Must be going out time.

I have also been to a couple of other exhibitions lately.
A) I went to the Craft and Quilt Fair last week. It was busy!!
I resisted most stalls but did buy some lovely cottons for machine sewing. Gorgeous colour range.

The quits were amazing, as usual. Some I had seen before, at the AQC but there were new things to see also.

Modern Quilt, Amateur, winner of two ribbons. By Karen McGregor.

This one by Neroli Henderson.

B) I visited a retrospective exhibition of Rosalind Byass' at the Box Hill Town Hall. I had done a design class with Ros, through the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria, a few years ago. It was lovely to see her work. Many of her pieces have won awards at various textile art exhibitions around the state.
It was interesting to be in a class with someone who works so very differently from me. That is one of the benefits of workshops and courses, there are people with varied takes on the same topics and it stretches you greatly.

C) I visited Bundoora Homestead to see the One Step Further exhibition, organised by Quilters Victoria. There was a very interesting floor talk. Some of the quilt were not quilts - that is the idea of One Step Further, I realise. But they were far from being quilt-like. All of the works were wonderful, even the quilty ones!

Unfortunately, I can't remember who did this one!

Elizabeth Dubbeld

Rebecca Wolske

Maybe all these exhibitions are what has inspired me to post again. I hope my enthusiasm remains. I like documenting things here, as I have said before. It really is a good record for me.

Too Late

My friend and I had planned to visit the Box Hill Town Hall Art Space to see the Victorian Quilters' exhibition, One Step Further.  As you may have gathered from the title of this post, it isn't on any longer.  I was minding The Alcove Art Shop today and one of the people who came in told me that it has finished.  Very disappointing!
All was not lost though - there was an exhibition in the foyer.  It was put on by Nadrasca and there was some lovely work.  Nadrasca is a disability service organisation and this exhibition was put on by mostly elderly people. Not all the artists are elderly though.  There was a range of techniques in the show, apparently facilitated by one teacher.

One Step Further

 A friend and I visited the art quilt exhibition, One Step Further, put on by Victorian Quilters Inc.  It is an exhibition at Box Hill Art Space, at the Town Hall.  There was a range of techniques used.  They were of various sizes also.
There were some that we had to look at closely to see how they qualified as quilts but we agreed that they were technically three layers sewn together - we think that is the definition of a quilt.  Some did not have any batting, so they were fine and airy.  Others were more traditional in their composition but they did not necessarily use traditional techniques of have a traditional look.  They were all very interesting and we enjoyed ourselves greatly. The show is on till December 22nd.