Pam Holland Designs and Productions

How to shade video is now online.

The how to shade video, is online now

Video.

I've been sorting through the important stuff...

Video

This is the video of the next part of the illustration process.

You may have to wait about 3 minutes for it to buffer. Just go and make a cuppa...

Stained glass window...

This quilt was made after a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

I took a photo of a 13th century stained glass window... it was small, about 15" square and I wondered if I could  re-create it as a quilt.

I enlarged my photo...

Made a drawing of the original by putting the photo on the light box and tracing it.

The drawing was placed on the light box and then the imaged traced onto fabric...

I colored it with a black pigma pen and colored tsukineko pigment ink pens.

I cut out each individual piece and placed it on black fabric.

Voila, a stained glass window.

I quilted it with YLI smoke mono filament thread. (Actually it was appliqued and quilted at the same time)

I stitched the pieces down with a small invisible  stitch....

A small zig zag. 1.4 stitch width, 1.4 stitch length. size 60/8 "sharp" needle and 50 weight black masterpiece thread in the bobbin.

Cotton batting, (warm and natural)

Drawing No 1.

This is an experiment.... I sort of know how it's going to turn out, but then again !!! it could be a flop.

I enlarged my pencil drawing to fit on an A3  size sheet. It's 11" square.

I have a piece of high thread count cream moda fabric that hasn't been washed and I pressed it and placed it over the pattern that was taped to my light box.

I taped the fabric over the paper for better stability.

With a .5 black pigma pen I began to draw the outline of the pattern.

I use a Uni pin pigment ink pen, made by Mitsubishi (It's the pen on the top of the picture)

You can see that at this stage I've just outlined the images... I have two choices... I can color the shading in with thread, or I can do it with pen and just quilt around the outline....

I think I'm going to do the latter.

Page on Ideas

When I give a presentation I talk about threads and things, but it's hard for the participants to remember everything in that short time... so I've added a PDF page on the right hand side of the blog.

Responsibiity.

There’s a blank piece of paper in front of me and I want to share an experience, but I’m not too sure how to put it into words without sounding sanctimonious.

But I’ll give it a go.

Many of us are in a position of mentoring, sharing, teaching and professionally giving instruction.

Over the past few years I’ve thought about the impact of being in that position quite a lot. I do admit, that it concerns me a little. In fact I’ve sought answers from some of my friends, some have been in the same position, some have a wealth of knowledge due to years of experience.

But somehow I can't come up with an answer.

 The question is, “How do I shoulder that responsibility”

Over the years I’ve had comments from students and casual acquaintances on things that I have said or done that have had an impact on their work.... I’m always taken back and rather embarrassed.

It adds to my concern that If what I say and do  has a positive effect on someone, there has to be a time when there is a negative effect.

It’s a huge responsibility to say the “right” thing all the time because there are times that the words we say have an impact and quite possibly we are unaware of it.

I had an email today from a student who was in my class many years ago.....from her comments it’s obvious that the class was a positive experience for her. But on the other hand, I upset another person in the same class because I commented on her fabric...... "you bought that at Walmart, how wonderful...."  Little does she know, that she gave me a wonderful gift....

I went on to buy 160 yards of that fabric for the background of the Bayeux Quilt.... I hope I can get an opportunity to talk to her sometime and explain how thrilled I was.... 

Tje fabric looks like linen... I was so excited I almost hugged her !!!!

De Rhinocerote

I've begun work on the De Rhinocerote

I'm working on a firm velum and tracing the image with a .5 black pigma ink pen.
I use a Uni Pin .5 by Mitsubishi.

This will be my master pattern for both the illustrated quilt and for the collage quilt.

I'm going to work on the two of them at the same time for continuity.

Some of these lines will be filled in with black ink with Tsukineko pens, but each line will be quilted on in black 50 weight Masterpiece superior thread.

The shading will be done with the and colored Tsukineko pen and maybe a grey.

The original illustration was done by Conrad Gessner 

His illustrations are fanciful and amazing.

Portrait finished to this stage

I'm happy that this part of the quilt top is finished....

Now I need to work on the borders...

I have a lot of ideas... but I need to audition them.....

In creating a border, it must compliment her not detract from her image.

Portrait.

Back working on the portrait.

Portrait No 25

Tilly's Quilt Podcast.

The video of the illustration of Tilly's quilt is up on the podcast. It was a bit hard filming myself, however, I say the word "Little" far too much.... however you will get the idea......and it's just you and me in the studio.... so I waffle a bit.

I put the "S" in upside down, can you believe it...

In 50 years time, the person who finds the quilt in an op shop with wonder if there was a reason for the upside down S.....!!!!!