Sue Dennis came from Australia for the Fiberlandia conference and I was glad for a chance to talk with her. I have one of her quilts in the Collection and admire her talent.
For her leaf quilts she collects leaves on walks trough the Toohey Forest not far from where she lives. She is attracted by the patterns of the insect eaten holes.
"A Leaf" Sue Dennis - Brisbane, Australia 2015 8" x 6"
She uses Permaset Textile Ink which is used for screen printing, but it works well for her printing. She uses Supercover white on the black fabric and then applies Misty Fuse to the black fabric, cuts around the margin and appliques with a zigzag machine stitch letting the zigzag fall into the background for a feathered look.
She uses a zigzag stitch to free motion quilt around the background. She calls this the "organic shuffle". It is what I have heard referred to as "herky-jerky quilting" in the USA.
The back fabric is an indigenous print and shows a simple but complete label.
Sue has a 12" square leaf quilt in the SAQA auction this fall.
2 comments:
Hi Del
nice to see the quilt again, thanks.
Sue
I like seeing these, front and back!
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