Terri Stegmiller’s book brought new ideas to play!

New ideas – using watercolours!

 

Lucky lucky me -  my resourceful quilting friend Brenda, loaned me her copy of Terri Stegmiller’s book to inspire further playtime with paper and paints.  

This is such a stimulating book – it gave me completely new ideas on how to use watercolours for such interesting effect.   Easy peasy to do with wonderful images being produced.   

As a result some of my friends now have a bookmark to add to their collection.   Time starved I was – so the bookmarks ended up being mini sized!

If you want to expand your craft by incorporating paper and paint to your textiles or want to try your hand at making paper quilts, do take a look at Terri’s book.  

I know Brenda had fun using some of the ideas because I read about it on her blog.   Her blog is always such stimulating reading where lots of new ideas are floated…. and I also enjoy reading about her involvement in the Twelve by Twelve challenge.   Why not take a look?  Just click onto Serendipity and the art of quilts on the right hand side of this page and say hi to Brenda.

And…do you know, you can see more of  Terri Stegmiller’s work by clicking on Twelve by Twelve.    She also has her own website which you can enjoy.

Sydney Quilt Show

The biggest quilt show in the southern hemisphere (and I think the best), has just finished.  More than 350 quilts were exhibited during 5 days at Sydney’s exhibition hall.   Whilst my two entries did not win a prize, they did rub shoulders with winners .   I am pretty happy with that!  

My two art-quilts were experimental pieces using water soluble paper and paints – this  was something completely out of my left field.   What do you think of them?

Angelina Fibre Workshop

The backdrop for angelina

Playing around with various types of Angelina Fibres, I find that the Hot Fix is easy to work with and it produces a very glossy finish.

Lots of ideas are floating around my mind – after creating a myriad of shapes using my iron, stamps, and other items from the bottom of my cupboard.   A soldering iron is one of the further approaches I plan to trial.

Angelina is an amazing product to incorporate into art-quilts.    A workshop is arranged for mid-June whereby I will be encouraging a small group of ladies to get in there to play and experiment!

Gowing to Pizzas

Gowing to Pizzas - wall quilt

“Gowing to Pizzas” wall quilt was made for a Quilters Guild of NSW challenge.   The theme of “GOING TO PIECES” was depicted bv the disappearance of Gowings stores – a favourite of the man in my life.   As Gowings departure seemed to cooincide with the influx of many pizza shops in my city, it seemed fitting to produce my quilt “Gowing to Pizzas”.   This wall quilt measuring 69 x 50 cm has just returned home from travelling nationally with the challenge collection of quilts.   Having now many quilts oozing from the rafters at home, I am thinking I will sell this one on e-bay, unless someone sees it and contacts me first.  I am happy to let it go for a nominal price only.  It is in excellent condition.  Reflecting  colour and humour, it depicts a time that has gone to pieces.

More from the Flinders Ranges

Another impressionistic view of the Flinders Ranges was created as a result of my holiday in South Australia last year. If you like exploring rugged rocky outcrops amonst beautiful eucalypt gums it is a world of amazing colour. Quite a spiritual experience and so good for the creative soul. Here’s another quilt I made as a result of time in this superb wonderland.

Art Quilts – Flinders Ranges theme

One of a series of art-quilts reflecting the Flinders Ranges outback. Photo’s of others will be posted on my blog shortly…..so watch this space!