Wow!! Is she really back?

Yes I'm here. I have been to Brisbane twice in the last 6 weeks. The QCWA dyeing workshop was very enjoyable. Hope you all like your fabrics . The Textile Fair was very inspiring and also a bit deflating. I managed to use the plastic for some purchases but not too much.

I went back to Brisbane for a parent's medical appointment and went clothes shopping.

I have also been working as usual. Spent a night at Cania Gorge and went rock hopping.

I have actually basted one quilt of my contemporary table runners workshop series ready to be quilted. I have also finished dyeing the backings for quite a few more so hope to drag out the quilt sewing machine to quilt them. My dreams of a long arm still persist but other financial decisions regarding our future lives must come first.

I also managed to re photograph some of my quilts last week.

Here is a new photo of a favourite small quilt from my connector series.

Drought Quilt 05

Australia has been suffering a drought in most places that are prone to drought for years now so I named this Quilt "Drought has come to the Coast"
I attended another dyeing workshop in Bundaberg and somehow chose turquoise as my blue colour . I ended up with an electric combination of colours. I continued experimenting with format etc for this quilt . I wanted some of the connector strips to stand out in places with others blending.
This quilt reminded me of the red soil areas around Gayndah where I spent quilte a few holidays as a child on my relatives peanut/ grain farm getting very dirty.
I entered this quilt in the Australian Quilt Show in 2006. It is a lot smaller than the previous connector quilts I have shown.
A good size for a one day workshop. You only need a fat eighth for most fabrics and a skinny quarter for the border pieces.

Colour Connector Quilt 2

After the success I had with my first abstract landscape quilt using colour connectors I decided to try another colour scheme and format. This time I kept one strip series level and waved the other one.

This quilt format is based on 2 sets of fabrics joined together then cross cut into strips and arranged in a bargello manner.

I am teaching this workshop to some Bundaberg Quilters members in November. I am really looking forward to it as I have not played around with this for awhile. Might even need to dye more fabric agin.

The photography could be better as this photo was taken hanging in the gallery at Gin Gin.

Favourite Quilts

In 2001 I attended my first fabric dyeing workshop. As a result of that new addiction I ended up with a huge pile of dyed fabric to play with. I had been inspired my some quilts made by Judith Larzelere.

Here was a style I felt could use some of my fabric with.

I entered a quilt made in about 4 weeks into the inaugural RNA Quilts Across Queensland with a theme of The Outback being 2002- The Year of The Outback.

I was lucky to receive 2nd prize in the contemporary section.



Since then I have continued exploring this technique. Changing the format, dyed fabric styles and quilting on the surface.

I have been teaching this as a workshop called
Connecting with colour for a few years. I do not have the opportunity to teach much because of work commitments but when I do, I really enjoy it.