Archive For September 2010
Stuttering films
Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Val: If you are new to the site we hope you are enjoying it. Should you find that the films aren't running smoothly, the data file to download onto your machine is quite large, so here is a little trick: once you have pushed the play arrow in the centre of the filmscreen, you will see a pause option appear in the bottom section (it looks like this II); if you pause the film, it will continue to load in the background - you can see this as a different colour line appearing and growing...
September 2010 newsletter
Friday 17th September 2010
As you know we were all at the Festival of Quilts in August and we have a truly great time - getting some wonderful interviews and quilts on camera; we managed to talk to Christina Henri who gave us the background information on her exhibition 'Roses from the Heart' - bonnets made as a tribute to approx 25,000 women and children who were shipped to Tasmania and 'ports unknown' to become the backbone of contemporary Australian society; SAQA were also on our list with their newest travelling...
Textile Museum of Canada
Wednesday 15th September 2010
Val: Just back from a couple of weeks visiting in Toronto, Canada; while there I cam across the hidden gem of the Textile Museum of Canada - located at 55 Centre Avenue. The current exhibition runs until Feb 2011 and is called 'Drawing with Scissors' and features Molas from Kuna Yala - fascinating; there are also several other exhibits always running on the building as well as a children's floor where they can has a hands-on experience with fibres - weaving and such - as well as...
9/11 and all that
Tuesday 14th September 2010
Val: I was in Canada on this anniversary date and as was only to be expected the tv airwaves were full of the memorial services being held. I was fascinated to learn of a memorial quilt that has been made in honour of those who were on Flight 93 in Pennsylvania and this is and will continue to be on display in the chapel there; it is a mixture of pictures and patchwork and you can see more at www/911memorialquilts.com
Fashion avec Front!
Wednesday 1st September 2010
Jennie: At long last we have got some pics from the Fashion show at the Festival of Quilts. All of us are eagerly awating the video because it was such a special occasion. such a pity that none of us spoke any Russian other than 'Hello' which works in most languages and 'Niet' and 'Dosvidana' and 'Spasiba' - for those who are not multi-lingual - that is 'No', 'Goodbye' and 'Thank you' plus I could manage 'Vot on' which loosely translated means 'Here is. They seemed to understand 'Vot on mein...
