Christchurch is a city still rebuilding after a major earthquake 22 February 2011 and it was the first time I had been there since. There is still more buildings to be repaired or demolished. I can't really describe how I felt. Very emotional.
A humming merchant mall, fun happy hour sessions and a great Carnival evening kept us entertained. Lots of classes to inspire. I was fortunate to be one of the tutors at this symposium.
Here are only a few of my photographs. Enjoy.
The Cardboard Cathedral (the tempory Christchurch Cathedral) |
Exhibition Catalogue |
St Andrews Collage. Venue of the Symposium |
Bitter Sweet by Claire Smith (tutors exhibit) |
Silence by Jean McLean (won best use of colour) |
New York Lights by Sophie Wood
Merit in the Creative Construction section.
Im a fan of Sophie's work. There is always lots to see in her quilts
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Chirpy by Rosemay Rush
Merit Best Applique
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Aide-Memoire for the Post-Modern Quilter
by Catherine Croucher
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Unknown Furtre by Kat Martin
One of the quilts published in the 2018 Aotearoa Quilters Calendar
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Luke Haynes I attended Luke's lexture. He's very inspiring. |
Year of the Cat by Tracy Carew
Winner Modern Quilt
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Ties that Bind by Jeanie O'Sullivan
Winner Traitional Quilt & Viewers Choice.
Simply stunning - my photo doesn't do this quilt any justice!
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Fly by Donna Ward
Best in Show, Merite best Piecing,
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Mughal Dynasty Reflextions by Michele Hill
Tutors Exhibition
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Breaking Waves by Dianne Southy
Merit Landscape / Pictorial
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Watermark by Alison Laurence |
Isolation by Sophie Wood |
See What My hands and Feet Can Do
By Ruth de Vos (Tutors Exhibition)
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Star Burst by Linda Rae |
Paint the Town Red by Natalie Murdoch
1 of 20 quilts to tour New Zealand in the
"Aotearoa Quilts on Tour"
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Most Fragile by Sandy Briggs
One of the quilts published in the 2018 Aotearoa Quilters Calendar
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Cheers by Camilla Watson
One of the quilts published in the 2018 Aotearoa Quilters Calendar
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There are so many quilts still on my camera so I may get round to posting more later next month.
Wimsical (with out the h).
My entry in the Tutors exhibition.
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Wimsical (without the H)
Fabric designers spend hours
creating their unique fabric designs for quilters, crafters and dressmakers to
enjoy. For several years now I have been
creating quilts out of one fabric. Basically, I cut up a fabric and
re-design a different look by manipulating the fabric using traditional blocks.
I love visual textures, illusions and where possible also like to add tactile surfaces to some of my quilts.
The inspiration for this quilt came from the fabric itself - Marianna by Gray Sky Studio for ‘In The Beginning fabrics’ (2015). I was drawn to the elegant shapes, curves and subtle colours of the print.
The centre
of my quilt is made up of kaleidoscopes using the four-sided kaleidoscope block
method. Inserted between each
kaleidoscope I have added a windmill block to add colour. It was exciting to lay out my blocks on my
design wall. Sewing them together
incorporating the windmills was a bit of a challenge.
Wonderfil
Dazzle has been couched into the borders to add sparkle.
This quilt
is Whimsical but I have left out the H in memory of my uncle Wim who took me to
visit a windmill for the first time in Holland in 1967. I wasn’t so much in awe of the windmill itself,
but of the family of eleven who were about to eat their dinner sitting around a
dining table that stretched right across the room.
One day this
quilt will be passed on to a young girl to enjoy. Very
Wimsical.Students wotk in my Stacking Bow Tie class |
Students work in my weaving class |
We had great classroom facilities at St Andrews College |
Playing with layouts using student blocks in
my Quilt As You Go class.
(Another sample below)
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Happy stitching
Shirls
So many photos Shirley! I've still got a tonne on my phone that I need to think about sharing. Your classes look like they were fun - especially the weaving one.
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