Fifteen Days in May
A community project stitched by over 100 participants at Plas Newydd, Llangollen, over fifteen days.

English paper pieced with bubble jet printed photographic images and signature blocks (on pink). Papers cut from contemporary tourist brochures have been left in as a message for the future.

2005
76 x 45 in

Collection of Denbighshire County Council Museums Service

Missenden Now and Then
Abstract quilt based on my "Japanese Circles and Squares" design, using bubble jet printed fabrics and batiks.

Images were manipulated in various photo programmes and text added using Microsoft Word – names and text from the three phases of Missenden Abbey's existence (monastic, private residence and public use). Machine pieced and quilted.

2006
48 x 24 in

For Sale £300
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Dancing Colours
Commission to celebrate a couple's morris, rapper and longsword dance interests.

Images of dancing were manipulated in various photo programmes and printed onto fabric. The colours and border reflect the kit (dance clothes) of various teams. Techniques include English paper piecing (inside the star-shaped longsword lock), stitch and flip and quilt-as-you-go.

2007
48 x 46 in

Private Collection

Pink Paradise Birdsong
Machine appliqué inspired by 1950s furnishing fabrics, Constance Howard's embroidery designs and iconic 1960s TV programme "The Clangers". Hitomezashi (one stitch sashiko) stitching adds texture to the background.

Won Art Quilt, Computer-aided Design and Judges Choice at The Great Northern Quilt Show, 2005.

2005
32 x 21 in

NFS

Yamadera
Made for an exhibition of lifelong learning groups in Yamagata City, Japan. "Yamadera" is the name given to the Rishakuji Buddhist temple near the city and means "mountain temple" (written in Japanese kanji characters appliquéd on the lower border).

Machine pieced and quilted with Shonai sashiko patterns.

2001
39 x 27 in

NFS

Miniature Quilt
In contrast, I also make miniature quilts from time to time.

The quilt on the right is just 4 1/2 in square.

Solstice
Selected as one of twenty two quilts sent from members of the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles to the 2001 Intercelt Festival at Morbihan, Brittany.

Challenge theme: "Mettez un grain de Celte dans votre Quilt".

The triangle design plays with the trios of the Celtic tryskelle design. Tea dyed challenge fabric, machine appliquéd with embroidery and beaded embellishments. The centre roundel is translucent and can be backlit. A face at the bottom of the triangle appears and disappears behind metallic silk gauze, depending on the position of the viewer.

2001
37 x 41 in

NFS