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Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

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WELCOME! to my teaching and design website.
An element of serendipity is integral to the art of quilt making. This quality of surprise spurs me to explore new possibilities in the fusion of colour, shape, line and texture through fabric and stitching.

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Brenda Gael Smith

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My teaching focus is on freeform piecing, effective design and the use of colour – to promote fun and encourage creative momentum.

My live, interactive workshops are structured as 3-hour classes optimised for learning via the Zoom platform.

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Geometricks

Logs & Ladders: Building with Improvisation

Strip-Ease

The X Factor

Book me for a Presentation!

All of my presentations are available as live, interactive programs via Zoom for up to 100 participants. Contact me for my rates and availability.

Driven to Abstraction

The Art of Curating

Upcoming Workshops

Other Workshops

In addition to the 3-hour workshops, I offer the following longer format, in-depth workshops for both in-person and virtual events. I can tailor content and timing for your needs.
Abstraction from Reality
Abstraction in Action
Bound to Please
Circular Explorations
Circular Explorations
Creating with Felt
Creating with Felt

Improvisation Plus!
Improvisation Plus
Lines of Beauty
Lines of Beauty
Metropolis: Logs & Ladders
Logs & Ladders
Modern X
Modern X

Serendipity Shibori
Serendipity Shibori
Stacks of Improvisation
Stacks of Improvisation
Neapolitan Strata Variou
Strata Various

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Brenda Gael Smith
brenda@serendipitypatchwork.com.au

PO Box 131, Avoca Beach
NSW 2251 Australia

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High tea @orchard_house_kulnura. Highly recommend! High tea @orchard_house_kulnura. Highly recommend!
This year marks my 60th circuit of the sun; 33 yea This year marks my 60th circuit of the sun; 33 years since the Laundry King and I got together; 26 years since we got engaged and bought this home; 25 years since we got married; 22 years since we moved here full time; 3 years since his brain cancer diagnosis; and 2 years since he died in our bedroom overlooking the teal ocean. So much of my life is bound up in this place and he has left me many legacies.

The Laundry King was an accomplished woodworker and made this beautiful table out of recycled Australian hardwoods. We bought some pine chairs as a short-term measure. We never did find something more suitable. Until today when I took delivery of some new chairs made from blackbutt wood to match the table. They are perfect. I look forward to sharing many more meals around the table and jigsaws too.

I also have a collection of handmade cards including one from our 25th anniversary that features all 52 works from my weekly art project. Those works were part of my solo exhibition in 2018.
 
That same year @stephaniejoyhoughton had her solo  exhibition at Gosford Regional Gallery and I fell in love with her abstract teal and turquoise artwork. Fast-forward and I am thrilled that this piece was available.

I have been on a teal and turquoise kick since the Laundry King commissioned @lbjewelleryguy to make my teal sapphire pendant in mid-2023.

Other teal/turquoise things that make me smile include a card @sffeltworks; new salt and pepper grinders that go with LK’s 70s pottery; and a plate that I bought in Morocco after traipsing across Rabat my turquoise quest.

Teal is said to symbolise tranquility, clarity, and emotional balance. Similarly the colour turquoise represents calmness, clarity, healing, and open communication. Because its blue-green hue evokes the sky and the sea, it is associated with peace, emotional balance, and spiritual protection. 

This must be the place:
Home is where I want to be
But I guess I’m already there
I come home, she lifted up her wings
I guess that this must be the place
I can’t tell one from another
Did I find you, or you find me?
There was a time before we were born
If someone asks, this where I’ll be, where I’ll be

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