Brenda Wood is a textile artist, colour enthusiast, and founder of 2 Sew Textiles — home of Art Quilt Supplies, an online store dedicated to inspiring quilters and textile artists with beautiful materials and creative challenges. Her work celebrates the intersection of art, design, and storytelling through fabric. Whether she’s dyeing cloth, painting with thread, or piecing vibrant modern quilts, Brenda’s approach is playful yet purposeful — guided by a deep curiosity for texture, pattern, and the natural world.

The Rainbow Stash Buster Project 2024 brought together 26 members — 23 contributing artists — from across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, in a year-long exploration of colour, creativity, and connection. Over the course of 12 months, makers responded to a “lucky dip” draw of two colours and an optional word prompt, creating more than…

When the Rainbow Stash Buster challenge wrapped up behind the scenes, we knew the real magic would be seeing the two-colour 8″ squares come alive in real space. What better way than to bring the collection to life in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane — offering everyone a chance to experience the colour wash, texture, and individuality of each maker’s journey.

Scrap Stitching: Turn Your Fabric Strips Into Something Beautiful Do you have a pile of fabric strips in your scrap basket? Maybe you’ve been saving those cut-off edges from quilt projects, unsure what to do with them. Here’s a fun, colourful technique to transform those leftovers into something useful and beautiful — Scrap Stitching. This method combines strips of fabric with decorative machine stitches, cords, ribbons, and braids, giving you a whole new piece of fabric to play with.