Potholders galore...
Latest additions to my Etsy store.
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Liberty Prints...
I love Liberty fabrics… love might even be an understatement.
These fabrics I’m using are a limited edition range from Liberty brought out for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Quilts: 1700 – 2010 exhibition.
I’m always hesitant to cut into new fabrics but this time I couldn’t resist. I was inspired by Film in the Fridge to revisit hexagons. I’m not sure what I’ll make from these hexagons yet… perhaps cushion covers.
I just love the process of english paper piecing – the slow pace of hand sewing. Stay tuned for the final product.
Patchwork for the Pickle...
I’m halfway into making a quilt for Liz’s baby (pickle). Hopefully it will work for either a boy or a girl!
Printed Fabric…...
I printed these fabrics using designs carved into lino blocks. I learnt this at a fabric printing class run at the Brisbane Institute of Art a couple of years ago. I haven’t had the chance to get back to fabric printing for a year or so… I wish I had a studio with huge tables to work on…
Country Inspiration...
There is nothing like getting out of the city to spark some creativity…
Some potholders or quilt squares in the making. I haven’t decided yet.
And I finished the baby quilt. It’s binded with purple homespun and so artfully held by my wonderful partner Dave!
Latest work in progress…...
I’m working on this baby quilt for a friend of mine. I have basted the quilt layers together and now just have to quilt and bind it. I randomly pieced the blocks and then used plain colours to join the blocks together.
Coming to a market near you!...
I’ve recently joined BrisStyle - Brisbane Etsy Street Team http://brisstyle.blogspot.com/ with other Etsyers from the Brisbane area.
I’ll be selling my wares soon in the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market on Saturday 5 December.
I’m currently busy getting my range of stock together. I’ll have a huge range of brooches and earrings, as well as purses, cards and some miniature versions of my geometric paintings (acrylic on canvas). You’ll catch a glimpse of the range in the weeks to come as I madly sew, paint and stitch!
Life gets in the way...
Hello
It has been awhile between drinks. Life seems to get in the way of me and the blogging machine. I have been creating however. I’ve got a box full of brooches (it has been suggested that perhaps it’s time to stop the brooch construction and expand my repertoire).
These are my latest broochings:
Latest offerings from the brooch construction zone
And I’ve also been doing some quilting. A baby quilt for my friend’s gorgeous little 11 month old – Thomas.
Recent Experiments in White Backgrounds...
These are two recent artworks I’ve done. I’m still grappling with how to mount and present fibre works considering the dust and moth factor. So I’ve done two works on white fabric the colour on which dirt and insect attack is most obvious!!
Last year I had a few fiber works in an art and craft exhibition which actually took place in a shed. It was particularly obvious as the only person working in fiber that this wasn’t the perfect setting for my artwork. There was a campfire set up in the middle of the shed also so when I got my artworks back they smelt extremely smoky. Even in a house I guess the thing about fiber is that it absorbs whatever is in the air… cooking smells, mold etc.
But I just love the tactile nature of textiles and I love mounting fibre works on the front of art canvases, especially as art canvases are going so cheap these days.
A dilemma that needs more pondering I think.
Scrap Village From the Air - I used fabric scraps kindly sourced from my friend Jeannie to make this
Detail of Scrap Village From the Air
Geometric pattern stitched on canvas with embroidery thread
Close-up of stitched canvas
My Brooch Construction Zone...
My brooch construction site
A close-up of my workspace
My button stash