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Judith Oke, Leopold, Victoria

E-mail: quiltmakers@ozquiltnetwork.org.au

My sewing life began as a child creating dolls clothes, without patterns, on a treadle Singer sewing machine. I inherited a love of handwork from my maternal grandmother and the drive to make do from my practical mother. Both desires meet in my creative art works. Over the years I’ve attended many workshops to learn new skills and techniques. I have also found travelling and exploring other cultures has enhanced my love of handmade works and knowledge of textiles.

My work has two facets. On the one hand I enjoy making semi-traditional quilts, (so called because I don’t always follow the rules) and on the other I aim to stretch my creativity by responding to quilt ‘challenges’ and following my interests in vintage textiles. My current personal challenge is to take my accumulated learning and my love of vintage textiles and create something new from an old craft.

Interpreting Hakea Laurina

Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 39.5×39.5cm (H x W)
Statement:  Hakea Laurina is an Australian bush with beautiful flowers. As a continuation of my art quilt practice recycling woollen blanket pieces I challenged myself to creatively interpret this plant using various wool blanket scraps. I find wool fabric a very soft, flexible textile to work with.
Exhibitions: One Step Further 2020/2021


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CALL FOR ENTRIES: ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 2025 Closing CALL FOR ENTRIES: ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 2025Closing 15 April 2025 - 2 weeks to go!Calling all textile artists resident in Australia and Ozquilt Network members worldwide. Enter you work into Art Quilt Australia 2025 including Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize, an acquisitive award of @nationalwoolmuseum $9000 in prizes. Entry form closes at 5pm (Perth time) on 15 April. See the OZQN website for conditions of entry.#artquiltaustralia2025 #artquiltaustralia #expressionswoolquiltprize #aqa2025
Enter your textile artwork in Art Quilt Australia Enter your textile artwork in Art Quilt Australia 2025 (including Expressions the Wool Quilt Prize sponsored by @nationalwoolmuseum ). $9000 in prizes - open to artists resident in Australia and New Zealand and OZQN members worldwide.Entries close 15 April 2025. Entry form on the Ozquilt Network website. Link in profile.Art Quilt Australia 2025 will be on exhibition at the @yrrmuseum Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Lilydale, Victoria from Wednesday 9 July 2025 until Sunday 12 October 2025.Here is a selection of prize winners from the last 10 years:2023 Award of Excellence: Linda Steele @lindabsteele Moroccan Magic2023 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize: Alison Withers DIY Deluge Design No.52021 Award of Excellence And then there were three by Cathy Jack Coupland @cathyjackcoupland 2021 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Ghost Blanket IV by Fiona Gavens @figavens 2019 Award of Excellence Whitewash Neroli Henderson @neroli_henderson 2019 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize: By Wagga Design Barbara Mellor2017 Award of Excellence Chinese Whispers Judy Hooworth @judyhooworth1 2017 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Klimt Print #2 Suzanne Reid2015 Award of Excellence Alvena Hall, Arboreus: Ediacara Suite 20152015 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize Lisa Davis, The Art of Record Keeping#ozquiltnetwork #ozqnart #artquiltaustralia #artquiltaustralia2025 #expressionswoolquiltprize #nationalwoolmuseum #nationalwoolmuseumgeelong

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