 Firstly tonight I would like to thank everyone who has commented that they like seeing my Visual Journal Pages and Apologies to my Visual Journal teacher (Canberra TAFE 1997/8) with whom I argued that I couldn’t PLAN crazy quilts, they just happened as I stitched, I was wrong, I didn’t understand Visual Journals…In 2002 Sharon explained Visual Journals to me when she said “Your the back of an envelope girl” (I still use the backs of envelopes which I later glue into the visual journal)…I still can’t plan out a whole crazy quilt, and wouldn’t want to, but I can use a Visual Journal to plan/think/test ideas and now with blogging and the feedback that people like seeing the pages, I find that I am using it more often and more effectively, so thank you everyone.
The image to the right is the first sketch/idea for tonights seam treatment…When I decided that I would use charms I expanded and expanded the idea in a new sketch…
 Below is my embroidered interpretation, it is freeform, has a disjointed perspective and is not to scale, it non the less does in an impressionistic way depict about 1 kilometre of the coastline… the only lighthouse charm I had was the wrong design because Ballina light house is atop a grassy hill with a seperate light house keepers house, I solved that by using tin snips to cut the house and rocks from the bottom of the charm…The 2 white crosses in the cemetry are in memory of my father and the brother in the image on this block, we miss them greatly but I do find comfort knowing that they rest in peace only a couple of plots apart in the outer row on the seaward side of the cemetry with a million dollar view looking out over the beach to the Pacific Ocean.
This seam finishs the 14th block for mum’s memory quilt.
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March 16th, 2007 at 12:40 am
Annie, this is absolutely stunning!! Truly inspired. I am in awe.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:56 am
Annie, we thank you for all the postings about your quilt. It is wonderful to watch the progress. And it gives great ideas.
Doni
March 16th, 2007 at 8:13 am
How wonderful! That is so perfect and I love that your seam treatments tell stories. Your work is truly inspiring.
Margaret
March 16th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Annie, this is such beautiful work. It’s great to see the way your thoughts grew into the final expression. These memory embroideries will mean so much to your mom and the whole family. Some how when I look at this, it is like seeing your love for them embroidered into the fabric.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
I, too, appreciate your visual journal. And this block is fantastic!
JoWynn
March 17th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
There are two things I’m liking particularly about this block. One is about all of them – they aren’t embellished to death. They have just enough, but not too much, they aren’t heavy and overladen. The other thing about this one particularly is the thread use under the lighthouse. It definitely looks very much like a coastal spot. I love the way you did that.