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Modern Quilts

Dreamlines #3: A Modern Masterpiece!

28 February 2023 Filed Under: Dreamlines, Modern Quilts, Profile

Dreamlines 3# by Australian textile artist Brenda Gael Smith featured in the QuiltCon 2023 lecture “10 Modern Masterpieces” by David Owen Hastings and Teresa Duryea Wong.

Modern Quilt Show Australia 2019

Modern Quilt Show Australia 2019

17 August 2019 Filed Under: Modern Quilts

The Modern Quilt Show Australia 2019 is on this weekend 17 and 18 August at the Kiama Pavillion from 10am-4.30pm Saturday and 10am -3pm Sunday. I am delighted to be able to share two small quilts there: Integrifolia #4: Potential and Harlequin Hexagons. Integrifolia #4: Potential (84x84cm) is part of my Botanica series. I first […]

Improvisation Plus - a serendipity workshop with Brenda Gael Smith

Improvisation Plus at The Quilt Shop

11 July 2019 Filed Under: Modern Quilts, Teaching, Technique: Design - Creating with Solids

Join me at The Quilt Shop in Eltham, Victoria for my new workshop Improvisation Plus! Discover the fun of improvisationally piecing geometric and linear units. Put them all together in a striking mega-9 patch with personality plus! Learn freeform cutting and how to join irregular blocks. Explore the design principles of repetition and variation. Suitable […]

Vote for Topsy Turvy in the Quilters Companion Hall of Fame!

1 July 2019 Filed Under: Modern Quilts, Published Projects, Teaching, Technique: Design - Creating with Solids

Back in 2014, my Topsy Turvy design made the cover of Quilters Companion magazine and now it has been put forward as nominee in the “Quilters Companion Hall of Fame” in the Modern Quilts category. I am in good company. If you are so inclined, you can vote for your favourites and let the magazine […]

We Make Carpets - NGV Triennial

Art Excursion to Melbourne: Day 3

14 April 2018 Filed Under: Australian Art, Contemporary Quilts, Modern Quilts

On the third of of my art exursion to Melbourne, I braved the final week and school holiday crowds to check out the Triennial at the National Gallery of Victoria (it closes tomorrow 15 April). There was a LOT to take in and I soon suffered from sensory overload. Here are some glimpses. Flower Obsession: […]

Sugy Kim Colourful Retina

Art Excursion to Melbourne: Day 2

12 April 2018 Filed Under: Australian Art, Contemporary Quilts, Modern Quilts

For the second day of my art excursion to Melbourne, my focus was on the Australasian Quilt Convention. I have attended AQC many times as an exhibitor and as a teacher. This time I had a special assignment before the doors opened to the public but otherwise was free to view the exhibits, check out […]

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