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Earth Blanket

Geelong, Victoria , Australia

Quilt, woollen felt with appliqued, quilted, dyed and embroidered surface. This quilt is mostly in brown and brown tones...

Klimt Print #2

Geelong, Victoria , Australia

Whole cloth painted quilt, hand wool embroidery, wool thread and metallic thread quilting.

The Westbury Quilt

ACT

“The quilt is a patchwork of red cotton fabric. Each piece is decorated with embroidery in thick white cotton thre...

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Campbelltown NSW Australia

Techniques: Layers of net and machine stitchery, reverse appliqué, hand stitchery, sprayed and thrown paint. Materials:...

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...

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...

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...

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

The Friendship Quilt’

NSW

“Crazy patchwork, principally pieced from cotton, silk, velvet, damask, brocade and felt with a printed cotton bac...

Bura (Big Swamp) at Dusk

Perth, Western Australia

Materials and techniques: Silk raw-edged covered in synthetic tulle; hand and machine embroidery us...

Heidelberg Busy Bee Signature Quilt

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

This redwork quilt is constructed from 213 white cotton squares and four distinctive sashings made from Torchon lace ins...

Days of Fire

Campbelltown NSW Australia

Technique: Strip piecing and folding, hand embroidery and finishing, machine pieced. Materials: Taffeta, cotton, voile, ...

Come Dancing

Campbelltown NSW Australia

Technique: Layers of net over taffeta and lace shapes. Hand quilting and beading. Paint brush work. Materials: Remnants ...

Aboriginal Culture – Astronomy

Western Australia

Life for Noongar people was moderated by objects in the sky. Day time was signalled by Venus rising and the sun’s posi...

Construction

Campbelltown NSW Australia

Technique: Machine embroidery, joining rough edge strips and wadding onto a base. Hand assembled with stitchery, braid a...

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