Pat Sivertsen
Pat Sivertsen, Karitane, nr Dunedin, Otago I'm a long time quilter and fibre artist. I belong to Art Fibre Dunedin and Queenstown Quilters and Patchworkers. 100 days Christmas Runner: first 24 inches Project 1: Days 1 to 50 Informal Christmas Table Runner I wanted to acquire some basic drawing skills, get back into hand stitching and complete a practical project. Lockdown derailed my plans slightly as I had intended to buy a nice length of linen in Arrowtown for our Christmas table runner. Plan B was a length of calico that I'd grabbed from Spotlight the day before Lockdown. It is intended as a fun informal runner for our 4 generations of family at the Christmas table. If the glass of red wine get spilt on it that will add to the story. I drew whatever was in my mind on the day with a heat erasable pen and then stitched it. So there's everything from Covid viruses to great grand kids birthdays, Christmas stuff, scenes relating to where we live etc. It's designed for t...