More Student Work

 Danielle in Bundaberg completed her Aurora and Luscious Landscape quilts really quickly.

Heidi made her own version after our Breaking the Drought Workshop

This is the workshop that I am teaching in Houston which has been renamed Machine Sewing Techniques (Class 530) on Friday 4th November.

 This is Joy from Geraldton's Cutout Magic quilt - isn't the quilting terrific too.

Made my Day

I often get emails and letters from students thanking me for a workshop or advice and always get such a thrill from them but this letter from Hania in WA really blew me away. I love teaching so to have this sort of acknowlegement really gives me such a great feeling.
 
Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed following your travels and creative achievements around the world.  I have loved your quilt and beading designs since I first saw them over two and a half years ago in Perth.  I attended your three day workshop after the Quilt West held in the Alexander Craft House.  I did finally finish the Fabrication quilt, which now hangs in pride of place in our 'parlour'.  I learnt so much doing it.  Firstly how to make the beautiful abstracts out of fabric scraps.  Then when it was all pieced I had to teach myself how to free machine quilt and bobbin quilt.  What satisfaction to have it all work out.  I called it 'My Hamersley Gorge' , with acknowledgement to you as the designer and fabric printer.  

After completing this quilt I went on to create a quilt out of silks and this was accepted to be exhibited in the Stitched and Bound Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilts of WA.  That was a honour I always feel was due to your initial classes. 

Thanks so much Hania - you have really made my day 

Student and Customer Quilts

I love getting photos of my students completed work and also of customer projects created with our fabrics. When I think of the thousands of metres of fabric we have dyed - it is great to see how it has been used.
Here is a collection.
Kathryn made my Party Time Quilt

Linda is a member of my Monthly Metres Club and has told me she loves using the fabrics in her projects. The bag is also from my fabrics and was in the recent bag Challenge at the Textile Arts Festival.
The Four Seasons, for her mother-in-law

Forest, for Dijanne Cervaal's KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) Challenge

Judy Warner in the US is also one of the Monthly Metres Club members and this is her piece called Dance for the 3 Creative Studios 2010 Challenge.

Perth Quilt Show

At the recent Quiltwest Show there were some wonderful quilts. The Best of Show was the amazing quilt by Jocelyne Leath which I had seen and admired before. It is great that it was finally recognised as a worthy Best of Show winner.

Two other quilts that caught my eye were these Seahorses by Debbie (above) which were made completely out of our fabric

and Brenda's version of Breaking the Drought which she started in the workshop in Geraldton last year.


Also seen in my recent travels was this version of Breaking the Drought at the AQC by Ros

Student Work

I love to receive photos of finished projects from students and customers. The photo above is from Deb in Perth who used one of my painted pieces and beads.
This is my class at Stitching and Beyond Group in Kingston Tasmania

Amazingly Lesley finished this before I even got home. It is named 24 hours and it goes from darkness to light. If you look carefully you might also see the fur fabric she used.

And you may remember Margaret's Breaking the Drought quilt she made at my class at the Bramble Patch in the UK that she brought here to show me on her trip. Well this stained glass was done based on the design by one of her children. What a compliment.

Contagious

Looks like I have started a flow. I always ask students to send a photo of their finished quilts but only ever get a few. Having posted a few this week has prompted some more.
Heather from Geraldton in West Australia has sent me her version of Breaking the Drought - very different and so interesting and bold. I love it.

Margaret in the UK has sent me a link to her art quilt group. Margaret brought her quilt all the way out here on her holiday earlier this year to show me the finished work . I was honoured that she used up her valuable luggage allowance for me.

I will be in the UK October 2010 if anyone is interested in a workshop but I only have a few days still available. Contact me directly if you want more information.

More Student Quilts

At my Adelaide Crystallisation workshop this week I was thrilled to be shown some more quilts finished by students or made with our fabrics.

Carolyn (who made yesterdays Skipping Boy quilt) is up to her third Aurora quilt (above). She just can't stop and is doing some incredible beading.



Angela who is a longtime member of my Monthly Metres Club made this wonderful quilt from our fabrics. Can't wait to see what she does with her Crystallisation quilt from the workshop.

It was also very exciting to meet Annette at the Show who won a first prize at the show with her wonderful quilt which used fabrics from Dyed & Gone to Heaven.

Wonderful Works

I always love it when students and customers send me photos of their work made either in workshops or from our fabric.

Judy in the USA is a new member of our Monthly Metre Club and has already been inspired to make this landscape using her latest fabric. You can join up to the Club too at http://www.dyedheaven.com/store/clubs/

I thought you might enjoy seeing the art quilt that I made from one monthly metre that you sent me. There is only one tiny piece of a mountain in the quilt that is not from one of your monthly metres. It is a scene adapted from a photo I took of some rice fields near Kyoto. I was absolutely fascinated when the metre arrived and I realized it had every color I needed from sky to green fields to mountains. The piece is a 12 inch square. Much thanks - I look forward to receiving many, many more metres.

These were some of the Fabrications quilts which were produced in my class for Western Quilters in Auckland

Some Finished Quilts

At Rockhampton I was thrilled to be shown some of the quilts that had been made since I last was there.

Joan did my Fabrications workshop and created this wonderful quilt. Don't you love the dragonfly. She got it from Nancy Eha's great book.

Joyce had purchased kits from me over the last few years and brought them to show me. Here is her Delicious quilt and she was making my Power of Three (with the Atlantis we were doing in the workshop) at the Retreat.



Joyce was also responsible for this which appeared on the whiteboard overnight.

Bits and Pieces

I was asked about my cutting mat. It is a wonderfully large mat called a Mega Mat that I bought from Quilters Rule in the US. I bought a couple with a friend to save on postage so it was pretty reasonable. It is 72" x 36" which happily is the EXACT measurement of my Horn Craft Table which we use for cutting. We do a lot of cutting and it is great to have something the right height and also covering the whole table.

I also have some images sent to me of quilts completed in workshops and friends which I am always thrilled to see.

Jan Gilbert in the US made this verison of Outback nights for a friend at work. Don't you just think of Van Gogh's Starry Nights.

This is Pat Goddens version of Cutout Magic from the Be Creative Workshop at Coffs Harbour

This is Peggy's Breaking the Drought from St Helens in Tasmania and this is what she said when she sent it to me. Makes me so happy to get things like this. Makes up for the bad days.

Hi Lisa I thought you would like to see the finished item from the class at St Helens from Peg who didnt think she could put different cottons in bobbin and was sure she would not be able to do the course. Thank you so much I learnt a great deal about the stitches on my machine and with the pieces left over I have done some crazy patch work to make some cushion covers with these. I really enjoyed the class and I am sure my daughter will be pleased with her birthday present


PS Ruler/Cutter and Thread racks are gone but the hoop still available.

Rockpools into Goldfields

I recently posted Yvettes unquilted version of Breaking the Drought which definitely had the feel of rockpools complete with starfish. However now that it is (brilliantly) quilted, she has decided that it has more of a feel of goldfields. She said 'After a million circles I think I am getting the hang of free machine quilting! We have renamed it 'gold pannning' - we decided it reminded us of gold panning, all the pebbles in the creek'


Look at the wonderful quilting.