Wild Women Textile Arts Group

It is such a pleasure to see the wonderful work that is being inspired by our monthly challenges … speaking for myself, as soon as the new challenge is announced my mind starts  thinking of all sorts of possibilities.  At each meeting I’m blown away by the diversity and creativity on display.   Special mention this month has to go to the delightful Hilary, who has taken her challenge pieces to a whole new level.  First she took one of her Paint and Play pieces and turned it into a fabulous tote bag.  She turned more of her beautiful fabric paintings into padded postcards.  Her whimsical fabric collages and paintings for the Purple / Lace challenge have been used to weave the tale of Lady Purple of Jacaranda Avenue .  As for Covered Objects , I doubt that any of us will forget the story of her turkey box evening bag! Superb effort Hilary – you are an inspiration to us all!

What a fun meeting we had at 11th Avenue Creative on Saturday.  A huge thank you to Eileen, who introduced us to the joys of making paper and fabric beads ... I think it is safe to say we are all well and truly hooked! Our challenge for March is Covered Objects and there were a lot of fabulous examples on show - we will be posting photos of these on Instagram using the hashtag #wwtagcoveredobjects - feel free to join in and contribute at any time. Show & Tell was a smorgasboard of delights ... our Wild Women had been stitching, knitting, felting, dyeing, making fabrics from scraps ... and of course covering everything from polystyerene balls, to books, postcards, cardboard boxes to teapots.  Here are just a few - you can view all the photos from the day by clicking here . Fashionistas - Maggie's hat & brooches, Linda & Leona's felted fashion ... with modelling assistance from Helen Literary delights - Linda & Margret's bookcov