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Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Creating at Copacabana

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Upcoming Workshops

Learn with me! I will be teaching the following workshops and events. Book directly with the organiser:

  • Carrefour European Quilt Show, Val d’argent, France: Streamlined Dreamlines: Powerful Freeform Piecing Designs, Saturday 19 September 2026.
  • Quilt Symposium 2026: Christchurch, New Zealand 1-6 October 2026. Book online.
    • Abstraction in Action Friday/Saturday 2-3 October
    • The Art of Finishing Monday 4 October
    • Zig Zag Pizzazz Wednesday 6 October

On Exhibition

See my artwork in:

  • Ahead of the Curve: Coal Face Art Gallery, Moranbah, Queensland until 26 April 2026; and
  • Minimalism: SAQA Global Exhibition at Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza – Oaks, Pennsylvania: 17 – 20 September 2026: and
  • Forza Vitale: Carrefour European Quilt Show: Eglise de l’Assomption, 5 Rue de l’Église, 68660 Lièpvre 17 – 20 September 2026.

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Brenda Gael Smith
brenda@serendipitypatchwork.com.au

PO Box 131, Avoca Beach
NSW 2251 Australia

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Join me on Zoom for TEXTplosion! Book online for: Join me on Zoom for TEXTplosion! Book online for:

 💣 TEXTplosion Zoom 1: 6-8am Thursday 6 August (Sydney time)
 💣TEXTplosion Zoom 2: 7-9pm Thursday 6 August (Sydney time)

Harness the power of paper collage to generate abstract designs. This 2-hour introductory presentation explores: fragmenting text; isolating and highlighting areas of interest; playing with enlargement, exaggeration and distortion; coalescing lines and shapes; converting 2-tone designs into colour; and digital tools. Zoom 1 is in Wednesday afternoon US/Canada time and Zoom 2 is on Thursday morning UK/Europe time. Includes 30 day access to the recording.

#brendagaelsmithworkshop #learnwithbrenda
Thanks to @peppermintpatcher and @the.skyelife for Thanks to @peppermintpatcher and @the.skyelife for sending me photos from “Opposites”, the @saqaart Oceania Regional exhibition currently on display at the Craft & Quilt Fair at Darling Harbour in Sydney until tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 18 July).

Night and day are often framed as opposites: darkness and light, moonlight and sunshine, rest and activity, asleep and awake. However, night and day can also be viewed as interdependent forces in a continuous cycle. Each defines and deepens the other. Day brings outward motion, visibility and engagement, while night offers inwardness, reflection and renewal. Together they create a
rhythm of life. Night and day function as a continuous pulse,reminding us that balance is not found in opposition but in the steady movement between them. 

#brendagaelsmithart #nightandday

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