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Teaching Colour Theory
Today I taught my Modern Colour Theory workshop with the Lovely Ladies from Mountain Quilters in Peachester. We ran through lots of exercises, both with colour swatches and paints, and...
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Curved Piecing Workshop
In just over a week, I will be teaching the Curved Piecing Workshop. I thought I would talk a little about what this is all about, as there is a...
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New Teaching Venue
I am very happy to let you all know that I will be commencing teaching at Sew This and That at Morayfield later this year! I will be starting out...
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Quilts Across Queensland
If any of you are in the Brisbane area, the Quilts Across Queensland is currently on at the Ekka. There's some lovely work on display.I entered two of my quilts,...
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Teaching Machine Embroidery
Today I taught a lovely group of ladies Free Motion Embroidery. They were all very enthusiastic, and did extremely well, I was impressed by how far they advanced in the...
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What I have been up to
The other day I attended a very interesting workshop, on "How to Facilitate an Arts Workshop". It was very educational, stimulating, and a good grounding for my workshop planning skills. ...
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FREE MOTION EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP
I now have scheduled dates for teaching, and I am very proud to be teaching through a fantastic and well established local store, the Patchwork Angel, at Forest Glen on...
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A Short Story
When I'm inbetween quilt projects, I just can't help myself but to find something to sew... and this week it was a pair of shorts for my husband. He needed...
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Curved Piecing Workshop
I have been busy making sample pieces for the curved piecing workshop that I teach. The added bonus for participants, is that they get to learn how to draft their...
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Dragons Finished
I have finished teaching the Chinese Dragon workshops and was very proud and impressed by the results of my students, they did a fantastic job! It wasn't easy for them...
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Cover Girl!
This week I got to be on the Front Cover of our local newspaper!! How exciting - never been a Cover Girl before! It's all to promote my local Quilter's...
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Dragon Workshop
Yesterday I taught the first day of the two day Chinese Dragons workshop at Mountain Quilters, Peachester. I only had a small class of 4 students, but it was still...
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Chinese Dragons
I have been revisiting an "old friend" these last few weeks. In 2003,I made a large quilt with 4 chinese dragons on, which won a first prize, pictorial section, in...
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Fabrics for Sale
What a treat, I received my package from Spoonflower today!! I can now put the fabrics up for public purchase, so if you want to buy any of my designs,...
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Delightfully Dutch
Remember the tulips I painted a few posts ago? Well, here they are in a fabric design! I've been playing with some Dutch themes as my mother was born in...
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More Fabric Designing
Firstly, let me say thank you to all of you who gave me feedback on my fabric designs. You have inspired me to do some more! Seeing as I live...
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Makin’ Backpacks
I've been busy this week sewing backpacks. This is a little one that I designed for my children when they were kindy kids. They got used to death, a very...
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Fabric Designing
I've been on a learning curve! I have always been fascinated by the designs printed onto fabric and so I've been having a go. I've ordered my first trial from...
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