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 […]
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Vote for Topsy Turvy in the Quilters Companion Hall of Fame!
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 […]
Whale Tracks: Follow My Process: Part 3 Stitching and Finishing
This is third and final part of series of blog posts about the creation of my textile painting Seachange: Whale Tracks. This artwork has been selected for the Studio Art Quilt Associates* global exhibition Season After Season on tour 2019-2022. Part 1: Design and Fabric Selection Part 2: Construction and Assembly Part 3: Stitching and […]
Whale Tracks: Follow My Process: Part 2 Construction and Assembly
This is part of series of blog posts about the creation of Seachange: Whale Tracks that has been selected for the Studio Art Quilt Associates* global exhibition Season After Season (on tour 2019-2022). The first post considered Design and Fabric Selection. This post is all about construction and assembly. The final post will focus on […]
Season After Season: Winter Solstice
There is something reassuring about the patterns and rhythms of life, season after season. It’s June – the time of year that I spend a lot of time gazing out over Allagai Bay, binoculars at the ready. I am no David Attenborough but here’s video evidence of the spectacle of migrating humpback whales. And even […]
Season After Season: Follow My Progress: Part 1
This is part of series of blog posts about the creation of Seachange: Whale Tracks that has been selected for the Studio Art Quilt Associates* global exhibition Season After Season (on tour 2019-2022). The post considers Design and Fabric Selection. The second post is all about Construction and Assembly. The final post will focus on […]
