OZQUILT – My Blog

lovely things to look at (all week long)

12 Sep

WEEK THIRTY SIX ( september 4 -10) It is cold cold cold in Hobart and it doesn’t look likely to change whilst we are here…in fact it gets worse and snow falls lower and lower. Lovely to look at though, ... Read more »

textile trips turned into knitted quilts

11 Sep

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY FIVE (august 28 – september 3) I am off to Tassie at the end of the week and I am in countdown mode. I need to get a pile of things done before I leave, partly as prep ... Read more »

to under think and to over think

7 Nov

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-FOUR (october 31-november 6) If you read my blog regularly you will probably have the impression that I think…a lot. Even more than that I over-think….continuously. What got me thinking about over-thinking, and my general manner of thinking, has ... Read more »

planning to produce with artistic clarity.

17 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-ONE (october 10-16) The start of this week has me settling back into my usual quiet life….. cleaning, clearing, cooking, chores, childminding then optimistically planning to produce with artistic clarity. I relive my days in Mongolia as I rewrite/transfer ... Read more »

more white….more work

8 Aug

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY-ONE (august 1-7) The painting continued and more white paint was flung …. and I ran out to get more! By Tuesday arvo the painters tape was off, tiny touch ups were done and I set to scrubbing the ... Read more »

I can’t let it go….

17 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK NINETEEN (may 9-15) I can’t let it go…. When I wrote last week I was VERY close to giving up on pulling together a piece to enter in OZQUILT’s AW5 – even though there are still a couple of ... Read more »

quick, slow, slow, quick

9 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK EIGHTEEN (may 1-8) Two things to be quick about this week; Working towards twentyONE+ targets and deadlines – fast and furious – and trying, trying, trying to get a hang-worthy 40cm x 40cm Art Quilt ready to enter OZQUILT’s Australia ... Read more »

honouring what has gone before

2 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK SEVENTEEN (april 25-may 1) The week starts as part of the weekend – ANZAC day long weekend – a day to honour those that have gone before. Unlike last year when we stood in the main drag at Dwellingup ... Read more »

lots of outs & a scattering of feathers

29 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWELVE (march 21-27) It was a busy start to the week with dinner out on Monday night – a group of us enjoying the company of visiting quilt artist Gloria Loughman and her bloke Tony. On Tuesday evening it ... Read more »

done & toDO

16 Nov

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-FIVE (november 9-15) I’ve thought and written about organisation much of late. Perhaps it is the notion of starting a new year with beautiful, fresh, perfect systems in place? Perhaps it is the panic of year’s end when there ... Read more »