I have just digitised this wonderful artwork by Florence Broadhurst.

It will be part of an embroidery collection, which will be launching on the Australian Museum of Design website soon.

Australian Museum of Design AMoD - OFFICIAL (australianmuseumdesign.com.au)

have a look and see what the Museum is doing to preserve our art heritage. Story of AMoD - OFFICIAL (australianmuseumdesign.com.au)

Doodling by machine

I've been teaching classes on free motion doodling recently, here are some examples of my work

Taught a free motion doodling class today at Top Ryde Hobbysew.  It was fun and the students have gone home full of ideas and the instructions to keep practicing.

This ended up as a pocket on one of my quilted jackets.

Quilting by the lake

I had a great time in Syracuse NY. This is a piece I created in a class by Carol Ann Waugh

Quilting by the lake

Brother sponsored the prize and I will collect my new overlocker next week.

My theme was Sturt Desert Pea, so red and black.

I am just back from the Australian Sewing Guild Convention in Adelaide.

I won the convention collection and was runner up in the accessories category of the competition.

 I made this wedding kimono for a sewing competition a few years ago.  I won a prize at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney for it. Now when not folded up in my sewing room it hangs int the church a few times a year. It is made of silk -lots of hand beading, embroidered cockatoos with golden crests  and leaves.  The obi is heavily beaded (again by hand).

This peacock is a gift for my Minister who is soon leaving. It also has been made using free motion stitching and shrinking fabric - to give wo=nderful texture.

This peacock panel has been worked with shrinking fabric, machine beaded and free motion stitched for many hours. I am delighted with the result.

The second banner in the series is for lent.

purple orange and yellow squares have been pieced.

On 18th march we are having a banner making day and I hope to get the congregations to work on a triptech - tree of life, sunflowers and some colourful hand printing.

I have decided to make a series of banners for my Church - St John's Neutral Bay, these will be rainbow colours, the first being a rainbow.

The rainbow is coloured in with fabrics, the sky has free motion stitching around the dove.

Midnight magic jacket. The front has Big Ben striking midnight along with fireworks, which are free motion stitched and beaded to add even more sparkle.

This is now on the way to the US for the semi-finals!!

This is the back of the jacket I have made for a competition this month.
The theme was midnight magic. I have embroidered and beaded fireworks above the Sydney Opera House, Eiffel tower and the London Eye.

Pirate game

The pirate game will keep a little boy warm and when he wants something to do he can fine the treasure

Fairy quilt

I have made two quilts for the Echidna embroidery convention in June, we were given the designs and asked to make quilts which will be donated to a hospital.

Fairies- is crazy patchwork using quilt as you go technique.

The colours worked really well.

Christmas Card Holder

I have been commissioned to make 4 of these Christmas Card Holders - these have ribbon attached at the bottom where cards can be added with miniature pegs. A unique addition to Christmas- and useful too.

Embroidery, curved piecing of background scenery and free motion embroidery enhancing each area.

What do you get when you combine, borders, embroidery, applique and an autumn them - a cape (the size of a pool table). The tree is appliqued, and there are many designs of fairies - young and old. Trees, toadstools, mushrooms, elves and 3D leaves. Some of these I have digitised others came mainly from Embroidery library and Sue Box Designs. This was 3 months in the making -and helped earn me Student of the Year 2010 at the Australian Embroidery College, where I have attained my Certificate III in Embroidery.