Southern Textiles - 2013

Below are some pics of my class "Exploring Surface Design and Stitch. The class used paper, fabric, print and stitch.
All the work below is in progress.
It was a fun class and the students had never done anything like it before - a new process to them.

Margaret Geekie

Dianna Holland

Above and below Julia Morris

Above and below Suzanne Gummow

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This was a National Textile Conference held here in Adelaide, South Australia last week. We had 40 participants and 4 tutors over a 4 day period,. The tutors were Carol Wilkes, Qld, Margery Goodall, WA, Effie Mitrofanis, NSW and Suzanne Gummow, SA. It was a very successful conference with everybody enjoying what they did.

Below are a few photos of the conference

From left: The Tutors - Margery, Suzanne, Carol & Effie

A viewing of the work at the end of the Conference

Southern Flowers

This quilt of mine below is travelling with the exhibition "Beneath the Southern Sky" (see the website and facebook page) in the USA now and has been shown throughout Australia in 2013


You can see how I use the photos of the flowers in my own work.

Southern Flowers - 2012

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Below are photos of Joy Harvey's Workshop on Reverse Applique

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Workshop of Effie Mitrofanis  - students work above and below

Participants viewing Effie's class samplers

Effies' class

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Carol Wilkes (Qld) workshop - Machine Embroidery - loads of different techniques - everyone enjoyed her workshop indeed.

Carol Wilkes showing some of her techniques to the students

Sam Pope with all her samplers

Some great work done in Carol Wilkes workshop!!!!

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Sarah Smith in Jackie Abrams class - Woven Baskets

Ann Leenders and her Basket above and below

The Woven Basket Workshop Girls and their achievements

Jackie Abrams (in the middle back row) class was small which was a shame as she is an excellent Basket Maker from the US but the participants were not complaining at all - wonder why??
They created beautiful woven and covered baskets as you can see.

Southern Textiles

Southern Textiles is held every two years and is a Conferences for those that love Fibres.
I am the Convenor and organise the Conference with some helpers.
The 5 workshops are on the way now - every one is very excited and VERY busy working.
See  a previous post about Southern Textiles and the tutors.
Below are a mixture of what is happening
In Kirry Toose' workshop students are creating Collars and neckpieces - very beautiful.

Tutor - Kirry Toose

Detail collar - Kirry Toose

Julia Morris - her weaving for THE collar

Collar in bits ready for construction  - Glenys Leske

Detail of collar - Francie Mewett

Mandy King one of our young participants buying from the "shop" - a glee in her eyes ???