Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
More geckos turned up to get their friends out of prison!
They all escaped, so there are no more ‘small gecko’ quilts!
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Realising there was fun to be had, some of the geckos’ friends turned up.
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Small Geckos 1
Small Geckos is a series of five pieces based on the magic tile block.
They developed as an experiment with colour combinations.
I return, from time to time, to the enchanting, lithe forms of geckos.
Bright Medallion
This is a medallion quilt, based on a central design which is then surrounded by border after border.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, using a variety of different methods, including foundation piecing, then machine quilted.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, appliqued, machine quilted and hand beaded.
Fabric chosen for vibrance of colour
98cm x 76cm Cotton fabric, free-cut then machine pieced and quilted.
Patchwork reversible Kimono.
Strong coloured, plain cottons, set against black and white spotted fabric
Autumnal colours highlighted by the warmth of orange
Cotton fabrics. Sampler quilt using various different techniques.
Bright colours reflecting the delight of a walk through a summer garden.
Cotton fabrics. Sampler quilt using various different techniques.
Wall-hanging made for the opening exhibition of the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
Having been to a superb exhibition of Japanese art and crafts in London several years before, I decided to base this piece of work on the family crests of some of the the major families in Japan.
Cotton and silk chiffon, silk painted, hand beaded, piped and entirely hand quilted.
Adapted from the magic tile block, with the addition of applique motifs.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, then quilted with various threads and hand beaded.
I recently handed over the ‘Breila’ quilt to its new owner, Sharon.
Breila means rose in old Welsh and the quilt is based on the historical character Siwan (Joan/Joanna), daughter of King John, who was married to Llewelyn ap Iorwerth (Llewelyn the Great), Prince of Gwynedd. They lived in various courts around their principality, travelling from one to another. When Siwan died, Llewelyn founded a friary in Llanfaes, near Beaumaris, to her memory; she was buried there, but now her sarcophagus is in the porch of St Mary’s Church in Beaumaris. Llewelyn’s name for Siwan is believed to have been Breila.
Sharon is very happy with her quilt.
Click here to see the Breila quilt in my portfolio.
Dorothy
Cotton fabric, free-cut then machine pieced and quilted.
Commission based on Siwan (Joan/Joana) daughter of King John and wife of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth (the Great). She lived in the various courts belonging to this prince of Gwynedd and was buried in Llanfaes, near Beaumaris, where a friary was built in her memory. Her coffin, with her image carved on the lid, is in the porch of St Mary’s church in Beaumaris.
‘Breila’ is an old Welsh word for wild rose.
Cotton fabrics, machine pieced then hand and machine quilted and hand beaded.
In Private Collection
This is a medallion quilt, based on a central design which is then surrounded by border after border.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, using a variety of different methods, including foundation piecing and magic tile, then machine quilted.
Cotton fabrics, pieced in colours reminiscent of a hot foreign summer with geckos and wind blown flowers continuing the theme.
Machine quilted and hand beaded.
In Private Collection
This quilt won first place in the Large Wall-hanging section of the Scottish National Quilt Championships.
The New York Beauty block has been foundation pieced in a variety of styles, then offset and surrounded by foundation pieced ‘wonky’ ‘flying geese’.
Cotton fabric, machine pieced, then quilted with metallic threads.