Brenda Gael Smith
Quiltmaker, Designer, Teacher & Judge

Awards & Certificates

June 2008:  1st prize, Mixed Media Quilt
(Open), Canberra Quilters' Exhibition, Acacia Bloom

June 2005:  1st prize, New Interpretations of a 
Traditional Block (Amateur), Sydney Quilt Show,
Making Waves

November 2007: Judging Skills Seminar 
taught by Jeannie Spears, NQACJ

July 2004: Creative Skills Certificate - Patchwork & Quilting 7802-10, The City & Guilds of London Institute

Group Exhibitions Selected

Dare to Differ 2008 - Prospect Gallery, Adelaide, SA (Juried)
My Place - travelling exhibition (2008-2010) (Juried)

Memberships & Affiliations

Twelve by Twelve: A Collaborative Art Quilt Project
Quilters Guild of NSW Inc - Exhibition Secretary 2005-2007
Guild Webmaster & Quilt Show Layout Desigher (current)
Ozquilt Network Inc - Website Subcommittee (current)
Canberra Quilters Inc - Blog Administrator
Southern Cross Quilters - online quilting group
Quiltart- online art quilting group
Artful Quilters Web Ring

Published Projects

More than fifteen projects in Australian magazines such as Australian Patchwork & Quilting, Down Under Quilts, Quilters Companion, Australian Homespun and Australian Country Craft including the following projects:

Firebrand Down Under Quilts, Issue 118 (March 2008)
Ripples Down Under Quilts, Issue 113 (Oct 2007)
The Sultan's Rings Quilters Companion, Issue 23 (Oct 2007)
fishnet Down Under Quilts, Issue 106 (March 2007)
Synchronicity Down Under Quilts -  Issue 98 (July 2006)
Warm Vibrations Down Under Quilts, Issue 88 (Sept 2005)

Selected Bibliography

Down Under Quilts, March 2006 profile