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Email: alison@alisonschwabe.com
Website: www.alisonschwabe.com
Examples of Alison's work may be seen in the and in the Gallery and in her Members' Pages.
Statement: I teach design approaches and techniques used in my own contemporary work, whilst constantly referring students to the rich background of tradition that underlies modern patchwork and quiltmaking.
Hot Quilts from Cold Scraps - Principles of design and colour applied to scraps or recycled fabrics.
Quilting with an Attitude - Explore through hand and machine samples.
Freehand Rotary Cutting - This freeform technique is widely used by non traditional quiltmakers.
Irregular Shaped Quilts - A non-rectangular wall hanging on a chosen theme, fish, house, butterfly etc.
Colour Schemes for the Theory-Challenged Quilter - Build colour confidence. No sewing.
Miniature Landscapes - Use hand or machine and small scraps of fabric. Various embellishments.
Travels with a Needle - A survey or my own creative needlework which extends almost 30 years.
Everything Old Is New Again - Links the work of non-traditional quiltmakers to historical origins.
Quilting with an Attitude - Explore the latest ideas in hand and machine quilting.
Irregular Shaped Quilts - Non-rectilinear traditional shapes; exciting possibilities, and problems.
Quilt National Exhibition (USA) - Slides of the latest of these major biennial shows with commentary.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) For art quilts purchased in Australia, a Goods and Services Tax (GST) is applicable to those items labelled "includes 10% GST".
For international purchases, the GST is only applicable to those items labelled "includes 10% GST" and where a quilt is purchased and not delivered within 60 days of the date of purchase.