The Great Western Tiers Visitor Centre in Deloraine, Tasmania is the home of YARNS Artwork in Silk – four hand stitched and quilted silk panels depicting the story of the Meander Valley.
The panels were created by more than 300 members of the Meander Valley community, who were guided by their Artistic Director Niecy van der Elst-Brown, and incorporate many handwork techniques including embroidery, fabric sculpture, applique, weaving and cross-stitch. They are housed in an auditorium within the centre. For a small fee visitors can see both the Deloraine & Districts Folk Museum and YARNS. Every half hour an audio presentation and light show explains the stories of the panels and how they were made. The presentation encourages visitors to look more closely at the fine details which might otherwise go unnoticed.
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Each panel measures about 4 x 3 metres and it’s hard to imagine just how many hours went into their creation. YARNS Artwork in Silk is truly a labour of love.
They’re beautiful! So much fine detail and work!
Each time I looked I saw something new!
It must have taken years to do the panels!
They are so beautiful!
I would think so. The coordination of all this work must have been amazing.
I’ve seen these before and they are so intricate! I love them – they would have taken years…
I couldn’t find out anywhere how long the panels took to be completed. They are so large.
What amazing pieces of art. I love textile and fabric art in general, but these are, as you said, truly a Labor of Love!!
There was some great handwork in them.
Winter is just stunning….beautiful art
Did you see the Tasmanian tigers?
wonderful composed paintings – I like that animals have their place too …
They were actually stitched with fabric not paint. The detail was amazing.
wow – I can´t believe it!!!
The amount of work was astounding.
Those are gorgeous. I truly appreciate all the hard work it is amazing. Thank you for inspiration.
Thanks and you’re most welcome.
Wow. Like painting with fabric!
Yes, they were like giant paintings until we got up close.
They are quite beautiful. How big were they? I missed a big quilting show in Ontario when I was there for a meeting today! I bet quilting in silk is hard because I would think it would ravel. I always admire anyone who has this much patience and ability!! Thanks for taking these!!!
They were about 4 by 3 metres, which is 12 by 9 feet each. Huge!
Wow, that is huge!!! That’s like the size of a fairly good sized room! Wow!!
Yes! I couldn’t really get a good photo of the whole thing because the room it’s in is quite dark. I just photographed each panel as best as I could.
That’s interesting. I must not have read it very well. I assumed each one was one piece. WOW! I would love to see it in person!!!
Yes each piece is one panel and they are all placed together to make one large artwork. It’s about 16 metres long. (48 feet approx)
WOW !!! I’m living through your eyes!!!
Have a great day tomorrow. Is it a day off, or are you back on? I thought you started on Tuesday? 
Yes Tuesday is D-Day! Monday is a public holiday for Australia Day which was Saturday.
Yeah! Do something fun!!!
These are fabulous!