My quilt at Houston

Remember I had a quilt in the Textured Treasures exhibition at Houston last year? Here's Bonnie McCaffery with her video interview of Lisa Walton, who curated the exhibition. Don't blink, or you might miss my quilt! (Do enjoy seeing all the quilts and have a bonus beading lesson!)

Across and down

Exciting! The instructions for my Across and Down quilt are published in the current issue (151) of Down Under Quilts magazine.

I like working with simple blocks that, when stitched together, make secondary patterns. In this quilt, I combined a variety of black-and-white printed fabrics with solids to create a pattern reminiscent of the squares in crossword puzzles. I hope you enjoy making your version of Across and Down.

On Australia Day

My sense of country is embedded in me. I feel it deeply, this love of my place. Quietly, intensely - it is an intrinsic part of who I am and how I live.

So, on Australia Day 2012, let's celebrate what's good and strong about our country. I am grateful for every day I live in this place. I am Australian. 

Add paint

Remember I printed these a couple of days ago? This morning I tinted them with Setacolor transparent fabric paints.

The black printing is weak in some parts of the prints - that's an operator problem! - but it won't matter because I plan to cut these up and can easily work around those sections. I'm happy with the added dimension the colour provides.

Goccoing along

I created five Gocco screens today and played around with some prints from them.

The circles are from my drawing,

as are the lozenges.

 

The three plant images are from a copyright-free collection of medieval plant drawings. These will probably be cut and added to my current project.

All printed on my hand-dyed fabric with black Derivan screen ink.

I can't begin to describe how much fun this was!

Start with stitch

and we'll see where it takes me.

My hand-dyed cotton scrim, layered with hand-dyed flannel and backed with hand-dyed cotton fabric. Layers of softness and colour.

Aquilegia play

I adore aquilegias. Their delicate shapes and curly petals fascinate me. These ones are from my garden.

I've been wondering how to use the shapes in my designs, so I've played with the photo to produce this image.

Perhaps, if I simplify the lines, a useable pattern for a screen print may evolve. Or maybe a monoprint. Hmm...