Hi Frances,where a bouts in Qld are you.Im in Goomeri with the pumpkins

Frances my address is: 771 Glouchestert St.  Boca Raton, FL 33487 USA  Thanks.  Shelly

Hi Frances

Of course I'll accept you as a friend - gladly. Besides having the same name, I love your silk fusion, especially the one with all the rust colours and the one with the leaf skeletons.

This site is so cool - it's wonderful to connect with people from all over the world.

cheers

Frances (from Canada, but originally from Kent, England)

Hi, Frances,

For a long time I embroidered exclusively, then got interested in quilting because a friend encouraged me to try it.  Embroidery is my passion, but I also consider myself an art quilter.  I love to touch, feel, look at and smell fabric, and I have a LOT of fabric.  I love to put colours together that normally wouldn't be put close to each other as I like my eyes to be opened by what I'm looking at.  Not just say, "that's lovely", but "I really like this". 

That said, once the quilt is put together, out comes the embroidery gear and the beads and ribbons, and I'm back to my passion again.  The largest quilts I've made are 6feet x 6 feet for my daughter and those weren't embroidered, but were hand quilted (12 stitches to the inch) and I designed the quilting myself.  Most of the quilts I make are really for hanging so are much smaller and often not quilted. 

I'd recommend you try the art quilt sub-group.  I did and learned a lot from it.  I stopped going because of traveling so far and then spending a morning when I could have been doing what I wanted on my own work but there were always activities planned.  It just didn't fit for me.  If I need inspiration I go and look at what people here are doing, or go online. 

I hope this helps.

Frannces, thank you.  I would be happy to be added as your friend.

Thanks for your lovely comment Frances, your work is amazing!  I do love silk, there is nothing quite like it.

Frances, thank you so much for your delightful message. I also enjoyed looking at your treasures. It's such a treat to see your lovely work.

Thank you for your kind compliments. I love colour, and when I cannot get the shades I want I dye my own threads, fabric, yarn or ribbon. I recently dyed several hanks for homespun mohair to knit a chartreuse lace jacket because the yarn in the shops wasn't GREEN enough!

Yes, I am a kiwi, but I also lived in Queensland for a time. I lived and worked in lovely Brisbane before family circumstances brought me home - then I met my dear husband so I didn't end up returning Australia.

Where are you from in NZ, Frances? You are right about needing the trips home to revive the spirit - everything is so green here at present, with just the last golds and reds of autumns to balance things.

I am delighted to accept your friendship invitation, Frances. So nice to meet you!

Frances have just spent a few minutes looking at your photos, what beautiful silk paper you make and then turn into even more beautiful things.

Also like your John Wooden quote, will add it to my collection