Many people say I wish I was creative…. What separates people who feel creative to those who feel that they are not creative at all? Really it is that belief that you are creative. The belief that you can and you will. But what does it mean to be creative? Creativity is the combination of … [Read more…]
Simplifying my life – Getting more time and space to be creative I love being creative because when I think of a new idea it is a rush. I get a sense of satisfaction and happiness. To put ideas together that just work perfectly especially when it all turns out the way I picture it. … [Read more…]
I am writing this piece as another international nurse week comes to a close. It is a Beneath the Stitches but in a different way. Beneath my day job as a perioperative nurse, and no not just a nurse but a nurse with many years of training and many skills. So I thought something … [Read more…]
Instagram, it is a great platform to find inspiration, and some accounts are especially good at boosting our visual creativity. Instagram is an integral part of what we call the ‘visual web’. The visual web represents a continuing revolution in the way we communicate – it is a new language of images, stickers, videos … [Read more…]
Back in 2015, I started to see smitten quilts and hexagons appearing all over Instagram. I was so in love – so smitten. smitten (definition) Smitten means overwhelmed or struck by something, usually love. The way you light up every time the waiter comes over to your table, it’s obvious you’re smitten with him. In … [Read more…]
I started my new hexagon quilt in February 2015. It is now the end of March 2016 and it is completed all 1600+ pieces. I put a border on it, bound it and hand quilted it with Perle cotton. I used a #11 milliners needle and bottom line threads. The templates and papers were all from … [Read more…]
Part two of my Instagram series… Instagram would be one of the most favoured social media sites in the quilty world. It is photo based and quilters are very visual people so it makes sense that quilters and quilting images are flooding IG. IG is an app that you can download onto your phone. You … [Read more…]
The second post in my creative series enjoy.. I often come across people who ask me to validate their creative choices. To like their work, their selections, colours, choices etc. It is as if they are asking permission to be creative, waiting to be validated in their choice to progress further in their creativeness. They … [Read more…]
So for the basics Address 2B Empire St, Mornington Vic 3931 Phone 0427570950 Web www.treehousetextiles.com.au Open Mon-Friday 0930-1700 Saturday 0930-1630 There are two venues this is a review of the Mornington fabric store. There is a Merricks venue for workshops that I have written about here. Facebook Treehouse textiles is a modern, contemporary retail shop that has a workshop … [Read more…]
Okay, so I haven’t posted a blog in ages. Why is that? Well, there isn’t anyone reading my blog and I felt despondent. I jumped onto google analytics and there was 0 activity for February. I was so sad. It even meant that my family wasn’t reading my blog. I had made more of an … [Read more…]
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