26 março 2007
Joaninha voa, voa (Fly ladybird, fly)
24 março 2007
Caldas da Rainha
Today I went to Caldas da Rainha. The main objectif was to visit Felizardo store, the Bernina retailer in Portugal. Thanks to the precious tips sent by Xina I have just decided which sewing machine I will buy. As I always do when I go to Caldas I took a tour by the fruit market. The market was blooming and the flowers stands were a temptation. Flores,
Flowers,
And aromatic herbs
Não resisti e comprei tomilho e uma variedade de tomilho variegata. E um vaso de ranúnculos para compor o ramalhete.
I didn’t resist and bought a thyme pot and another pot of a variagata thyme specie. And a pot of “ranunculus” just for coloring the spot.
21 março 2007
Spring
Apesar do frio parece que a Primavera já se faz anunciar. Achei que era boa altura para fazer alguma coisa mais colorida e já agora aproveitar a prata da casa. Peguei num pequeno rectângulo que bordei há não sei quantos, para experimentar uns quantos pontos, sobre um desenho que não me lembro de onde foi tirado.
Still cold but the days have been bright as a spring announcement. I thought it was a good moment to do something more colorful using some leftovers. I picked up a tiny rectangle, embroidered some years ago as a stitch experiment on a sketch I don’t remember where was taken from.
Juntei-lhe um resto de tecido colorido qb.
I put some bright colored fabric around.
Fiquei contente por ter tido imediatamente um destino útil.
I feel happy when I make useful things.
Gosto muito de almofadas e não pude deixar de espreitar na internet o que se andava por aí a fazer. Vejam o que encontrei aqui, aqui e aqui.
I love pillows so I search in the internet to find what was going on about this. Look what I found here, here and here.
19 março 2007
Square
When I see my older posts, when I see other projects I have made I can’t help seeing so many squares. What does it mean? They are there just because I like them? They represent lack of irreverence or imagination?
Then I turned over the pages of The Art Quilt book, from Robert Shaw and I calmed down myself. I saw how squares can be a creative and liberating shape.
Yvonne Forman, 1995
Nancy Crow, 1976