I have been making up [optional] kits for my forthcoming Colour Rhapsody workshops. One way or another, I end up for lots of narrow strips – just perfect for foundation string piecing*: Each foundation square is approximately 15×15 inches. These images show what might happen if I decide to cut a single square into four […]
Teaching
Serendipity Workshops at AQC 2009
The post-holiday catch up continues – two months is a LONG time to be away! Yesterday I touched base with the organisers of the Australasian Quilt Convention 2009 where I will be teaching four workshops from 26 February to 1 March 2009. One of the classes is SOLD OUT and the others are filling fast […]
My Place: South African Quilts
The gallery pages of the MY PLACE contemporary art quilt exhibition website have now been updated to feature thirty striking quilts from South Africa. Spread the word! I can’t wait to see these quilts, along with the others from New Zealand and Australia, at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne next year (where I also […]
Australasian Quilt Convention 2009
I am thrilled to be part of the tutor team for the 2009 Australasian Quilt Convention in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne from 26 February to 1 March. I will be teaching the following one-day workshops: Serendipity Circles – Thursday, 26 February Power Stripping – Friday, 27 Feburary Scrap Queen Odyssey – Saturday 28 […]
A Taste of England
Since I first visited the UK in 1996, I’ve been wanting to visit Hampton Court Palace. This trip we finally made it. Following the informative audio guide, we visited the Tudor kitchens (did you know that pie crusts were originally made as a cooking vessel and not eaten?); the state rooms of Henry VIII; the […]
Power Points Project
I am delighted to report that Power Points quilt features as a project in the current issue of Down Under Quilts (Issue 124 August 2008). This is another no-fuss, effective design in my Power Stripping series. You can learn the secrets of Power Stripping to make this design (or more than a dozen others!) in […]