Best wishes to Pamela and the other members of extraTexture who are presenting their inaugural exhibition this weekend: FUSION @ Balmain Watch House, 179 Darling St Balmain NSW 10am-3.30pm, 30-31 July 2011
This & That
Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits – Call for Entries
While I am not drawn to including people or faces in my quilts, I know there are many talented textile portrait artists out there. Now there’s a great opportunity to get your work published. Lark Crafts is about start work on the 2nd book in the Art Quilt Portfolio series, which will focus on “People […]
Brand Power
This week in blogland (thanks Kathy at Material Obsession and Rooruu), I have come across two interesting branding initiatives. First up, here is the official emblem for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 (Welsh version at right): The jaunty design is by 10 year old Katherine Dewar, from Chester and was selected following a national […]
Arty Party Dress #2
My other arty party frock is a vivid design by Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike transformed into textiles under licence by Desert Designs: I bought this dress on my first trip to Western Australia in 2000. I was working on a rail privatisation assignment and decided to fly in a day early and do a little […]
Arty Party Dress #1
In some last minute packing for the book release party in the tropics with Kirsty at Pompom Rouge, I suddenly remembered that I had the perfect frock for the occasion. I bought this painted silk shift dress in Kuaui in 1998 and it’s still in great shape: Even “pre-quilting”, I was drawn to hand-painted designs […]
On cotton
With a bulging stash, I rarely buy commercial prints these days. However, I do buy White PFD Pimatex and other basecloth for dyeing and I have heard that price increases are looming. American Quilt Retailer magazine contacted 30 fabric companies for explanations related to the current and upcoming prices of cotton fabrics. Top executives from […]