our little house – Page 4

so what do I want to be now?

25 Jul

WEEK TWENTY-NINE (july 18-24) The start of the week, post sale, feels quite freeing…my mind wanders around the ‘what do I want to be now’ territory that I always enjoy at the end of a project. The feeling is compounded ... Read more »

to consider/or not consider/over-considered?

11 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-SEVEN (july4-10) Creativity? Not this week. A bit of slog/whip cracking is needed to get last week’s cushion covers advancing… They are still not finished but getting close…. these are still not considered/over-considered pieces like I usually would do ... Read more »

last piece of the puzzle

5 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-SIX (june 27-july3) It took much longer than it should have but finally, with the last piece of the puzzle in hand – the curator’s essay – the complete twentyONE+ website is live. Something that looks so effortless thanks ... Read more »

chug, chug

7 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-TWO (may 30-june 5) The week starts with a continuation of the constant twentyONE+ tasks as we approach the finishing line. It does seem like the calendar is going in slow motion – a quick slow quick slow dance as ... Read more »

gear up & wind down

30 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-ONE (may 23-29) As we gear up to launch the twentyONE+ website at the end of this week the information and editing is being worked in both manic and relaxed fits and starts. Our decision to have everything online ... 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 »

starting to breathe

26 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK SIXTEEN (april 18-24) Two things constantly vie for my attention of late – my growing family and twentyONE+. My artwork and my myriad toDO list items merely bob around on the horizon occasionally coming close enough for me to ... Read more »

a thousand metres / dollars / things to do

20 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK FIFTEEN (april 11-17) It is a big week physically as I attempt to get back into the pool three or four mornings a week. I plod or glide through the thousand metres depending on the day and the state ... Read more »

clear straight line vs plodding

5 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTEEN (march 28- april 3) As it is now April – a third of the year is gone. It is rushing by – though some days I ease forward and some days I go round in circles. This week ... 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 »