tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75966067923629228292024-02-29T06:52:26.624+00:00I'd rather be in IndiaTiggy Rawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06344933762910587735noreply@blogger.comBlogger614125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596606792362922829.post-16375640590897666122024-02-15T13:46:00.001+00:002024-02-15T15:16:17.492+00:00<p> I am sorry to report that my darling wife Tiggy Rawling passed away on 4th January 2024 after a short illness.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you wish to make contact with her family, please e-mail me </p><p>keith.rawling@btconnect.com</p><p><br /></p><p>She will be sadly missed -</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhK9v19CdN3JGHCk08sXuhv5Iego50k9vtVDipQWPxDd9SVNOinemfhg_51GlVsL4WRJcfJlw49BR5vr8yEmwViUkPlQ78KFf5d0JwOvzZR3dnBNynDNc-jsD3LXa6AygAiaY-D5zfXVBh7e89IzE9TiJTx3IcIrVtbjIHCAy4FI_olGdAQLPmo6nPO0I/s2904/ZKR2_3234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="2206" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhK9v19CdN3JGHCk08sXuhv5Iego50k9vtVDipQWPxDd9SVNOinemfhg_51GlVsL4WRJcfJlw49BR5vr8yEmwViUkPlQ78KFf5d0JwOvzZR3dnBNynDNc-jsD3LXa6AygAiaY-D5zfXVBh7e89IzE9TiJTx3IcIrVtbjIHCAy4FI_olGdAQLPmo6nPO0I/s320/ZKR2_3234.JPG" width="243" /></a></div><br /> not just by me.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Keith Rawling</p><p><br /></p>Tiggy Rawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06344933762910587735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596606792362922829.post-15999972858602915622016-01-10T13:37:00.000+00:002024-02-15T13:37:11.669+00:00Revisiting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I am busy getting together quilts, big and small, for a talk I am giving to a local quilting group on Monday. I decided last year No More Slide Shows. The curtains are drawn, it is dark inside and so easy for some of the audience to nod off especially after lunch! Quilts are all about touch after all.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've always stitched, but never taught so to speak. It was a huge learning experience and such fun. Twelve of us went far and beyond what was required for the course, and my life changing experience came when I decided to study Indian textiles which lead, eventually our first trip to the subcontinent. I should say India was a place I had been fascinated with as a child.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My room is transformed from a mess to an oasis of calm. No piles of things to do, </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It calmed me down. I took the slow road through August, no rush.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boxes of materials hoarded over the years. Oh, so 20th century! Just let it go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now lean and mean in the studio. Space to think creatively. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am down to two boxes of bits and gatherings. This is where I am going to have to be very strong! There are just some things you can't let go. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first of three indigo workshops takes place on Saturday, fingers crossed that the weather stays fine in warmer climes at least you can be sure for at least nine months it's always a perfect temperature for an indigo vat.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All this reminded me of our visit to Arkola to see our block printing friends. My camera battery died, step in the professional, Mr. R, with a spare camera. Marvellous.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday started quite early, around 6.30am. Very unusually we were awoken with a cuckoo calling in the oak tree outside our bedroom window. I have neither seen or heard a cuckoo for years so it was rather special.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather looked promising so I took myself off to Kimmeridge, arriving way before any holiday makers had had their breakfasts!</span><br />
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