Theme for Latitude Quilts group.

Latitude Quilts third theme for this year was “Leave Your Mark”.

So my piece “The X Factor” was created using cotton fabric dyed with thickened Procion dyes, silk fabric dyed with Landscape Dyes, and machine stitched.

Hand dyed threads stitched up more texture and created lines to emphasise the X shape that I am so drawn to.

You can see more about this theme on our Latitude Quilts website.

Shibori on silk

More experimentation in my wet-room has produced these gorgeous scarves.

Ideas are percolating for future work with Landscape dyes and silk.

More about silk!

More playtime with my Landscape Dyes produced these scrumptious scarves. 

This time I set myself the task of experimenting using the colour purple.

These have fans – so it seems purple is a popular colour.   More experimentation is going to happen – I am hooked on dyeing silk!  I encourage you to try it – as it is not difficult to do and is sooooo satisfying.  Especially when people I show them to want to have them.

New directions….

Having the pleasure of attending a workshop by Rae Woolnough of Sydney, I learnt so much about dyeing silk and felting woollen rovings.   This is just one sample of a piece I produced at Rae’s workshop.   More coming soon….

Time flies!

Watching the bird life in Dungog,  provides the opportunity to see how time flies!

Along with my colleagues in the Daughters of Dowling embroiders group, I was inspired to create this piece.

The bird was composed entirely of different fabrics fused onto a supportive fabric, and then stitched onto the background fabric.  Machine and hand stitches were worked into this piece to portray gum leaves.

All beading was hand stitched.  This is a change of style for me and I enjoyed exploring this application.

The perfect model, Samera loves the feel of silk!

One year ago I attended a 1-day workshop by Sydney artist Pam de Groote – shortly before I moved from city to country.   So this meant I have only just returned to dyeing silk fabric with my newly purchased Landscape Dyes.

The glorious autumn weather is perfect for experimenting in my wet-room – it is not too cold there at the moment and a big tidy up motivated me to action.

This is my first day of experimentation on silk scarves.   There was such an enjoyable activity – so come back soon as there will be more to come!

“Milk in time”

This is my interpretation of “Every Single Day”, showcasing the dairy industry with its daily milking.  It is 15 inch square & is produced for my entry into Latitude challenge, of Every Single Day.

The large bottle is constructed with hand-dyed and printed cotton fabric – the foliage is my attempt to bring in the green clover diet of dairy cows, whilst depicting a milk bottle.

The “shapes” whether they be construed as cow pats (poo) or the shapes on black and white dairy cows were fused cotton shapes in colours that I love.   I selected colours of nature and the country.

My three cows were stitched by machine and hand in black thread.

The white yarn was couched in the shapes of udders, which is also mirrored in the upper part of the piece.

I would love to hear your comments, particularly what catches your eye, and perhaps what doesn’t work so well for you.

To see all the Latitude Quilts entries, please go to their website.