A few weeks ago, I told myself: “I want to build something new”. I was in a park, I collected seeds from the trees. Autumn had started, it was the period when trees created ball shaped seed collections.

I approached the start of a new season, together with small things. Such as, shapes from fabric (that I’ve used in my quilts) and shapes from Nature. I started a new photo series, based on small treasures from nature and fabric scraps from quilts.

If I connect the dots of what happened in the last months, I find that my last quilt finish was made with dotted fabrics, and my first photo-composition playtime was made with that same dotted fabric and round seeds.

“Spot the dot” is the title of my last quilt finish, where I played with dots and their travelling around. It will be on display soon, at the International Quilt Festival, Houston Texas: October 31 – November 3, 2024. It has been selected to be part of the SAQA show “Camouflage”, juried by Lorraine Roy: an exhibition celebrating the wonder of wildlife and the artistry of concealment, inspired by a theme submitted by SAQA Member Leilani Purvis.

I’ve just received the catalogue of the SAQA show “Camouflage”.

In a future article, I will tell the story of this quilt.