Wild Women Textile Arts Group

Looking for some inspiration or outlets for your creativity?  There is a lot happening about the Coast and surrounds over the new few weeks - including some exhibitions featuring our Wild Women: Rita has two tapestry pieces on display - one of which won 1st prize in the 2D artwork category.  You can see them this Sunday at the Sculptor's Society ART OF GOLD 2018 exhibition at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Cnr Ashmore Rd & Carrara Street Benowa.  Sunday 29 April 9am - 2pm.   The Open Studios of the Scenic Rim are on during each weekend in May and the first weekend in June.  Linda and our TMAC friends will be part of the Tamborine Mountain trail on 5-6 May.  Venue is the The Georgian Room, St George's Anglican Church, 2 Dapsang Dr, Tamborine Mountain. Pat and Eileen will be running our next community workhop: Crazy Cords on 19 May at 11th Avenue Creative, Palm Beach Library. 9am - 10.30 am. For more information on these or some of the other events happening during

Great photos that capture the day so well, big thanks Leona and to all who contributed - lovely work! Congratulations Heather on your beautiful quilts that have been accepted for publication. Love the colours in both.

After the hustle and bustle of Easter and the Commonwealth Games, it was a relief to have time to relax with a Sew & Chat day for our April meeting. The distractions of the last few weeks certainly hadn't stopped the creativity of our Wild Women!  Heather brought in two of her exquisite quilts... Mitzi's fabric journal pages and flow paintings were an explosion of vivid colour, while Patti's experiments with crepe paper dyeing on commercial felt were a pastel dream... Hilary, Helen, and Heather brought in their shibori samples from the Indigo dyeing workshop at Kirra Hill, while Lilyan had been experimenting with fibre reactive dyes and stitching.  Such diversity of shibori techniques on show!  The results were stunning.

When you're next at 11th Avenue Creative Palm Beach, check out the display cabinets in the library lounge. Wild Women Textile Arts Group have added a splash of colour and texture in 2 of the glass cabinets. This is our first use of the cabinets. Given the productive creativity of Wild Women, I'm sure there are any more displays to come. The 3 Divas keeping watch Eco dyeing, felt and postcards nestled A big thank you to Amelia, the very helpful and enthusiastic librarian, who encouraged our use of the spaces.