Kate Derum and Irene Davies Tapestry weaving award.

 I attended the announcement of the winners of the Kate Derum and Irene Davies tapestry weaving awards tonight at the Australian Tapestry Workshop. 

I am going to have to go again to have a really good look at all the pieces. There was a good crowd and I knew some of them, so we had a good chat. I also met some new (to me) weavers and had some lovely conversations. 

As you can see, it was hard to view all the tapestries and they deserve a better look 

Fortunately, the exhibition is on till mid-October. 

Here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/stories/101683088633828/UzpfSVNDOjQwMDM5MjgzOTY1NTAzMTc=/?bucket_count=9&source=story_tray

Displaying the tapestry

 As we have the travelling tapestry exhibition up at the HWSG, I took along two of the tapestries from the Australian Sheep and Wool show to add to the display. 

When I got there I saw that others from the guild had won prizes in various categories also. So now there is a lovely bright display. 

Thanks to Glenora Weaving and Dyeing to Weave, I have two new lots of warp and weft!! I'll have to think about what to do next. 

The theme for next year is Where the Road Leads Us but that is a year away. Still, I can have it in my mind and let the subconscious do its thing.

Our travelling tapestry theme for next year is The Secret Garden. Also a fair way away, although we need to have them finished by February, so not quite as long. 

As I have done a piece in the past, for the EGV exhibition, I have some ideas somewhere - I do have them in a folder, now to find the folder. The piece that I did for the embroidery exhibition wasn't any good, so if I use it, I'll have to adapt the image a lot! Still, it is something to be thinking about. 

Of course, I still have to come up with some ideas for the upcoming exhibition in October - Making Waves. I have done two small pieces but don't love them. so am hoping to come up with a new idea. 

This one is done by hand, no machine embroidery at all. 

More my usual thing, small fabric collage with free motion machine stitch. 

Tapestry Weaving

 I haven't had the chance to get to the Bendigo wool show (actually called the Australian Sheep and Wool Show), it is only on for three days!! So much work and only three days of events. 

Anyway, I am hoping to get there on Sunday but may not -things are hectic at home. And the weather is rather uninspiring if you aren't going skiing. It is windy and cold!! 

However,  I was pleased to get a message from a friend who visited today - I have won first prize in the tapestry category of the Woolcraft section. There were only three entries but I am still chuffed to have won. The other two entries were from people from our tapestry weaving group that meets at the Handweavers and Spinners Guild in Melbourne. So we have done ourselves proud!!

We are hoping to make the category more popular in the coming years. So far, it is mainly our small group of tapestry weavers in Melbourne. 

We are hoping that more people will take the chance to do some tapestry weaving and participate next year. 

I visited the guild today to put up the display of the travelling tapestries - it is an online group that puts out a theme each year (this year was Between the Lines) and then people send in their entries. They are then displayed across the county. It is our turn to have them in Melbourne. 

We will put up our tapestries from the Bendigo show when they return. It will give us a few more tapestry weavings to show. - with certificate and ribbons!!

It is great to have these shows, they give us inspiration to actually weave.