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Technique:Design

Circles on sqaures and rectangels with a purple banner across the middle with the words "RIffing with Repetition"

Riffing with Repetition

16 February 2023 Filed Under: Teaching, Technique:Design, Zoom Workshops Leave a Comment

Explore the power of repetition to create unity and rhythm in abstract design using YOUR preferred techniques in a new design workshop: Riffing with Repetition with Brenda Gael Smith.

Abstraction in Action 2022 Student Gallery

31 March 2022 Filed Under: Teaching, Technique:Design, Zoom Workshops Leave a Comment

Book now Abstraction in Action – a design and composition Zoom workshop May/June 2022. View the student gallery from February/March 2022.

Abstraction in Action Student Gallery August 2021

Abstraction in Action 2022

10 December 2021 Filed Under: Teaching, Technique:Design, Zoom Workshops Leave a Comment

Book now Abstraction in Action – a design and composition Zoom workshop with Brenda Gael Smith in February/March or April/May 2022. View the student gallery from August 2021.

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Seachange Whale Tracks - quilting in progress

Whale Tracks: Follow My Process: Part 3 Stitching and Finishing

9 December 2018 Filed Under: Contemporary Quilts, My Surroundings, Season After Season, Technique:Design 4 Comments

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 […]

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This year (2026) marks the 20th anniversary of the
This year (2026) marks the 20th anniversary of the Australasian Quilt Convention. The entrance features a display of the brochure covers over the years and it was fun to identify 3 covers that include snippets of exhibits that I was involved with.

⭐️ 2009 was my first AQC. I was a tutor and my contribution to the “teach me” exhibit was “Grass” that you can see in the lower right corner.

⭐️ in 2013, the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project shared the Colourplay series which included a piece by @studioconway highlighting the plight of refugees in drought (see centre left)

⭐️ in 2020 the chronology was disrupted by the Covid pandemic but not before the brochure was published with “The Fuchsia’s Looking Bright m” by @darlingdi from @vision2020textiles who poseda poignant question: Will my optimistic dream of a brighter future turn out to be 2020 vision, or just a fun and fabulous fabric fusion of my favourite colours?

Congratulations to @craft.events_  on the 20th Anniversary 🤩


I am driven to abstraction. Abstraction is a persi
I am driven to abstraction. Abstraction is a persistent and insistent force in my creative practice. Working improvisationally, I capture the essence of my subjects to impart a sense of wonder of the natural world and a deep affinity to place. 

As part of the Rajah Award that I received last year, I will be sharing a selection of my textile paintings in a special exhibit at the Australasian Quilt Convention in  Melbourne presented by @craft.events_ 

Textile enthusiasts from across Australia and overseas gather at this exciting event. If you see me at AQC, please do say hello. I am looking forward to seeing everyone😍

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