Part of a series of work following a long term interest and admiration of the work of outdoor sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
Cotton fabrics. Various techniques used which include; reverse applique, machine quilting and applique, hand and free-machine quilting and beading.
Part of a series of work following a long term interest and admiration of the work of outdoor sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
Cotton fabrics. Various techniques used which include; reverse applique, machine quilting and applique, hand and free-machine quilting and beading.
Part of a series of work following a long term interest and admiration of the work of outdoor sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
Cotton fabrics. Various techniques used which include; reverse applique, machine quilting and applique, hand and free-machine quilting and beading.
This small Quilt is part of a series of work of various sizes based on an on-going study of trees.
The piece employs various techniques including reverse applique, applique, machine quilting – which also uses the leaf motif – and beading.
My response to hearing, via the news media, how much at cross-purposes are the actions of our various political and quasi-political bodies and how far we are from resolving most of the world’s problems and inequities. Everything in the quilt is at cross-purposes. Habotai silk. Various techniques used including painting, writing, couching, free-motion quilting and beading.
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.
Based on information taken from the book ‘The Celtic Wisdom of Trees’ by Jane Gifford, about the tree associated with my birth date – the Elder. The associations are dark, with reminders of ‘death’ and ‘the inevitable’, witches hide in their trunks and the wood will not burn well: associated colours are dark green and black! However it isn’t all bad news – the tree has healing properties and it provided elder flowers to make cordial or champagne. The berries also make a good natural dye with alum and salt used as mordants.
Cotton and silk fabrics and silk floss – some dyed: machine piecing, applique, free-machine quilting and hand beading.