Suzanne Russell
Waves
Out of the Blue took me straight to the ocean and its power in the ever changing shape of the seashore. To demonstrate this power I have endeavoured to show the movement of sand and waves eroding the shore in 3D.
Hand embroidery using long and short stitch, French knots and buttonhole stitches.
Cara Glover
Amongst the Garbage and the Flowers
Bowerbirds collect blue objects and garbage. Herein lies a message, for us as collectors, which could hit us out of the blue and challenge our non-thinking habits!
Patchwork, slow stitching and beading using felt, found objects, yarn and raffia.
Ann Harper
Bolts out of the Blue
My mind drifted to cold water with hot water bolting to the surface! Billowing upwards.
Machine stitch, Japanese embroidery using silk.
Ann Harper
Tribute to Japan – waistcoat
Out of the Blue waistcoat construction using tied-together squares, and decorated Japanese symbols.
Embroidery, tying, beading, silk and buttons. Stitching includes sashiko.
Ann Harper
Under the Sea
Fish darting out of the blue to the surface.
Quilting, beading and embroidery using quilting fabric and beads.
Kate Highland
Abstract in Blue
This abstract work has moved me out of my comfort zone to explore techniques which are new to me.
Felted silk tops and beads, on a shot silk backing fabric.
Kate Highland
This work began as an abstract and evolved into visible drops which emerged out of the blue.
Cotton fabric, watercolour paint, perle and waxed threads and beads.
Judi Nikoleski
Braid Play 1
A period of boredom was filled by pursuing my braiding skills. Out of the blue a love of the technique developed and a desire to extend its creative possibilities.
Needle felting, kumihimo braiding, thread drawing and beading using yarns, beads, threads, glue and knitted fabric.
Jill Wagner
Out of the Blue
If you’ve ever been whale watching, then you’ll know a breach will occur totally out of the blue. Literally, of course, it occurs out of the blue sea.
Simple fabrics, lace, tulle and various threads. Techniques include raw edge applique, machine piecing and quilting, a kind of trapunto and free motion thread embroidery taught by Meredith Woolnough.
Wilma Simmons
Cobalt Carcanet (Neckpiece)
Wrapped 3D wearable neckpiece inspired by the spectacular designs worn by Esme Young, judge of “The British Sewing Bee”, fashion designer and author.
Thai silk, glass and crystal beads.
Connie Allen
Mum
Out of the blue, you are invited to meet my beautiful Mum! Inspired by a recent Textile.org workshop.
Patchwork fabric shapes using hand stitching.
Connie Allen
Sailing
I received an envelope from New Zealand, sent by Lois Parish. It arrived by mail, totally out of the blue!
Patchwork fabric using machine stitching.
Connie Allen
Icon
An icon emerged out of the blue. This was from a workshop with Galla Grotto from France.
Patchwork shapes and fabrics using machine stitching.
Doris Baxter-Gordon
Jazzy Blues
Seeing various tones of ripped blue denim set me thinking …
Patched, ripped denim shapes, hand stitched with silk threads.
Doris Baxter-Gordon
Once
The phrase ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ returned to me.
Indigo hemp and organdie, hand stitched with silk and metal threads.
Wendy Scott
Cradle Mountain Aurora
The southern Aurora appears ‘out of the blue’. Experiencing this behind Cradle Mountain, reflected in Dove Lake provided perfect inspiration to use L.P.E. techniques.
Fabrics painted with dyes, raw edge appliqué, free motion quilting and hand quilting.
Wendy Scott
Fantasy Landscape
Out of the Blue. This landscape has been reimagined from a natural landscape image. Designs from Lois Parish Evans workshop.
Raw edged appliqué and free machine quilting using commercial and hand dyed fabrics and thread.
Ann Dean-Pijpers
Shimmering Summer Breeze
I love playing with shape and colour. During a disperse dyeing workshop with Judi Nikoleski, these moving shapes and vibrant colours seemed to be conjured up out of the blue. They lured me into adding stitches and threads to identify and enhance subject matter.
Polyester fabric, polysol dyes, paper, found materials, (natural and man-made) and embroidery threads.
Ann Dean-Pijpers
Treasures of the Sea
After my plans were interrupted, I picked up a piece of fabric to complete part of the stitching, and out of the blue it began taking more shape, evolving and inviting embellishments, until completion!
Recycled fabric, embroidery using polyester threads and ribbon, with beading, using glass beads, shells, irregular and regular pearls.
Wilma Simmons
Tea Circles
From an ‘out of the blue’ conversation with another textile artist on the train Sydney -Newcastle, I was inspired to create a series of stitched circles with fabric and tea bags. Each represents an everyday observation of the world around me, with a blue lens.
Fabric and thread (silk, cotton, polyester) and used teabags
Tara Mann
Character Language
How is Out of the Blue expressed in other languages, for example: Japanese? The characters are floating out of the canvas.
Blue painted canvas with free motion embroidery to form each character and its pronunciation.
Narelle Sheahan
A Single Bloom
Often we realise the extraordinary in the ordinary, everyday objects that grow and surround us every day!
Ice dyed fabric, wrapping, machine embroidery, weaving and beading using a gold hoop, cotton, paper, beads, wire and wool (natural and synthetic).
Ann-Maree Kelly
An Octopuses Garden
What emerges from the surface of the sea is literally out of the blue!
Undersea themed fabric collage and embroidery.
