Threads of Life at Gateway Gallery, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga, VIC. 29 July till 23 August 2025 This substantial work has twenty textile art panels with audio performance overlay by actor Kerryn Beatty. Kerryn has taken Yvonne’s diary and created a poem to match the creation of the daily work over 2018 to 2019. This gives …
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This Wagga quilt is a response to the continuing destruction of our native flora. The Australian ‘Wagga’ tradition is to use sample blocks and left overs from manufactured garments. In this quilt I have used recycled wool material. The ‘make do and mend’ philosophy underpins all my art work. The layers are tied together using …
This small quilt, 50cm x 50cm, was produced with the Challenge Material provided. I chose to use the material as a whole piece. I inserted panels and over lays of ‘yummy’ material that I was loath to throw out but were too small to do much with. So, this challenge was the ideal opportunity to …
I’m very excited about going to Ireland to see the first Irish International Quilt Show from 7th to 10th June, 2012. My ‘Memories’ quilt, crazy patchwork, is 197cm down and 194cm across. It is all hand sewn using bits from my scrap bag and was completed in twelve months. I’ve wanted to visit Ireland for …
I look at my garden and see the different colours and textures of the earth, compost and fallen leaves strewn everywhere with the wind. Occasionally, there is a flash of colour from winter flowerings. The pods of the Illawarra Flame Tree hang dejectedly from the branches. Its leaves fall all year and do not break …
This quilt was influenced by the rock opals mined in Cooper Pedy, South Australia. It is one of a series of three art works. (1988) 128cm H x 156cm W
In the Bobbin Head National Park, north of Sydney Australia, there is a very old Sydney Red Gum growing on the edge of a sandstone cliff. The tree sheds its bark every year revealing wonderful shapes and colours. (1994) 162cm H x 135cm W.