Kate Henderson Quilts

27/09/2026

Ahead of the Curve is getting ready for its final outing 🎉 If you haven’t seen it yet, this will be your last chance!

From 10 Oct to 5 Dec the works will be hanging at Nulla Nulla Regional Gallery in Kempsey.

There’ll even be a few new pieces in the show as well as smaller works, postcards and prints for sale.

Ahead of the Curve brings together a selection of contemporary quilts that centre the curve both as technical provocation and as a rich site for creative inquiry.

The works chart a course through improvisation and precision, boldness and restraint. Exploring risk, innovation, and a deep material engagement, the artists engage with the curve not only as a visual motif but as a way of rethinking process, embracing challenge, and expanding the language of textile art.

Mark your diaries, and do share pics if you visit the exhibition – we love seeing what catches your eye ❤️

Belinda Betts
Brenda Gael Smith
Caroline Hadley
Diana Vandeyar
Grace di Muzio
Jeanne Treleaven
Jess Wheelahan
Kate Henderson
Pat Forster
Pip Porter
RachaelDaisy Dodd
Ruth de Vox
Tania Tanti
Tara Glastonbury
Wendy Nutt

02/07/2026

Nine patch Flower number 1.
I have a whole garden of different nine patch flowers ready to sew these school holidays!

06/05/2026

From Deniliquin, back to Melbourne for a quick shuffle and then up to Moranbah. That’s 2,400km/1,500 miles this show has got to cover before opening at Coalface Gallery on Friday!

I’m willing it on… I can see it’s got as far as the Far North Queensland sorting facility at the moment 🤞🏻

Big thanks to everyone who has supported the show so far. I’m so excited to have this one going to Queensland ☀️

I’m even more excited that I’ll be following it not too long after opening to teach the accompanying class at Flaggy Rock then two days later at Moranbah. It’s then back to Melbs for the same class at Kensington Neighbourhood House on the 23rd (see my website for the local details).

Ahead of the Curve features artists:
quiltamour
Tania Tanti
Ruth de Vos
RachaelDaisy Dodd
Pip Porter
Pat Forster
Kate Henderson
Jess Wheelahan
Jeanne Treleaven
Grace di Muzio
Diana Vandeyar
Caroline Hadley
Brenda Gael Smith
Belinda Betts (promo work ‘Sun Salutations’)
and me!

23/04/2026

My with a gathered skirt.
I love this! The only think I'd change if I made it again would be to take the pleat out of the back of the top.
Pattern from
I designed the fabric and had it printed. You can find it on Spoonflower on a few colourways!

13/03/2026

The Modern Quilt Show Australia is on this weekend in Sydney at Petersham Town Hall.
I have two quilts hanging - Daisy and Psychedelic!
Thanks for the photos!

03/03/2026

Flower Collage fabric designs - I got one of these printed over summer and I've just cut out a dress to sew. I've played around with a few colourways and put them up Spoonflower - the link is in my bio.
Hopefully I'll have a finished dress to share soon.

31/01/2026

Another Kalle - this time a dress. Only alteration was the hemline. I love - I have one more Kalle planned
Fabric is Cotton Poplin from Spoonflower - link to it in my Spoonflower shop in my bio
https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/21076459

17/01/2026

I've been playing around in Illustrator over the summer holidays and thought I'd get a few of my designs printed on fabric - these are both from - the one on the left is lawn and the one on the right is poplin. They both feel great and I'm really happy with how the colours turned out. Now to wash and sew them up!

25/11/2025