I have had a quilt in storage that I have been working on for TWO YEARS! It doesn't even have patches... it has panels... so what is holding me up?
The quilt is for my daughter and we live in quite a cold climate so my goal is to get this project finished for her before Winter. She'll need it and I really need to get this project DONE. I have too many outstanding projects in my life right now and I want to spend this season DOING! The 'to-do' list of daily parenting and life tasks is tough enough to get through and yet I keep adding projects and ventures to the list... there is A LOT of my personal creative projects and it feel like they have been outstanding for years now and I have to admit I VERY frustrated! But how fabulous are these colours? That printed cotton made to look like crochet Granny squares is just THE BEST. I would love to be able to make a big Granny square blanket for my couch but I suck at knitting and crochet. So this fabric was a very exciting find. This last session was most definitely the most fun. I think it might have come down to having some tunes playing, a whole lot of sugary treats to enjoy and just the general jubilation of getting to the last of our three sessions. We did portraits for: JACINTA + MARK + JOSH Mark and Jacinta are Father and Daughter and were both so open. We talked about their roles as carers and about their interests. When it came to sitting them down infront of the camera they were both quite relaxed so they were both super easy to shoot. Our final participant in this project was Josh. We has a caring role within his family and also works for Carers Support. He was really clear about what he wanted to express in this portrait and as a result this last portrait session was quick, easy and i really enjoyed the back and forth between us. I feel like i got my best shots during this session. Which is interesting because we had a few hiccups setting up, one of our hired lights arrived with no bulb! We stayed cool and i made do. It was a great night. And with that, that's it... tune in again over the next couple of weeks to see the final portraits! :)
On our second session we did portraits for: VANESSA + DIANE + DANIELLE + JADE This was a really tough night for me; i was quite poorly and our rented soft-boxes were so darn old and yellow. Even with the physical challenges of being sick it was lovely spending time each participant. Diane (above) was such a hoot and we all enjoyed hearing more of her story.
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