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Sweater with cables.

22/11/2012

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

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

more quilting samples ...

Part of a selection of ceramic buttons...just couldnt choose...migranic by this stage...

Fine sample of red work

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...

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.

Freedom by Helen Godden..master quilter.whole cloth ,hand painted,extreme free motion quilting.

Jenny Bowkers quilt of Margaret Rolfe...both master quilters also.

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!!!

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.

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.

one of the courtyards for those who work at parliament house...imagine...this to be your work environment!!!

looking over to old parliament house and the war memorial...

The great tapestry in the Grand Hall ...an enlarged version of an Arthur Boyd painting.

Front of building showing the boomerang design.

The billabong

waterfall and 3 sisters mountains

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...

Folded quilt

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.

Close up of quilting

On my bed

Draped on the tree

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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Sweater with cables.

Australian quilts...

Tapestry ...

" I love, I laugh, I live "

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Tapestry ...

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