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IMPROVISATION #2: Tranquility

I decided to make a piece for the 2017 SAQA Trunk Show. I refer to this abstract piece as an improvisational study. The guidelines stipulated the size of 10”x7”. I had no idea what I wanted to create so again I decided to let the fabric speak to me and guide me. I took out…

Fashfest 2016

Well Fashfest has been and gone. It was a wonderful experience. The models looked fantastic. It was quite an experience to walk onto the runway as a designer. The show looked fabulous. I received a lot of fantastic comments during the break between the shows. And several of the pieces have sold. It…

Getting ready for Fashfest

It has been exciting and nerve racking getting ready for Fashfest 2106. I’m part of Cooma Fashionation – three designers from the Monaro area – Elle Hopgood, Charly Thorn and I. The only pity is that it appears as if the label is Cooma Fashionation and our names as designers only appear when you go…

SAQA Benefit Auction and Monaro Art Group Exhibition.

This week I have been on tenterhook as the 1st section of the SAQA Benefit auction got underway. My piece: Lost in the Mist was in this section. I blogged about it earlier. It sold today. I let out a big tepee. I’m so glad that it spoke to someone else as well and that…

Fashfest and flowers

I thought I would share something I received today. One of my pieces is included in an article showing Fashfest’s links to flowers as Floriade is now on in Australia’s capital city Canberra https://lostfourwords.com/…/…/bowers-of-flowers-at-fashfest/

Getting ready for Fashfest

It is only two weeks to Fashfest in Canberra. I still have pieces to make. Due to the very wet winter I am having trouble getting bright clear prints on some of the fabrics. I was hoping for some bright colours but knew because of the water conditions that the colours would be muted. I’m sorry…