Mariya Water's Workshop on the long weekend in June

This very interesting workshop was held in the new Ruth Fairfax House and several of the country girls stayed in the wonderful facilities of CWA's very own new building. Mariya is a dedicated quilter and lives in Melbourne and has won many professional and popular awards in Australia and U.S.A. Her 'Renaissance Revival' quilt (which I understand from a current Quilt Magazine has recently won Australia's National Quilt Award (sponsored by Bernina). This quilt is currently travelling around Australia with the Craft & Quilt Fair and will be in Brisbane later in the year. I was fortunate enough to view it at the Gold Coast Craft & Quilt Fair early in the year.

On the Sunday evening Mariya gave us a power point presentation of some of her quilts together with some of her prize winning quilts for us to see, study and touch.

Decorative Thread Workshop - Finished size 45cm X 55cm

The first day was spent working on a design using decorative threads using bobbin drawing, machine couching and echo machine quilting techniques. There were 2 patterns - Dandelions and Fish. The fabric used was either hand painted or batik styled fabric. The photos are of Mariya's samples and work in progress by some of the girls participating.