Things are rather topsy turvy here at Casa da Praia as our home maintenance project continues. This week the plasterer visited with the result that we have smooth walls but there is a layer of fine white dust e_v_e_r_y_w_h_e_r_e. I can’t do much to help at this stage so I retreat to my studio to […]
Modern Quilts
Serendipity On Display
Thank you to Ali George who kindly snapped these photo of my quilts on display at the Stitches and Craft Show at Newcastle last weekend.: Look how the light catches those circular quilting motifs on Revolutions. (I marked these circles using nested circle templates from Westalee and stitched the circles with my walking foot.) If […]
Modern X in Quilters Companion
As you can see from the Serendipity Student Gallery, students in my X Factor and Modern X workshops have had great fun exploring the X and cross blocks. Now you can too! My Modern X design is a project in issue No 61 of Quilters Companion that is available in newsagents later this week: Â […]
Gay Marriage Equality Quilt Design
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 […]
Dramatic Revolutions
Last weekend, I travelled interstate to East Gippsland, Victoria (12+ hours each way) to teach. What a surprise when, before the class even started, Beatty showed me her dramatic version of my Revolutions design that she made after viewing my Modern Quilts DVD improvising Using stacks of Solids: To purchase the magazine and DVD, look […]
Serendipity Facebook Modern Quilts Giveaway
Quiltcon, presented by the Modern Quilt Guild, opened today in Austin, Texas and runs until 24 February. I can’t make it and I’m guessing most of you are in the same position. However, with the Modern Quilts magazine by Quilters Companion and my new instructional DVD,Improvising Using Stacks of Solids, you can make your own […]