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                     Maro Vanezis
                        Nonie Khenkin
​                        whoever has time...

Sweater with cables.

22/11/2012

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I am trying to tempt the winter  into arriving but we are not quite there yet... It's still quite warm here in Cyprus.
 
This classic sweater  with cables was knitted with a variegated coloured yarn which gave it a younger, funkier look.

Well... the sweater is ready  so please get cold so my son can enjoy it. - Nonie
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Detail - Cable
However much I enjoy quilting not a single winter goes by without my first love , knitting. 
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Australian quilts...

19/11/2012

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Textile artist Cheryl Bridgart from South Australia 

 
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more quilting samples ...
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Part of a selection of ceramic buttons...just couldnt choose...migranic by this stage...
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Fine sample of red work
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Rainbow Connection by Angie Wilson, very clever use of fabric ...
Ok....it was amazing , actually migranic when I had to leave ,as. a whole day at the exhibition was nowhere nearly enough time to take in everything on show...here is a sample of what I did manage to see...obviously they were all better in real life, as all quilts are...
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Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Made by Ineka Voigt...a hugely talented 13 year old! Let it be known her mother is a master quilter which gives reason for her talent.
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Freedom by Helen Godden..master quilter.whole cloth ,hand painted,extreme free motion quilting.
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Jenny Bowkers quilt of Margaret Rolfe...both master quilters also.
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very upset I only got this photo of a small part of this quilt and have no idea who it's by...the detail blew my brain!!!
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applique queen....more on next blog post on this crazy crazy lady!
Off to do some sewing myself !?#!!?....back soonish with a post on the craziest applique and some simpler quilts that were also at the Canberra Quilt show...Maro
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Tapestry ...

12/11/2012

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What a wonderful surprise I found in one of the corridor/lobbies of New Parliament House in Canberra... two tapestries in absolutely gorgeous colours and displaying australian fauna. I nearly fell over backwards and was moved when I found out that these were designed and fabricated by australian school children with special needs. A project for the bicentenary of 1988.
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One of the largest stainless steel strucures in the world...81m high .the flag is 12.8m x 6.4m.,larger than a double decker bus!! it has to be changed every 4-6 weeks.This flag stands on top of parliament house.
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one of the courtyards for those who work at parliament house...imagine...this to be your work environment!!!
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looking over to old parliament house and the war memorial...
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The great tapestry in the Grand Hall ...an enlarged version of an Arthur Boyd painting.
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Front of building showing the boomerang design.
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The billabong
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waterfall and 3 sisters mountains
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the public entrance foyer...a marble eucalypt forest...
For those interested in architcture this is a great place to visit...Maro
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" I love, I laugh, I live "

6/11/2012

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The pieces are uneven because I had something else in mind. The fabrics are different because I added pieces as I went along .The quilting was done with a variety of thread colors because I didn't have enough of one for the  whole quilt. The connecting of the blocks was unconventional because I quilted it before I put it together. The quilting lines are crooked because I let the machine sew  without guiding it...
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Folded quilt
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It all began when I decided  to make a table runner and experiment with non structured free motion quilting. I selected a piece of plain fabric added  batting and a back  and began without a plan.  Initially the lines were about 2 cm apart. Slowly I added more lines between the gaps. The more lines I added the more exited I became so  I decided to make more blocks.  I connected them using an overlocking stitch that completed the look that I wanted.

I love its uneven textured feel, its pucks and tucks and its very simple and unkempt look.
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Close up of quilting
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On my bed
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Draped on the tree
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Dolly Quilt
If you are  wondering what happened to the table runner. It ended up being a dolly quilt  for my daughter Irini.  Embroidered  in Greek are  the words.

"I love, I laugh , I live"  
                                Nonie               
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