Banquet Journal

watercolour

  I've been playing a bit with watercolour lately, working loose and then trying to contain things using vector graphics. I'm still undecided as to what the actual end product will be...  

schiaparelli

More from the World of Interiors - this, an old Schiaparelli print. Fantastic circus animals and really lovely rabbits! Working on a design job right now, but hoping to get back into things next w...

poppytalk handmade

Come visit Banquet at the Poppytalk Handmade Mother's Day and Kid's Market. There's some great work, from all over the place, so check it out if you have a minute. Many thanks to Jan and Earl for ...

swatches

I've been going through some old magazines, trying to cull an unwieldy collection that threatens to overtake us. Some things I'd forgotten all about, and others look brand new. I love this haphaza...

poppytalk

This shape was the leftovers from a project with Cy, and as simple as it is, it hits just the right note. I must extend a big thank you to Jan over at PoppyTalk for giving me a mention this week. ...

homesteading

Finally made the famous no-knead bread, and for twenty minutes of actual labour, it's pretty fantastic. Usually I use bread as a vehicle for marmalade, but butter works very nicely here as well. A...

more violets

Things are starting to feel a little bit lighter around here...

more thoughts on quilts...

Love these old concrete builders. Yes, that's snow on the ground. So much for gloating about our early West Coast spring. Another quilter I admire is Ian Hundley.

quilting

My quilt obsession is growing. I bought the brilliant Quilt's of Gee's Bend for myself recently, and it's doing nothing to still my itchy fingers. Like these two, by Annie E. Pettway and Annie Be...

open to cool

I have a small side project with an old friend who now lives far far away. Found here, it's a blog of what could best be described as back-and-forth-postcards without the posties. Open to Cool was...