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Tutorials

Here are links to some of the free tutorial resources that you can find on my blog:

  • Download my My Favourite Facing Finish Tutorial (PDF)
  • Free & Non Binding: Alternative Quilt Finishes a listing of online tutorials demonstrating a range of useful quilt-finishing techniques other than binding
  • Continuous Binding without Bulges a tutorial for this versatile, classic finishing technique
  • Image Transfers with Orange Power
  • Printed Quilt Label Tutorial
  • Shibori tutorial #1 – Karamatsu–Japanese Larch Stitch Resist (PDF660KB)
  • Shibori tutorial #2 – Folding Resists (PDF560KB)
  • Shibori tutorial #3 – Arashi-Pole Wrap Shibori (PDF390KB)
  • Shibori tutorial #4 – Itajime Clamp Resist Shibori (PDF450KB)
  • Triad Dyeing Tutorial take three colours and create a striking collection of cross-dyed fabrics
  • Blooming Technique Tutorial – create windows in fabric
  • Pacific Table Mats Pattern (PDF150KB)

Serendipity Shibori Sample

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Brenda Gael Smith
Contemporary Textile Art

brenda@brendagaelsmith.com

PO Box 4033, Copacabana
NSW 2251 Australia

Tel: +61 412530190

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On exhibition

  • Integrifolia #7: Emergence
    5 February - 11 April 2021
    Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW
    The New Quilt 2021
  • High Country Lupins #2
    19 December - 17 January 2021 Wangaratta Art Gallery
    Revealed
  • Flotsam & Jetsam
    15 October 2020 – 9 January 2021: Schweinfurth Art Center NY
    Quilts=Art=Quilts 2020
  • Acuity6-Twinkle
    1 February - 14 March 2021 Naracoorte Art Gallery, South Australia    
    Australia Wide Seven
I the past six months I have made countless journe I the past six months I have made countless journeys to Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in connection with The New Quilt exhibition. My favourite ritual has been to take the scenic route via Berowa Waters and the bucolic Hawkesbury countryside. The exhibition has now closed and yesterday’s ferry crossing was in perfect conditions. #scenicroute #thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #berowrawaters #takethelongwayhome
#Repost @globalquiltconnection with @get_repost
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🌟Time for 3 more preview photos for the May 22nd-23rd All Star Virtual Sampler Platter.🌟

Check out these all-star presenters and their fabulous quilt demo topics scheduled for May 23rd, 3-6 PM Eastern Time:

⭐ Lisa Shepard Stewart @culturedexpressions
Ankara Folded Hexie Blocks and Projects

⭐ Ana Buzzalino @ana_buzzalino
Paintstiks on Fabric with Stencils and Rubbing Plates

⭐ Brenda Gael Smith @brendagaelsmith
Piecing Freeform Banded Triangles

Register on the Global Quilt Connection website under guild resources. Open to guilds and individual quilters!!

#globalquiltconnection #onlinequilteducation #onlinequiltinspiration #virtualquiltworkshops #virtualquiltlectures #onlinequiltworkshops #onlinequiltlectures #onlinequiltteachers #quilting #quilt #quiltersofinstagram #modernquilt #modernquilting #allstarvirtualsamplerplatter #quiltingdemos #sewing #sew #foldedhexie #hexieblocks #painstiks #surfacedesign #improvpiecing #improvtriangles #brendagaelsmithworkshop #brendagaelsmith
Today 11 April is your last chance to catch The Ne Today 11 April is your last chance to catch The New Quilt exhibition in the cloth including my two artworks:
▪️Integrifolia #7 Emergence
▪️Acuity #5 Zemblanity 
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery is open from 10am-3pm. Take an art excursion!
#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting #brendagaelsmithart #saqaart #ozqnart #integrifolia #banksiacone #acuity #zemblanity
@vision2020textiles continues its exhibition tour @vision2020textiles continues its exhibition tour to:

Rusten House Art Centre: 8 - 29 May 2021
87 Collett St, Queanbeyan, NSW 2620
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10am-4pm

Join curator Brenda Gael Smith and local artists Dianne Firth and Beth& Trevor Reid for the official opening and floor talk: 11am–12 noon, Saturday 8 May. Booking essential.

 @visitqueanbeyanpalerang @brendagaelsmith @bethandtrevor @dianne.firth #vision2020textiles #powerofsight #artofseeing #rustenhouseartcentre #brendagaelsmithcurator #vision2020textiles

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