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Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Creating at Copacabana

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Tutorials

Here are links to some of the free tutorial resources that you can find on my blog:

  • Top-Stitched Quilt Hanging Sleeve – SO much easier to sew on straight
  • Free & Non Binding: Alternative Quilt Finishes a listing of online tutorials demonstrating a range of useful quilt-finishing techniques other than binding
  • Continuous Binding without Bulges a tutorial for this versatile, classic finishing technique
  • Fussy Cut Bindings by Deborah Fisher
  • My Favourite Facing Finish Tutorial (PDF)
  • How to attach textile art to stretched canvas
  • Ribba Framing Tutorial – mounting textile art using shadow box frames from IKEA
  • Image Transfers with Orange Power
  • Printed Quilt Label Tutorial
  • Shibori tutorial #1 – Karamatsu–Japanese Larch Stitch Resist (PDF660KB)
  • Shibori tutorial #2 – Folding Resists (PDF560KB)
  • Shibori tutorial #3 – Arashi-Pole Wrap Shibori (PDF390KB)
  • Shibori tutorial #4 – Itajime Clamp Resist Shibori (PDF450KB)
  • Triad Dyeing Tutorial take three colours and create a striking collection of cross-dyed fabrics
  • Blooming Technique Tutorial – create windows in fabric
  • Pacific Table Mats Pattern (PDF150KB)
Serendipity Shibori Sample

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Brenda Gael Smith
brenda@serendipitypatchwork.com.au

PO Box 131, Avoca Beach
NSW 2251 Australia

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Hello 60! Swimming at the ocean pool is a fantasti Hello 60! Swimming at the ocean pool is a fantastic way to start the day.

#copacabanansw #macmastersbeachnsw #saltwaterhealing
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 🤩

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