Brrr....

Although I actually like it very much, this cold weather has somehow slowed me right down. That's why I'm a bit late in saying : Happy New Year Everybody!!!!! May we all have lots of creative energy, love and happiness in our lives this year.

I'm not going to bore you with a list of resolutions for 2010. I'd rather just direct you to 2 of my favourite bloggers : Andrea who says "don't just stand there, make something that matters" and illustrates it with a wonderful photo; and Steve Pressfield who had this quote from Mark McGuinness on his blog yesterday : "A creative person is a person who creates things. You either create something or you don't. Period"

This is going to be a big year, though, because in April Colours of Africa is actually going to happen. I've already received a suitcase full of quilts from Dijanne Cevaal for her exhibition, and some of Yda Walt's work is on a ship on it's way to Belgium.

Ok, so let's create. When I've got the courage to walk outside to the studio, I'm making small quilts as a way of exercising. All the fabrics have been hand painted and printed. I've had some fun cutting these lino-figures. I have more and will show you as I manage to make them into little quilts.
I think I've turned a corner. Up till a few months ago I was perfectly content to just design , paint and print fabric. But I find myself wanting to add to it in the way of combining different bits and stitching. This is new to me so I have a road ahead of trial and error and of discovering what works and what doesn't.