Tag: stitching

The ouchy thumb conundrum

Wondering why I haven’t posted on my latest fibre artworks for a while? Unfortunately, my favourite crafts of stitching and making jewellery use the same muscles, and those overused thumbs were starting to hurt.

So for a few months, I’ve made only a small amount of jewellery and am giving fibre art stitching a rest for a while.

In the meantime, I’ve been knitting
and knitting
and knitting
and winning a prize…

So if you’d like to see what I’ve been knitting, pop on over to my BronzCreative showcase website, or have a look on Facebook at my QuirkyKnits page.

It’s a Wotizzit

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Eclectic Yarn in community artspace

I’m busy sorting my artworks to hang in the Roderick and Gillian Deane Community Art Space at Paraparaumu Library.

How many works to display? Arranged by date or theme? It’s exciting!

My exhibition begins on Saturday 23rd May 2026, and lasts for a fortnight. I’ll be spending some time there, and there’ll be a catalogue of the fibre artworks showing which are for sale, and how to buy from my online shop.

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Festival’s “Regenerate” challenge

I set off entries today (April 2025), for the Creative Fibre Festival’s “Regenerate” challenge – three fibre artworks I designed and handstitched. I’m really looking forward to the Festival of Fibres in Christchurch next month! This, if you’re interested, was the brief: https://festival2025.creativefibre.org.nz/challenge/

Update: May 2025
Since the Festival’s over I can now post images of the fibre artworks
L to R: “Transitions” – “Along the Avon” – “Regenerating Forest”

A tiny preview slice of one of the works…

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Stitching a surprise! workshop

In September 2024, I designed and lead a workshop on Stitching a surprise! Creating pattern-free, process-led fibre artworks for Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild. I’d be happy to facilitate similar workshops for interested groups or individuals.

Please Contact me if you’re interested.

Do you sometimes think, “I wish I could do that”, when you see a fibre artwork that’s clearly not from a pattern, or colourful abstract stitching that suggests a theme or landscape rather than recreating it?
 
If you’re great at following directions and creating stitched perfection, here’s your chance to relax the rules and let yarns and colours inspire you. If you struggle to count stitches or if charts confuse you, you’ll enjoy creating from your imagination.
 
Stitching a Surprise offers the chance to be free of expectations and enjoy the adventure of stitching something individual and uniquely yours.
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Highly Commended for “Memories of Blue”

I’ve just won “Highly Commended” in the Craft section of Kāpiti Arts and Crafts Society Inc‘s annual awards, sponsored by Forsyth Barr. The award is for my diptych, “Memories of Blue (i) and (ii)”. These are two of five (so far) in my new Ghost Trees range.

The exhibition theme is “Past, Present & Future” – a nod to Kāpiti Arts and Crafts Society‘s 50th Anniversary this year; you can visit the exhibition and see the winning and highly commended works in both Art and Craft sections this month.

Kāpiti Gallery hours: 10 am to 3 pm, Thursday to Sunday (or group visits by arrangement outside these hours),

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Ghost trees!

In the past month, I’ve stitched four new fibre artworks entitled “Memories of Blue”, in my new Ghost Trees range. The two most recent aren’t yet framed.

You can see the completed ones and the works in progress here.

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