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Portrait of Bill
81 cm x 56 cm
I started this quilt in a class with Melissa Burdon. It was
right
outside my comfort zone in many ways:
A portrait, very bright colours, fused
applique,machine quilting;
but I really enjoyed it and am pleased with the result.
It is a gift for my friend Liz, being a portrait of her
husband Bill.
Not
for
Sale
Awarded "Best
Pictorial"
Christchurch Quilters Annual Show 2015
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Calm Harbour
100 cm x 90 cm
I made this for a raffle to raise money for the Green Party
of Aotearoa.
The centre panel is from a photo I took of Lyttelton
Harbour,
Canterbury.
The flying geese oval border refers to the birdlife of the
area, which
includes godwits, who migrate every year to Siberia and
back.
The stars are for the mariners of both races, who navigated
to Aotearoa.
The outer border refers to the strong winds of the Roaring
Forties,
which blow around Banks Peninsula.
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From the Bellbird
50cm x 57cm
Hand-dyed and
commercial
cotton prints.
Machine pieced and hand applique.
Machine quilted
A view of Lyttelton
Harbour from a
lookout point near the Sign of the Bellbird on the
Summit Road.
SOLD
This item is on display
at:
The Craft Station
Little River
Canterbury
New Zealand |
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Magic Lanterns
74.5cm x 65cm
hand-dyed &
batik
discharged cotton lawn
hand quilted
selected
for the NANZQ touring exhibition, "Illumination"
2009
NZ$300 |
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Still Waters
72 cm x 40 cm
Made as a gift for a friend recently bereaved.
Dark, deep, rich colours and subtle textures, with gleams of
warm light.
I tried to make it speak of calm and gentleness.
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Foothills, Oxford
57 cm x 41 cm
From a photo I took near Oxfort, North Canterbury.
I wanted to convey the solidity of these massive dry hills,
and the
sharp southern light.
SOLD
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Love Quilt
56 cm x 75 cm
I was thinking about how many ways we show love - in caring,
helpful
and supportive actions,
rather than endearments and protestations, which can be
contradicted by
selfish or manipulative actions.
SOLD
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Mosaicat
30.5 cm x 30.5 cm
The next Aotearoa Quilters Challenge was "Purple" my
favourite colour.
As cats are my favourite creature, this was an easy choice.
Batik (hot wax) printing, hand dyeing.
NZ$75.00
This item
is currently on display at:
The Craft
Station
Little
River
Canterbury
New
Zealand
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Red Leaves
30.5 cm x 30.5 cm
The next Aotearoa Quilters' Challenge was "Red", again a 12
inch square
quilt, predominantly red.
Our grape vine was just then turning from green to autumn
colours,
which inspired this quilt.
Permanent marker, fabric paints and machine quilting.
NZ$50.00
SOLD
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Last Light, First Light
30.5 cm x 30.5 cm
This was my entry in the Aotearoa Quilters Challenge,
"Blue".
The brief was for a 12 inch square quilt, predominantly
coloured blue.
It shows the beams of a lighthouse stretching out over the
sea, as the
last golden light fades from the sky.
SOLD
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Kapiti Island
66 cm x 37 cm
Begun in a class with Chris Kenna, who does wonderful
landscapes.
Her design, my own hand dyed fabrics.
NZ150.00
This item
is currently on display at:
The Craft
Station
Little
River
Canterbury
New
Zealand
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Joyful Skies
72.5cm x 72.5cm
commercial cottons
&
polycottons.
machine pieced and hand-quilted
Created for the
"International Dreams"
challenge of the Canterbury Patchwork Society
NZ$200 |
I used the bold primary
colours
of the flags of many nations to make a sky full of rainbows
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Emergence
wholecloth
hand
dyed batik, quilted and mounted on stretcher
15"x 13.75"x 1.75"
38cm x 35cm x 4cm
NZ$180 |
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Leaflight Violet
26"x 20"
65cm x 50cm
shown at Manapouri
Arts
Group Labour Weekend Group Show 2008
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Magic Square no. 2
hand dyed batik, stretched
and
mounted
NZ$160 |
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Magic Square no.10
hand dyed batik, stretched
and
mounted
NZ$160
SOLD |
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Magic Square no.16
hand dyed batik, stretched
and
mounted
NZ$160 |
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Bethlehem Star no.3
24"
x 17.5"
61cm x 44.5cm
machine pieced
applique
and quilted. Hand-dyed cotton
This item was on display
at:
The Craft Station
Little River
Canterbury
New Zealand
SOLD |
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Bethlehem Star 02
26.5"x16.5"
67cm x 42cm
machine
pieced and quilted hand dyed cotton
SOLD
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Colour
Gradation 2.
