Inspiration Leaves

 I have been looking through photographs I have taken as primary source inspiration. I love some of my leaf photos and am thinking about ways to incorporate sketches based on these photographs into my abstract and art quilts.  Some of my photographs from Bogor Indonesia. 

Brisbane Craft and Quilt Show

I went to the Brisbane Craft and Quilt Show during the week.  My quilt "African Mahogany" is part of the "Our Wishes for the World" Exhibition at the Show.  Our 13 quilts (there are 13 of us in the Group) were exhibited first in Taiwan.  They were in New Zealand last month and now Brisbane.

Odlin Exhibition Lower Hutt New Zealand

We had a fabulous response to our Opening Night of the Cre8 Exhibition at the Hutt Art Centre, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.  Shaun and I flew over with my quilts and textile work and we had a great time catching up with friends at the Night.  Some photos of the Exhibition:

My quilts in the Exhibition based on Reforestation in Africa.  The quilts depict 

IVORY COAST ALMOND SEEDLING #2

Grows to a large forest tree - West Africa. Threatened by habitat loss.

My own Hand dyed and Hand patterned fabric.  Applique, machine embroidery and machine quilting.  

28 in by 16 in.

30 in by 16 in

BUBINGA # 4

Tall forest tree - Equatorial Africa.

My own Hand Dyed and Hand Patterned fabric.  Applique, machine embroidery and machine quilting.  

PADAUK TREE SEEDLING #3

Forest Tree - West Africa 

My own Hand Dyed and Hand Patterned fabric.  Applique, machine embroidery and machine quilting.

EMBROIDERED PIECES 

Worked on my own hand dyed and hand patterned fabric. 

And the last piece I took over was an Eco Lamb Jacket.  We were each given a used Woollen Lamb Jacket from the South Island (NZ) and challenged to create a textile piece.  These are the works. 

 This  Jacket this is mine.  It is eco dyed using eucalyptus, banksia and other native plants from my friend Ali George's property.

The Exhibition is on until the 24th July.

cheers Rebecca

Hawaiian inspired quilt

My daughter and I recently visited Hawaii.  I love the surf and sea and decided to make a small quilt inspired by the surfboards on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.  I used my hand dyes and the hand patterned fabric for the surfboards.  I used machine quilting.

 Bye Rebecca

Quilts - Nature inspiration

Here are some close up of a couple of art quilts I made for a NZ challenge.  I designed and carved the pink

flower stamp and used textile ink for the printing.

Rebecca:)