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Aboriginal Culture: Fire Utilisation

Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Plum Seeds designed by Kathleen Pitjara; machine appliq...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetlands Fishing

Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Yalke designed by June Smith; machine applique, hand em...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetland Plant Foods,

Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Bush Tucker after Rain designed by Marlene Doolan; mach...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetland Resources

Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Underground Water by Janet Nakamarra; machine applique,...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetlands Society

Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Bush plum designed by Polly Naparulla; machine applique...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetlands Conservation

Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Bush Plum and Waterhole designed by Heather Kennedy; ma...

PM Please Quilt

Canberra ACT Australia

PM Please Quilt (2015) 210cm x 165cm. Appliqué quilt made using suit swatches and recycled ties, bamboo wadding, hand e...

Changi Prison Girl Guides

Imperial War Museum, London UK

Quilt constructed of blocks of hexagons with 72 ‘flower’ rosettes made from plain and printed cotton scraps....

The Signature Quilt

Alice Springs

342 signed calico rectangles with 342 patterned rectangles to match signatories, machine pieced with black cotton margin...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetland Resources

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Roots and Seeds designed by Rosemary Pitjara; machine applique, hand embroi...

Aboriginal Culture: Wetlands Conservation

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Aboriginal fabric, Possum Land and Water Dreaming designed by Heather Kennedy; machine appliqu...

Draining the Swamps

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Eco printed muslin using casuarina and callistemon foliage; hand and machine stitched....

Maali (Swan)

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Fabric collage using silk dupion, commercial printed cotton and organza. Machine and hand stit...

Bottoms Up!!

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Hand dye fabrics, fabric paint, organza, silk waste, hand embroidery, machine embroidery, free...

Floodplain

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Silk and cotton fabric, bobbin work, hand and machine embroidery, free motion quilting....

Underwater Windows

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Hand dyed fabrics and papers, sun dyeing hand painting and colouring, embroidery, free cut mac...

Wetland Windows

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Hand dyed fabric and paper, sundyeing, hand painting and colouring, embroidery, free cut machi...

Wetland Spiders, A Weaver of Gold and a Wolf

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Commercial and hand dyed cotton fabric, polyester basket braid, ribbon braid, florists wire, v...

What’s for dinner?

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Layered cotton, silk and silk paper with appliquéd Lutradur, satin, felt and cotton fabrics. ...

Wyan the White-faced Heron and Gilgies

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Background fabric botanically dyed using eucalyptus leaves. Hand dyed cotton gauze, sari silk ...

Cardacut the Cormorant with Eucalyptus and Melaleuca

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Background fabric botanically dyed with eucalyptus leaves. Melaleuca fabric designed by Lorrai...

Waterholes and Tracks

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Commercial plain cloth. Abstract design freehand drawn with fabric crayons. Hand stitched with...

Bibool (Freshwater Paperbark)

Perth, Western Australia

Materials: Hand dyed papers. Hand dyed salvaged and commercial cotton and silk fabrics. Silk Rod. Crochet doily. Purchas...

Djeran Abundance

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: silk fabric, machine pieced and layered, machine embroidery. 400 x 600 mm

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