Pat Findlay Designs

   As part of starting over, I took a good look at what I have around the studio, and considered this against how many years I may have left  on this earth.  This created a new "to Do" list.  There are three projects for which I have purchased all the necessary supplies, and carefully stored those supplies away, within the studio or storeroom.  Best get busy. Last evening, while watching tv, I started a new EPP piece, using a commercial pattern, " Tula Nova" by Tula Pink.  This is fairly complicated, using several different shapes, in a circular setting, ending up about 56 inches in diameter.  OMG!  What have I got myself into?  My hope is that this will be completed while I participate in a couple of recurring social events  in which I find joy.   More of the piece can be done while watching the daily evening news. Second is a very simple machine design.  Four and a half inch squares pieced to be about 40 inches squa...

  Life can throw us curves.  My previous blog is no longer.  It was accidently closed. So I go with the flow.  I'm tired of fighting technology that I don't understand. I am an artist.  While I work mostly with fibre, I think it best to describe me as a mixed media artist, as paint, stencils, block printing, and dye can all be part of my day.  But, I started as a quilter, and while I consider quilting just another tool in the box, it's a technique that is used in most of my work. Most recently I have created two pieces designed to be kept and used by myself.  One is a commercial design, made simply for my own pleasure--Long Time Gone, by Jen Kingwell.  This was professionally quilted by Helen Mazlowski of Cedar House Quilts in Lockport Manitoba.  It is now ready for binding, and today, I found the right fabric for doing that.  It is about 67" by 69". The borders of the above piece were made by taking all of the scrap fabrics left over, c...