Oct 2014
WOW!! so much happening of late.
Finally got in a
trip to Wellington NZ. The visit was short but we really enjoyed our few days break.
We made contact with friends we met 10 years ago when we arrived here in NZ>
It was awesome and they invited us to stay over. We enjoyed our stay.
Took heaps of photos
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| Cathy's cat she is a beauty cutie posed well for the photo |
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| Guest room we slept in |
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| Window art Frank Loyd Wright |
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| Kapati Coast NZ |
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| Kapati Island NZ west coast |
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Kapati Coast Think this photo will be an ideal subject for my 12 x 12 challenge
"The Sea" |
Our Trip home took us by
Lake Taupo and got to put my feet in water eeek!!!! water was cold
As usual MtRuapehau and MtTongariro were covered in clouds Had I used my camera on trip down to Wellington I would have got photos of them without clouds (Pity I didn't maybe next time)
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| Ouch them pebbles hurt my softie feet hehe!!! |
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| Lake Taupo is too beautiful |
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| Mountains in distance cover by clouds |
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| More pictures of lake and surrounds |
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| Tourist boat in distance |
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| Lake Taupo |
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| Waters edge photo taken from town |
I did a thread painting w/shop
(Beach Scene) with Sonya Prchal. 20-09-2014.
Arranged by WP&Q's Guild. We did the class at Gordonton Hall.
We first traced the design on cotton fabric and then painted the various areas. When this dried we did thread painting with our machines in free motion stitching. After some hiccups with using metallic thread I managed to get the work done without the thread shredding and breaking. I was pleasantly surprised how well it went and even managed to finish my piece.
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| My Thread painted beach scene |
A gift to my friends who we stayed with in Wellington. They were over the moon with it as they had another picture which matched also a beach scene.
Our textile group
"Cutting Edge Textiles" is headed by Margherita Allan
We have been meeting for almost 4 years these workshops have been very informative and I've learnt many craft techniques.
Our Textile group did an Encaustic Wax workshop with Deb Hinde
This workshop was very well supported and was such fun. I managed to do 5 samples and also managed to get many photos.
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| Wax w/shop station |
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| Samples of Deb's work |
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| Deb Hinde and Margherita Allan |
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| Workshop in session |
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| Deb introducing us to encaustic wax painting |
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| My first attempt at wax art |
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| Used a serviette |
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| Another of my wax works of art hehe!!! |
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| Got this picture from a newsprint and it worked well |
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| Silk Dyeing w/shop |
A Cutting Edge Textile workshop
on 27-09-2014 Our groups silk dyeing class with Yanny Split.
This was interesting. I managed to make some vibrant samples The colours were gorgeous.
I'm planning to use them when I do a challenge in a few weeks time. I found this w/shop so relaxing and enjoyed the day
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| Shibori |
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Fabric twisted from centre and secured with elastic bands
then dyed in differnt colours |
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Fabric folded then corners
dyed |
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Folded Fabric secured
with stitches |
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Marbles and Ping Pong balls secured with elastic bands
dyed with different coulours |
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| Fabric pinched and secured with gem clips then dyed |
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Fabric just scrunched up in a circle in a
container then dyes dripped on with paint brush |
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| Folded triangular fold and corners dyed |
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Folded and clamped with bull dog clips
& corners dyed in different colours |
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| Shibori dyeing - fabric tied around cylinder and then pushed up into creases then dyed in a light colour first then a darker colour the results are fantastic |
I went to the Hamilton Lake while I was waiting for George to finish his appointment at hospital
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| Wooden sculpture at lake |
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| Hamilton Lake |
