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STEP INTO THE WORLD OF DIGITAL QUILT PHOTOGRAPHY
By Bob Dennis © 2008
You can stitch but you can’t hide, digital quilt submission is coming. But what do you do? No digital camera? Not an issue. Can’t tell a JPEG from a TIFF? What’s a pixel? How can I make my quilts look their best? The following will answer the important questions and help you into this brave new world.
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ANOTHER FANTASTIC POEM BY DONNA DAVIS
The poem "Mt Cuthbert" was inspired by Sue Dennis' quilt "Copper Fire" and breathes a futher creative dimension that only words can convey.
Congratulations Donna.
Mt Cuthbert
The huge, heavy flywheel creaks slowly as the single piston breathes life into the iron monster.
Chuff…chuff , relentlessly, monotonously, it drives the pulley, hauling trucks, heavily laden with the blue green ore.
Back and forth, hour after hour, they bring the precious ore from the bowels of the earth.
Back and forth, day after day the men work, disgorging the ore, in the isolation of the desert.
Back and forth, month after month, the men trudge home, sweaty faces stained an eerie green from the copper ore.
The years go by, the iron monster chuffs relentlessly, monotonously, until the earth gives up its treasure …no more.
The iron monster lies broken and lifeless,
It’s cogs and gears scattered in the desert.
The Shanty Town lies broken and lifeless,
Shards of glass, tins and bottles scattered in the desert.
Voices of playing children, long silent,
A community long forgotten.
The site is abandoned, a few geologists fossick.
Will the earth give up more of its treasure?
Tourists stop and gaze in amazement at an era, long forgotten.
Amongst the ruins, a lone artist works,
Rubbing, preserving the outlines of the iron monster.
As the cloth takes shape, the past is reborn;
The history of Mt. Cuthbert is preserved.
© Donna Davis 2008
SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Ozquilt Network
Australia's Organization for Art Qulters
http://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
SAQA Conference Photos
Best of Show "Sylvan Ambience #2 "
Dairy Barn Pizza & Cheesecake Party
Brooklyn Bridge
Sue in Garment District NY
Quilt by Jeri Riggs
Beth Carney with QN Entry
Linda Schoenfeld
Georgia Heller
Elizabeth Rosenberg
MEET A QUILTER - SUE DENNIS
Down Under Quilts Magazine
Issue 93, p52-60 Feb 2006
http://www.downunderquilts.com.au
Always Quilting
The Australian distributor of Aurifil cotton Mako', Aurilux & Lana threads for patchwork, quilting & embroidery.
Photos from Wholey Holes Workshop, May 2004
Quilt Essentials, Eatons Hill, Australia
http://www.helenthura.com/quilts/
Dappled Light © 2005 is shown in Quilt Show, Pictorial Section - First Prize
Queensland Quilters Inc
Queensland, Australia
The Quilters Guild of New South Wales Inc.
New South Wales, Australia
http://www.quiltersguildnsw.com/
Poems by Donna Davis
Dappled
In the centre of coolness I stood,
Enveloped by the canopy of greenness.
Delicate forest orchids trailed their colour around me,
And as I looked skyward, I was overwhelmed by the majesty of the giants
Stretching their arms to catch the warmth of the welcoming sun.
Fine rays of luminescence danced through the thickness of the overhanging blanket,
And Creatures stirred .
Warmth greeted the sleepy coolness,
And as the forest glistened with the fairy crystals of dew drops.
I rejoiced!
© Donna Davis 2005
Dogs Down
Now Sue Dennis runs a workshop for beginners, just like me
To help us with our quilting and let our hands run free.
I’m going to put my “dogs down” and learn to freehand quilt
But when I saw Sue’s samples, I thought that I would wilt.
My confidence was lacking, I didn’t know where to start……..
I tried to follow all the patterns, of leaves and quilted hearts.
But , my tension was our of kilter and my lines formed little knots.
I tried and tried for all my worth, but I still saw little spots.
“I don’t think it’s the tension”…… “Well it must be me”…I said
Then I took a closer look at my pretty ,orange thread.
I removed it from the holder and checked the label too
I think I’ve found the trouble , I reluctantly told Sue.
I read the label carefully, and shamefully hung my head,
“Cos I was doing free machining…..with waxed , hand, quilting thread.
Now I really love this scribble, since I’ve changed the errant spool.
And thanks to Sue’s persistence, I think “Dogs Down” is cool”.
By Donna Davis © 2003