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Sound of Silence Has Wins at Vic Quilters Showcase 2024
I am thrilled to share that my textile art piece, "Sound of Silence," won three awards at the Vic Quilters Showcase 2024, including the prestigious Runner-Up Best of Show. This recognition means so much to me and validates the hard work and passion poured into this piece and all my pieces. You have time to see my polychromatic Lion art quit at the Craft and Quilt Fair on at Exhibition & Convention Centre until this Saturday 27th July 2024. Along with the Best of Show, Linda C
Sue de Vanny
Jul 26, 20241 min read


Embracing the New Year, New Works are coming!
Hello from my studio in Melbourne! As we step into 2024, I'm filled with excitement and a sense of personal renewal, ready to share my latest artistic explorations with you. This year is particularly special to me as it's a blend of my passions: textiles art, mixed media creations, and painting. Painting, my first love, is taking on new hues this year. I'm merging traditional brushstrokes with contemporary ideas, reflecting my own growth. Taking more time to study the Masters
Sue de Vanny
Jan 16, 20241 min read


AQC 2023 you need to be there.
I hope you're ready to come to AQC 2023 in just a couple of weeks time. It's the first one back in Melbourne at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens since 2019. With Covid 19 and Victoria's lock downs, either it was unable to happen or too risky in 2022 to have it here Melbourne, so Brisbane stepped up and hosted it. It was fun, I was honored to have the opportunity to have my own exhibition there as well. So this year I'm on the Bernina stand!! Yes, so more of q
Sue de Vanny
Mar 24, 20231 min read


Born to be out front.
Aren't we lucky to have the internet? I received an email from a person at the International Quilt Market, Houston, with a photo of 'Born to be Wild' at the front of the one of the entry doors into the Quilt display. There they were, with the ribbon, my Artist Statement pinned to the curtain. I was awarded, 'Innovative Artistry' sponsored by Janome America, one of the major prizes. I couldn't be there this year for a number of reasons. When I opened the email from Lynn Woll t
Sue de Vanny
Oct 31, 20221 min read


Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2022
Semi Finalist!! What? I beyond thrilled to be name as one of the Semi Finalist for the prestigious Doug Moran Portrait Art Prize 2022. Announced on October 20, a list of 214 artworks were selected as contenders in the final list of 30. Finalists will be announced around November 3, and you can see all the 214 finalists here and my artwork 'Overboard' Self Portrait. Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Image Have a look at all of them, they are all so different and amazing, of c
Sue de Vanny
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Wow, it's the end of August already!
Here we are almost the end of August 2021, I'm still in lockdown! It's ok though I've been flat out busy and all is good. I know I'm one of the lucky ones and extremely grateful for that too. So here, although not finished yet, because this is not my normal genre and I'm a lot slower at this, is my Aurifil Artisan August Challenge. Yep Paper Piecing, I've done it before admittedly a few years ago now and I do enjoy it. The pattern I found on Etsy called 'Atomic Bombshell' usi
Sue de Vanny
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Aurifil Threads July Challenge
Yay 'Born to be Wild' is now under my needle for Quilting. As a Aurifil Artisan I have the opportunity to do the monthly Artisan Challenge. So for July the challenge was to work on a project featuring 40wt thread....now hardly a challenge to do that!! I love the 40wt threads...I actually love all of the weights but I do use mainly 40wt and 50wt in the my thread sketching. Now for the project! On the to do list was to use one of my images as inspiration for my Wild Dog/Painted
Sue de Vanny
Jul 25, 20212 min read
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