Can I draw on silk?
Can I draw on silk?
Category: Capture & Create
At 3.30 am, the eyes sprang open after a scary dream. No chance of going back to sleep with that in my head… So I've been up working and catching up on the work on the computer… 5.50 am, I've prepared stuff for today and If I go back to the house now, I think…
Day 2 of school
Day 2 of class and I managed to sit still all day. Learning new techniques, sharing ideas in new genres is really exciting, and the possibilities of the techniques I'm learning right now are endless. Being a student rather than a teacher is a little difficult……I had to fight the urge to walk around and…
A great story continues.
There was a time when I created quilts by piecing and applique… That was it.!!! It's a long story, but this is one such quilt that gained a little notoriety. I finished it 8 years ago. It's not a really good photo, but the others are in storage for safe keeping. This is my…
Southern Textiles class.
It's been a really nice day today. I've been at school for the past 8 hours under the tutelage of Effie Mitrofanis. I'm stretching my abilities folk…. really stretching it. But, I'm enjoying it. When I think back, it's not the first embroidery class I've taken. I took one with Judith Baker Montano (too many years…
Dare to Differ 2011 -contemporary quilts, No 3.
Isobel McGarry SA Samsara Red The endless running circle of life – the sea, the fish, the tree, the flowers, the birds, the whirling heavens and the sun – reflecting life with color using recycled sari silks and running stitch. Isobel McGarry SA Kyoto Blue The color of Indigo, the color of Kyoto recycled and…
Dare to Differ 2011 -contemporary quilts, No 2.
Lynette Brown SA Shattered – Garden window An analogy of youth and age, this quilt was inspired by the idea of a shattered window. Looking through it the garden appears in small fragments, distorted and disorientated. The picture although fractured is now richer and even more interesting than the view through the clear pane. Lynette…
Dare to Differ 2011 -contemporary quilts, No 1.
Cathy Boniciolli SA Natural Beauty. Inspired by my love of shells, my design is based on Fibonacci's 'golden ratio' Using a variety of tea bags for their delicate colors and tones I have hand stitched in running stitch my shell motif on a sandy background. Brenda Gael Smith NSW TURF Inspired by a freshly mown…
Dare to Differ 2011- contemporary quilts.
Last night I had the privileged of attending the opening of the 9th Dare to Differ Contemporary Quilt Exhibition hosted by the Quilters Guild of South Australia. Through the generosity of the artists and untiring work of Suzanne Gummow and her team, I am happy to share this exhibition on my blog to interested people…
October the first.
Is this the last burst of wet and windy weather forcing it's way into our lives? These poor girls have been hanging around outside all winter. Small hints of summer were given to us last week and make us anxious for the warmth and promise of days in the garden, eating outdoors and preparing the…