It has been very quiet here on the blog, but I expect that is going to change very soon!
Our eldest son has moved out - he has gone to the Netherlands, where he will start at university in September. I miss him, but we keep in touch via Skype, Messenger, Instagram etc, and we will see him in December, when we will finally visit the Netherlands again.
In the meantime we have taken over the room that was his bedroom (our small bedroom is now a study) - and that means that I finally have room for my sewing machine again!
I'm so excited, and I have plans for so many projects! The first one will probably be a new cover for the sewing machine, for this one is not looking very good after 16 months in the garage...
I also want to make a quilt! Yes, the first one since 2017! Stay tuned...
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The reason why I haven't posted anything here in the last three months is that I've spent all my free time studying, instead of creating. I've started a Bachelor of Arts at Open Universities Australia, majoring in History and Art History. I'm so enjoying it! I've just finished an essay for my Australian Art course about Grace Cossington Smith, one of the early Australian Modernists. I had never heard of her, but now I adore her work! Her painting Trees (c. 1927), pictured above, is probably my favourite, but there are so many other painting and drawings that I love. Like this one, Things on an iron tray on the floor (c. 1928):
Or this drawing, part of her magnificent Sydney Harbour Bridge series, Great white ship at Circular Quai (1931-1932):
