A record of sorts

Two blog posts in one day...well that's certainly a record for me! Hee hee...that'll be me sorted for a few weeks then! Anyway a while back I took a quilt-making class and I thought I'd share some pictures of my finished quilt....it was in fact completed some weeks ago (no I didn't break the record for the longest time it took to make a quilt (but I probably came pretty close!).

Said quilt has now taken-up residence at my mum's and is keeping her toasty on these chilly nights...

Hope you're finding ways to keep cosy on these cold cold winter nights!

Tut tut tut

Dear oh dear I haven't done a blog in AGES! I find myself composing blogs in my head when I'm driving, just before I go to sleep, when I'm in the shower, eating breakfast...just about any opportunity I have (when I'm not doing mum stuff...oooh I lie, okay I admit sometimes even when I'm doing mum stuff)...and they are always so entertaining, funny and eloquently put together (to me anyway)....but as soon as I sit down in front of my mac ready to ACTUALLY compose a blog....these words always seem to come out so clumsily and...well they just never seem as exciting as when they were just mere thought forms floating about in my head! How very frustrating. Anyway, after all that blurb that's not the reason why I haven't blogged for ages, the main reason is simply because I have been sooooo busy with my many projects and "extra-curricular" activities (yes! honest to God!).  A few weeks ago I started a Creative Print making evening course at my college and my head is now filled with all the possibilities of what I can do with printing (along with blogging, and being a good mum...notice being a good wife doesn't even enter into my head!! Poor darling Mr. P does know how much I adore him in spite of this! I think?!). Anyhow, I digress (again)...so none of the stuff I've actually printed is worth writing about or photographing just yet...but I did go to a wonderful exhibition put on by The Glasgow Print Studio at Trongate 103. It's amazing to see the versatility of printmaking as an artistic medium but most of all I was totally in awe of the works by printmaker/sculptor/paper-maker, artist Jacki Parry. The level of detail and intricacy of her woven prints and paper-strip collages were nothing short of mind-blowing. But my favourite of all were her paper sculptures...amazing to think that she could create such beauty and drama with just paper. Now if only my photos could do justice to her work...

The exhibition runs from 3rd February till 4th March...definitely worth visiting for a visual and mental treat :-)