MY QUILT IN HUSTON TEXAS

I am very excited to report that the first time I attempted entering one of my quilts in the Houston quilt show my quilt "Fantasy Seed Pods" was one of the 54% of entries selected by the jury to go into this prestigious show. I am thrilled to bits and still walking on air and just had to share this with you all.
Elizabeth.

TWO NEW QUILTS

Here are photos of the two quilts I have finished lately. The first is a seaside quilt featuring a leafy sea-dragon in the middle with embroideries of shells and sea-creatures around the border. I have written up a pattern for this quilt.

                                            LEAFY SEA-DRAGON & FRIENDS.

The second quilt, Fantasy Flowers, was my entry into the Master Quilters contemporary category in Sydney this year.

           
                                         FANTASY FLOWERS

                                          FANTASY FLOWERS - DETAIL

                                          FANTASY FLOWERS- BOWL DETAIL

WHATS NEW

I have given up my job at the shop so that I have more time for designing new quilts and producing new patterns. Friends and fellow quilters were disappointed to find that I had no quilts entered in our 2011 Adelaide exhibition. This was simply because I hadn't had time to finish any. I have also had the honor of being invited to enter the Master Quilter categories in the 2012 Sydney quilt show and so I need time to create quilts for this.
David and I attended the trade market in Melbourne in November which was very inspirational. I was given a lot of helpful advice from stallholders which I will put to good use in expanding my pattern business. Watch my blog to follow my progress in the new year.
Regards Elizabeth.

Dare to Differ Exhibition

I was thrilled to have my little Umbelliferae quilt accepted into the Dare to Differ exhibition which is on display at Gallery M in the Marion Cultural Centre here in South Australia until 23 Oct 2011. Entry is free and it's well worth a visit. I went to the opening night with a group of friends and we had a wonderful time, in addition to seeing all the interesting and creative quilts we had a nice meal whilst listening to live music by two entertainers who sang in beautiful harmony.
Here at last is a photo of my Umbelliferae quilt.
Regards Elizabeth.

NEW block of the month Spring Evening

Finally I have almost finished my new block of the month design depicting a spring evening in Japan. It is a 9 month program and will soon be available exclusively from Patchwork by Sea. The Kanji Characters on the quilt mean 'spring evening' hence the name.
Regards Elizabeth.

Quilt Encounter

last week I had a wonderful time at quilt encounter catching up with old friends and doing two very exciting workshops. The first was 'Handbags' with Olga Walters, which was a very freeing class by an entertaining teacher with a lovely relaxed anything goes approach, she made the class so much fun and we used different and interesting techniques. I was very pleased with my effort.
The second workshop was two days with Jacqui Karl making 'Layered Leaves'. Jacqui is from New Zealand and it was very enjoyable to hear the familiar accent and mannerisms of my home country. Her workshop was very interesting teaching several different ways to make 3D leaves using some techniques I had not tried up till now. Again I was very pleased with the results.
Regards Elizabeth.

A workshop with Mariya Waters

Mariya's workshop at The Sewing Sanctuary was very inspiring and I learnt some very exciting new techniques. I enjoyed it so much that I continued with the project when I went on a weekend retreat with friends immediately following the workshop. I have almost finished the project and will certainly use the technique in future quilts. Mariya gave us some very useful tips as well and I am looking forward to her return visit next year.
Next on my agenda which I am also very much looking forward to is a few days at Quilt encounter to learn some more new techniques.
Regards Elizabeth.