As I am sure everyone knows Annie of Annies Crazy World has been meticulously assembling the All that Jazz Katrina fundraiser quilt and the two quilts made from donated blocks. These are now done. Do take a look as these quilts are really stunning. All that Jazz 2 is complete. …
Johannes Itten as his colour theories in the Art of Color is one of the key influences in my ideas about colour. In fact I would say he is my grand master as Itten is a colour genius. As a student we had his Elements of color as a text …
Thankyou everyone who has dropped me an email about cyclone Larry. I appreciate your kind concern. I live well and truly south and inland so all is fine here. The cyclone hit coastal areas in northern Queensland literally hundreds of miles away from me. A map showing the area hit …
It was a long weekend this week in Canberra and as you can see I have finished the block I was working on. I went a bit mad with the buttons and beads I think but nevertheless it turned out OK
The idea of sketching to describe something is not new but to use the concept to find imagery online is experimental. A new search engine based on this idea is very much in the experimental stage. Retrievr allows the user to find related Flickr images by drawing a sketch. It …
We have a huge table which thinks it is for dining from, but everyone knows it is really a cutting table and general sprawl area for costuming, quilting and all sorts of craft and stitching related stuff. We all know this is actually a craft table with prententions to being …
Digital Color Wheel is a wonderfully simple interactive site. You can use it as a tool to either teach the principles of colour, as a resource to draw on for information it is laid out succinctly or if you are in the mood for a dash of inspiration this will …
