I live in relative isolation about 6.5 km out of Castlemaine, which is a goldfield's era town in the Central Highlands of Victoria..Hot in summer, freezing [ but no snow] in winter... little rain... no soil.
so WHY would I choose to move here from Melbourne where I had a huge studio and taught a marvelous bunch of women 5 -6 days a week?
Well maybe these photos will elucidate.
Here, I only teach one class most weeks and I actually have the time and the space to rediscover what it is that drives me to make quilts. Through my husband's illness and death and the years since, I never stopped making quilts but for a long time they were mostly just quilts... well made certainly , well designed hopefully, but they could have been anybody's. It was the teaching, the interaction, and the companionship that actually kept me moving forward. Now, I'm at a place and time where maybe I can get back to producing quilts that matter to me.
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You'll be inspired to create again - I'm certain of it.
Oh my, how beautiful! I am simply in awe of God's creation that surrounds you!
What is the little animal in the last photo?
My mom was a quilter, she made gorgeous quilts! I thought that I might learn one day, but I think I'll stick with knitting for the time being.
that's an echidna...the aussie version of an anteater... he's a very shy little bloke and very unusual in that the females lay eggs, not live young.. which, if memory serves, makes them monotremes. Here endeth the biology lesson for today :]
and btw whimsical you can do both.
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