2017
A Stitch-along with Laura Kendal 0 0 2. Sep, 2017
Tribute to Sir Colin Meads - Smarty Pants window Te Kuiti 0 0 2. Sep, 2017
Farewell to a great man 0 0 2. Sep, 2017
AUGUST 2017 Date
Making plates with a "Foot" press 0 0 13. Aug, 2017
And of course onto fabric 0 0 12. Aug, 2017
Another layered foam print 0 0 12. Aug, 2017
Using the foam plates to create a sequence 0 0 12. Aug, 2017
More foam plate prints 0 0 12. Aug, 2017
Some initial block prints 0 0 12. Aug, 2017
Printing with Foam blocks 0 0 12. Aug, 2017
JULY 2017 Date
Rust dying with washers 0 0 20. Jul, 2017
JUNE 2017 Date
The aemonite stencils 0 0 19. Jun, 2017
Painted Bondaweb fabric paper 0 0 19. Jun, 2017
Jelly making 0 0 19. Jun, 2017
another mini journal page 0 0 19. Jun, 2017
A book cover 0 0 19. Jun, 2017
The pink vessel 0 0 19. Jun, 2017
APRIL 2017 Date
Page 2 of the mini Journal 0 0 14. Apr, 2017
Round 2 Fragments 0 0 14. Apr, 2017

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