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Dyed and Gone to Heaven
fibreinspirations.blogspot.com
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I am a textile artist and always on the lookout for inspiration. I am happy to share them as well as glimpses of my life.
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Catch Up Time - Darwin

I have been away - very away - as my last trip was a bizarre route of Alice Springs, Darwin then Luxembourg. As you can imagine, the combination of having too much fun and sporadic internet access me...

23 may 12

Wonderful Lifestyle

 I am very envious of my hostess Barbara and her lifestyle in Alice Springs. She and her sister Nancy have created an alladins cave of creativity. They both knit and felt and Barb quilts and Nan...

13 may 12

Alice Springs

I have spent the last few days teaching in Alice Springs which, for those who arent familiar with Australian geography, is right in the middle. It is an amazing place with lots of incredible scenery ...

08 may 12

Beneath the Southern Sky Interviews

When I was at the AQC I met Luana Rubin who is the owner of equilter.com. She interviewed me along with Brenda Smith in front of the Beneath the Southern Sky Exhibition.This is Brendas interview ...

05 may 12

Where I Create

Welcome to my studio.I live in Sydney Australia where we have lots of sunshine and warm weather. It doesnt snow here so we can work outside all year round. My studio is where I spend most of my creat...

04 may 12 1 person likes this

Great Quilts

I love it when students and customers send me pictures of quilts they have made with our fabrics or my patterns. Here are some of the latest I received. Claire made the quilt above from one of our Ra...

02 may 12

SAQA OCEANIA STUDIO BLOG HOP

I am the Co-Rep for SAQA Oceania which is the region of Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) which covers Australia, New Zealand and everywhere else in the Pacific Ocean. We also have expats who live ...

30 apr 12

Sun Dyes for all Ages

I was blown away to get this email today from Kerry who bought some of my great Sun Dyes recently.Hi Lisa.My 4 yo grand daughter used the sun dyes today and made her first printed square of fabric.We...

19 apr 12

Opulence Paint

Just took delivery of some more Sun Dye Paints and added some Opulence Inks to the order too. Just got some of the Isis Gold (yellow gold) Aurum Gold (whitish gold) and Argent Silver. So used a stamp...

14 apr 12

More Fun with the Sun Dye Paints

 I am finally ready for the AQC and thought I would have another play with the Sun Dye Paints as it is such a beautiful day in the garden.Burst 1 Wattle then Sky Blue painted onto white fab...

09 apr 12

Sun Printing

I love sunprinting and in my Textured Treasures Workshop I usually provide a selection of paints to use. I recently added KraftKolours Sun Dyes to my collection and have noticed that these get used t...

05 apr 12

Ring Around the Felts Bracelet

Last night I made up this kit from our Fabulous Felts range. Apart from not reading the instructions properly (a common problem with me) it didnt take very long and was very easyFirst I pierced the b...

01 apr 12

Festival of Quilts Birmingam Update

Festival of Quilts have just released more places on the online booking page for workshops and so there are now more opportunities to do my classes.These are the classes I am teaching and I hope you ...

29 mar 12

Sydney Exhibition for a Wonderful Cause



27 mar 12

Countdown to Brisbane Craft & Sewing Show

I am having a couple of days off overlooking the ocean at Tweed Heads before heading back up to Brisbane for the Craft and Sewing Show. It is on at the Convention Centre from 22-25 March and we are i...

19 mar 12

Everywhere

I recently had one of my quilts - Everywhere - accepted into the Beneath the Southern Sky exhibition and was very pleased to be in such great company. There are some amazing quilts in the exhibition....

15 mar 12

Textured Treasures in Gatton

I am currently on a teaching tour in Queensland. Sometimes internet access is not all that easy so my blogging has been a bit sporadic.I have just taught my Textured Treasures in Gatton which is a sm...

12 mar 12

Fusion Workshop

Here are some of the quilts produced today in our workshop. I am so impressed with all of them. This could become my favourite workshop.

04 mar 12

Fun Times in New Zealand

We are having a great time in NZ with a combination of teaching and visiting friends and seeing the sights. Of course NZ is famous for its sheep population and even traffic is occasionally stopped fo...

03 mar 12

Fantastic Fusion

 I recently taught my Fantastic Fusion class for the first time - well there always has to be a first time doesnt there?During the class I started demonstrating the technique but really loved th...

23 feb 12

Aurora Fabrics

I have just painted some different fabrics for my Aurora Kits as I often get asked to produce ones that would be suitable for outback scenes or water scenes. Outback 1 Outback 2  ...

18 feb 12

Not my best effort

I have had another play with my stencils.First I marked the fat quarter of hand dyed raw silk and then taped the stencil - this one is the Reims Cathedral from the Cathedral set.I then painted it wit...

17 feb 12

Playing with Stencils

I have been playing around with my new stencils and foils I used a stiff brush and some lime green Lumiere paint to stencil random flowers all over a pink hand dyed fat quarter. This is the Cher...

16 feb 12

My New Friend

Life is funny sometimes.I am currently planning a trip to the Netherlands when I am in Europe for the European Patchwork Meeting in September.Yesterday I was looking at my friend (and fellow SAQA Oce...

08 feb 12

Felt Buds

 During my ongoing West WIng Marathon (just finished Series 4) I am trying to do a few little bits and pieces and these decorations appealed to me after I saw them in Houston. I used one pack of...

06 feb 12

Houston Exhibition Vidcast

When I was in Houston last year my talented friend Bonnie McCaffrey filmed one of her famous vidcasts on the exhibition. We also filmed a little bit of beading which was a lot of fun.I hope you enjoy...

04 feb 12

Vidcast from Houston Exhibition

01 feb 12

Firsts

 Today I taught my first workshop for 2012 and it was also the first time I had taught my new workshop Fantastic Fusion.   Inspired by my friends at the Chicago School of Fusing I deve...

24 jan 12

Sydney Workshops

Next week the year starts in earnest for me. No more West Wing marathons in the afternoon  but it is about time I did some real work.At Quiltsmilth in Annandale I am doing these two workshops on...

19 jan 12

Cutout Magic Revisited

  I have designed a lot of patterns and interest in them comes and goes. This is really interesting for me as new eyes see them and like them. Recently one of my designs Cutout Magic has seen&nb...

15 jan 12

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