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Deborah LouieQuilting to me has brought so many wonderful opportunities, beautiful friends and the chance to travel and teach some wonderful quilters. I am so very lucky to have this opportunity. I teach Domestic Machine quilting nationally, teaching 5 levels of machine quilting and machine appliqué as well. I receive so much enjoyment from my students when they have finished the class and realise that now they have learnt new skills and are empowered with the knowledge that they can make beautiful quilts right from the start to the finish. That with the correct knowledge and encouragement they feel so differently about domestic machine quilting. It’s just not something that is an afterthought but making a quilt is a complete joy to make the whole quilt themselves. Machine quilting is a very valuable skill, as you achieve more experience with each new quilt finished it just gets easier and more enjoyable. I make quilts that have very simple piecing and lots of free areas to add elaborate quilting to make the quilt unique and special to me. I really enjoy teaching free motion quilting, people start out very hesitant and then their skills advance after an hour or two later and at the end of the class they are so excited to add swirls, flowers, stars and all kinds of textures to their beautiful quilts. I have a holistic approach to my teaching and we discuss in details the different types of threads, wadding’s and techniques available which all are important and make a huge difference to the results achieved. Quilting on a Bernina machine makes machine quilting very efficient and achieving great results every time. The walking foot feeds a heavy quilt beautifully when ditching, actually I ditch all of my piecing first it makes the quilt strong, flat and the allows the piecing to sit beautifully then I add free motion and other styles of quilting to enhance and decorate the quilt. I studied textile design and colour after leaving school and worked as a production manager of a textile printing company for a long time always loving working with fabrics and in the fashion industry. I started quilting when I had my first child Sam, in 1990 and ever since then I have been passionate about quilting. Like so many quilters I had to make every style of quilt imaginable. After me second child Claire was born and both were in school I wanted to start working again, so I started quilting at home on my domestic machine for friends. Well that was amazing word spread very quickly and within a few months I had a year’s worth of work booked up. I used to quilt every quilt as if it was my own, with much love and care; this was reward as many clients quilts won awards at Large and regional quilt shows. I had to work out extremely efficient ways to quilt very large quilts. I had to pin 4 quilts a week at night and I have developed my own efficient pinning system. All of these things I now teach in my 2 day “Lets Quilt “Beginners Machine quilting class, which is going really well for me and the students. I had my business based at home for over 6 years and decided to share my knowledge with others and now this is my full time job teaching others to quilt their own quilts the Deborah Louie way!!! I have been teaching since 2000 and I enjoy it immensely. I am a Quilters Guild of NSW Accredited Special Techniques Machine Quilting Teacher, which I am very proud of. I have won through the Quilters Guild of NSW Excellence in Domestic Machine quilting twice and First prize in Domestic Machine quilted quilt twice as well in their Darling Harbour shows, which was very thrilling indeed. My favourite technique is feathered trapunto on my quilts; this gives such a classic timeless elegance to a quilt which I absolutely adore. I make traditional and contemporary quilts for myself now, WHEN I get the time. All quits are beautiful because they come from the heart. I feel very blessed to be able to work with my passion. Deborah can be contacted on the following numbers for teaching Deborah Louie |
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Marina LindsayMarina Lindsay is a Textile Artist who combines a science background with a passion for art and fibre resulting in artworks which highlights Australian landscapes, flora and fauna. Her artworks are made from blended corridale wool with slivers of silk, angora and mohair. They show an alluring three dimensional qualities and formidable colour sense. An exhibition of her work at the Washhouse Gallery in Sydney in 2005 showed how felting has moved from a traditional cloth making technique to a seductive medium for artistic expressions. It can manipulate colour, texture, shape and reflection; it is an excellent forum for art. Marina is constantly pushing the boundary between art and craft and challenges the traditional beliefs that painting is art and threadwork is craft. She believes that not everything painted is art while not all threadwork is craft. Unfortunately we still live in a society where textiles only become valuable when they are old and treasured by museums. This is reflected by the sparse number of textiles hanging in major art galleries in Australia. Marina seeks to change this situation and is on a crusade to encourage the appreciation of textile art to the wider community. Marina has won 4 awards from major Australian textile shows including two first prizes from the NSW Quilters Guild in 1994 and 1998 in Traditional Appliqué and Innovative. She now has a website that displays many small and large textile objects and artworks, patterns and materials. This can be found by logging onto www.oretihouse.com Marinas work has been described as “extraordinary” by Gillian Noble, director of Washhouse Gallery and Richard Goodwin, Professor of Fine Art NSW University, “Marina is truly a painter who shows a passion for her art and challenges the boundaries traditions and mediums”. Marina is currently working on a new collection of Australian textile works, themed on the Australian Alpine Region. Marina is Bernina’s featured artist at the Stitches and Craft shows in 2009. drop in and see some of Marina’s wonderful work on display as well as take the opportunity to see her in action in Sydney from 19th -23rd August. See Diary Dates for more information. |
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