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Creating with Brenda Gael Smith

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Bed Quilts

Miss E and her Quilt

9 December 2014 Filed Under: Bed Quilts, Cot Quilts 1 Comment

You may recall the Churn Dash quilt I was making. Here it is, ready and waiting for the arrival of the new little one in the family: And here is Miss E with her quilt: And speaking of gorgeous nieces, here is Miss S unfurling her quilt last Christmas:

A welcome quilt

17 December 2013 Filed Under: Bed Quilts 1 Comment

This quilt was waiting for us at the country house. It was made by the Laundry King’s aunt and is in great condition. I hope that some of my quilts are as enduring.

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Crossing things off

4 December 2013 Filed Under: Bed Quilts, Daily Life Leave a Comment

As I prepare for travelling to the United States for the holidays, I am crossing things off my to do list: the latest issue of the Serendipity Studio Newsletter has been dispatched to subscribers; instructions have been sent off to Quilters Companion for a new project in 2014; broad bean seeds have been planted and […]

Sweet Kisses in Progress

9 November 2013 Filed Under: Bed Quilts Leave a Comment

We have been without an internet connection (apart from a 3G dongle and iPad) for over 48 hours and will not see restoration until Monday at the earliest. Fortunately, the radio and sewing machine still work so I have been able to complete some more “X ” blocks for a quilt for my five year […]

Gay Marriage Equality Quilt Design

14 April 2013 Filed Under: Bed Quilts, Modern Quilts, Teaching 1 Comment

Before the gay marriage equality logo went viral on social media last month, it was already a familiar motif to me, albeit in a different context. Back in 2007-2008, when I was developing designs for my Power Stripping workshop, I made this quilt that I called “Power Points” because the motif recalled an electricity outlet […]

Looking Back on My First Quilt

28 June 2012 Filed Under: Bed Quilts, Teaching 8 Comments

In just a week, I will be off to Adelaide to teach Shibori Serendipity and Serendipity Circles at Quilt Encounter, the annual retreat of the Quilters’ Guild of South Australia. While I am down that way, I will also be giving a presentation to the evening Guild meeting on Thursday, 5 July 2012 (7.15pm for […]

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It’s happening. Pent Up is off to #quiltcon2026
It’s happening. Pent Up is off to #quiltcon2026 and so am I 😍 After many years of submitting, this is my first QuiltCon acceptance and it will be my first time attending in person. I look forward to seeing many fine quilts in the cloth, meeting friends old and new and generally revelling in the energy of this exciting event. Let me know if I will see you there too.
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My artworks Desire Lines #9: Here Comes the Sun an
My artworks Desire Lines #9: Here Comes the Sun and Desire Lines #3: Running Hot & Cold feature in Ahead of the Curve, an invitational exhibition of Australian modern quilts curated by Tara Glastonbury now showing at the @pacc_gallery Cessnock until 31 January 2026. FREE entry. Gallery hours:
* Monday to Friday | 9am – 4.30pm
* Saturday | 10am – 2.30pm

I am grateful to Tara for the prompt to create a new artwork and to put an older piece out into the world again. They glow in the gallery space. I also have some smaller textile sketches available for sale in the gift shop.

Here Comes the Sun 85x136cm 
You can’t outrun or bypass grief. Getting ahead of the curve is illusory. The only way is through. Even in the depths of loss, moments of brightness appear. These glimmers remind us that light is never fully extinguished. Darkness and radiance are not opposites but companions, entwined in the human experience. This work is both a lament and an invocation: an acknowledgment of pain, and a quiet turning toward the light that eventually breaks through. Such is the duality of grief.

Running Hot & Cold (37x75cm) explores the volatile spectrum of emotion—where passion ignites and ambivalence cools. Through shifting tones and contrasting forms, this work reveals the tension between intimacy and distance, embodying the unstable rhythm of feeling too much and not enough. 
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