About Me

My home is in Christchurch, New Zealand.
I have been quilting for about twenty years.
As I could not afford to buy good patchwork fabrics, I learned hand dyeing techniques,
 using cold-water fibre-reactive dyes.
I also explored batik printing with hot wax to get more interesting and unique fabrics,
 and other techniques including shibori, screen printing, discharging, gradation dyeing and over-dyeing.
I have made a number of art quilts using batik hand-printing.
Some of these have been accepted for national exhibitions.

I joined a co-operative craft shop, the Little River Craft Station, in the historic railway station
 at Little River, 50 km. from Christchurch.
 I sell baby quilts, small wall quilts, mainly landscapes, and small craft items.

     Recently I have opened a shop on Felt, an online marketplace for handcrafts.






As well as quilting I love reading, gardening, cats and science.
I have a husband David who is a woodworker, a blended family of six grown-up children,
 and nine grandchildren between them.