Alison was born in Australia in 1946. As a child she learned sewing and embroidery skills which have become the basis of her lifelong interest in textile and fibre art. For more than 30 years her original works have been inspired by landscape structures, processes and resulting patterning of textures. This page requires Adobe Flash Player. All images and text are Alison Schwabe. Reproduction of any kind is expressly prohibited without written consent.

Monday, November 4, 2013. Day 11 to Day 25. He can start to walk a bit on the leg now. His mate was happy to see him home again.

Blogging from my studio each Sunday. Sunday, September 20, 2015. Weekend to play and experiment. I started with fusible web, ink, a syringe, and some water. Guess what I am doing with these wet and wild creations. Stay tuned next week for the results. Sunday, September 6, 2015. I decided to rebel a little and make a textile necklace. There is thin felted wool between the two stars. If you are looking for mo.

Hosted another International Mixed Media Postcard Swap and I signed up again. This time I deceided to create flowers in winter. Paper, paint, fabric leaves and stitch. Train at the Opera House. On thursday night my eight year old daughter and I saw.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013. I am very behind with my New Year wishes, but I will join my fellow Bloggers now in offering everyone my very sincere wish that. The fishermen had some success, landing these two Golden Perch, which made the perfect breakfast this morning. What a nice way to start the day, naturally gathered food, home cooked! In Victoria. I found it beautiful to knit, and block. Thank you to all for your support of my blog. I am trying to post a little more regularly, so please bear with .

And I was lucky enough to attend a 2 day workshop at our local Studio 54. Sandy does sometimes teach a travel journal workshop and had an example with her, I think a hand.

My diary of how, against the odds, I try and produce some textile art. Thursday, June 11, 2009. Pushed into writing something today as we had Maggie Grey. Just at the moment I have some rather damp felt drying ready to start stitching into. Apart from that, I took part in Oxfordshire Art Weeks. Friday, January 16, 2009. Old computers, to lots o.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Shelagh and Dale will be back very soon in another collaboration. Sunday, June 10, 2012. With the 5 minute challenges from here.

Saturday, September 8, 2012. Sydney and the Biennale! I spent a gorgeous day in the city on Wednesday with my friend Rob. We went over to Cockatoo Island to investigate Biennale and then back to the Quay and the Museum of Contemporary Arts. Thursday, June 7, 2012. Life Book is simply fantastic! Here is some more artwork. Saturday, April 21, 2012. Is presenting heaps of challenging weeks and so many different techniques it is amazing! Links to this post.