back to my past – My Blog

Gambling with my time?

17 Sep

I currently have two major sets of work in progress – ceramic birds and paper pieced patchwork. I am approaching the sticky end of the both series, with final decisions leading me towards the finish line. Getting close. Getting to ... Read more »

a race to the finish line

4 Dec

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY FIVE to FIFTY (november 6-december 3) The race is complete and both Annie Shelley and I have loved our recent sprint to the line. Have a squiz, right now, at the heading above – The December Gallery – ... Read more »

celebrating the old stuff

22 Aug

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY THREE (august 14-20) The week started with Monday rolled over as a continuation of my weekend. The bloke had been at a conference for the weekend and I was free apart from dinner time so I chose to ... Read more »

irrevocable deadlines

31 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY (july 24-30) I had long ago decided to head to Launceston to the OZQUILT conference in September whether or not I managed to enter a work, and whether that ‘possible’ work was selected or not. I did manage ... Read more »

many ways of revisiting ordinary, special times.

12 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY SEVEN (july 3-9) In such a lovely wet week the only downside for me was that I didn’t choose times for a walking/unfurling my tight back muscles – I’d look out, see the sun, quickly finish a section ... Read more »

pie in the sky dreaming

29 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWELVE (march 20-26) After a big empty of my head and heart here last week, I start the new week with a few tiny specks of change in motion as, realistically, expectations for real change take time and inspiration ... Read more »

something is brewing

20 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK ELEVEN (march 13-19) I am continually exploring my future, a way forward that can nuture my increasingly desperate need to move to a different level of my art practice. Barriers exist that manage to thwart me on a daily ... Read more »

priority push-me-pull-you

30 Jan

Jan Mullen

WEEK FOUR (january 23-29) For quite a while I’ve been trying really hard to come up with ways to use my time wisely and consistently, but a continual priority push-me-pull-you of tasks and projects that, like toddlers, demand my attention ... Read more »

Whack. There I go again!

23 Jan

Jan Mullen

WEEK THREE (january 16-22) Yet another abnormal week for me, and knowing it was to be thus helped me to reiterate the thought, mentioned in the last post, that Feb 1 is the official start to my new year. The ... Read more »

filled from top to bottom

16 Jan

Jan Mullen

WEEK ONE (january 2-8) The new year comes with deadlines and priorities. The last weeks of 2016 have given us extra priorities as we help to ready our daughter’s house house for market – and I still have the quilt ... Read more »