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Technique: Design - Creating with Solids

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 […]

Quilters Companion Issue 67

Topsy Turvy Cover Girl

7 May 2014 Filed Under: Modern Quilts, Published Projects, Technique: Design - Creating with Solids Leave a Comment

Topsy Turvy is a freeform, improvisational design created with solid coloured-fabrics for extra oomph. It features as a project in Issue 67 of Quilters Companion that goes on sale tomorrow.  You can’t miss the cover!

Still Scrapping

13 January 2014 Filed Under: Modern Quilts, Technique: Design - Creating with Solids 2 Comments

Just a couple of blocks and seams to go and I have a top:

Solid Scraps

11 January 2014 Filed Under: Modern Quilts, Technique: Design - Creating with Solids Leave a Comment

One way or another, I seem to have accumulated lots of scraps of solid coloured fabric.  It’s time to play!

Improvising Using Stacks of Solids DVD: Special US Delivery

13 November 2013 Filed Under: Published Projects, Technique: Design - Creating with Solids, Technique:Piecing 4 Comments

Due to exorbitant shipping costs, I usually only sell my DVD to Australian residents.  However, I will be in the United States for the holidays and have extra room in my suitcase so I am offering this special deal to US readers if you place your order by 5 December 2013.  US ORDERS HAVE NOW […]

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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😍

#australasianquiltconvention  #rajahaward  #brendagaelsmithart #australasianquiltconvention2026