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Magical Lands is a homage to my love for Kata Tjuta, or as it was known, the Olgas. In the 90’s I wrote my thesis on Australian Woman’s fiber arts and I took a month to drive form Melbourne through Central Australia to interview and research Aboriginal women in Central Australia.
In between the different regions are vast areas of land. I really appreciated how huge Australia really is. On those long drives I stopped at some amazingly beautiful places.  I also did a lot of walking through the pristine wilderness and deserts and the occasional oasis.



I saw Kata Tjuta the first time from a distance of maybe 100 kilometers. It rose out of a flat desert in lovely bubbly shaped mountains changing with the intensity of the sun. In my heart I knew that I was witnessing a sacred place, especially to me, it is a place that I have returned to many times in my meditations. Kata Tjuta  holds a serious place in my heart and its vibration is one of  beauty and happiness and translated into this fabric with a playfulness, lots of patternation and bold colours.

Magical Lands consists of six designs: Magical Land, Snowy Woods, Tree Pods, Magical Trees, Magic Spot and Ginkgo Blossoms in green.



Magical Trees—this was the original tree and the first element that I re-drew form my sketch book into Illustrator. A very graphic print and I am so loving the Ming green.

Tree Pods is a large scale print of mountains with trees growing on them in a cut-out style. I cannot wait to start using this design!

I loved channeling the essence of Kata Tjuta while I designed and refined these fabrics. The serenity and focus I felt will hopefully translate into the fabrics and then again into the products that you make with this range.

The strike-offs arrived just recently and I was thrilled. I enjoyed every moment of designing this range and it came about quite quickly. It is another bold bright range that really feels very “me” but at the same time it's quite different from what I have previously designed. It comes in a red colourway too and I  hope to post a sneak peak of that soon.

This range is due early 2011 and we will be taking pre-orders at the Melbourne Quilt Market next week. I will be sure to send out a newsletter once it is here so if your're not already reading my monthly news you can sign up on the right.
 
I always value your thoughts so please leave a comment.
Which is your favorite design out of the above? Have you got a story about visiting Kata Tjuta?

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