Machine -pieced, hand-dyed and
hand-quilted
cotton with Dacron batting.
H: 121mm
W: 113mm
I was fascinated by the effects of colour changes in
opposite
directions.
This quilt was accepted for the 10th National Quilt
Symposium 2003
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Ice-Blink
Hand dyed cottons, machine pieced and quilted..
H: 112mm
W: 124mm
This quilt is about Antarctica
Ice-blink is the pale light in the night sky that showed
ships the
presence of ice over the horizon.
The labyrinth is a symbol of discovery and exploration;
the physical
exploration of the continent and the scientific work
carried out at
present, both in difficult and demanding conditions. The
outer curves
refer to the cold saline currents originating from the
ice, which
ultimately drive the circulation of the world's
currents. The six-sided
form refers to the crystal forms off ice as seen in a
snowflake.
SOLD
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Koru
Machine -pieced, hand-dyed and
hand-quilted
cotton with Dacron batting.
H: 900mm
W: 700mm
The young fern frond uncurls into the sunlight.
Symbolising the growth and fertility of the visible
world, while below
the ground complex interweavings of life support and
nourish that
growth.
NOT
FOR SALE
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Celtic Counterchange
Machine -pieced, hand-dyed and
hand-quilted
cotton with Dacron batting.
H: 690mm
W: 690mm
Created for a challenge using only two colours. I was
immersed in celtic patterns at the time as I was making my
grand-daughter's celtic baby quilt.
SOLD
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Walls Within Walls
Machine -pieced, hand-dyed and hand-quilted
cotton
with Dacron batting.
H: 870mm
W: 760mm
The remains of long forgotten buildings lie beneath
earth
tilled and cropped for generations.
We can only guess at their story.
NOT FOR SALE
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Labyrinth
Machine -pieced, hand-dyed and
hand-quilted
cotton with Dacron batting.
H: 126mm
W: 105mm
For
me, the labyrinth symbolises exploration and discovery.
There are many
paths to self-discovery, but all begin in the heart
where the primal
urge to action drives us to our own search - to find our
own light.
In the central portion, the beauty of nature, with
its
subtle colours and transitions, sheds a calm luminosity.
SOLD
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Bluebells
Machine -pieced, batik, hand-dyed and
hand-quilted
cotton with Dacron batting.
H: 630mm
W: 780mm
NZ$200.00
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Snow on Camellias
Machine -pieced, hand-dyed and hand-quilted
cotton
with Dacron batting.
H: 700mm
W: 700mm
A commission for a friend, inspired by her photo of
camellias and kowhai leaves after snow. Using the same
colours, and
geometric shapes suggesting the curved petals and spiky
leaves.
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The Road to Dunedin
Hand-dyed cotton, fused applique, machine
quilting. Dacron batting.
H: 300mm
W: 420mm
A club challenge -small quilt to illustrate a poem.
It reminded me of trips to Dunedin to visit my daughter.
"Hills as soft as eiderdowns"
NOT FOR SALE
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Mokopuna
Machine -pieced and hand-quilted cotton
Batik, hand-dyed and hand-painted.
Dacron batting.
H: 480mm
W: 480mm
Sunlit sapling
protected
by ancient limbs
On the bush track I
pause
and think of my
grandchild.
SOLD
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Leaf Sampler
Hand dyed cotton, fused reverse applique,
hand-quilting and hand embroidery
H: 950mm
W: 480mm
I was inspired by autumn leaves - their vivd yet
delicate
colours, and their subtle variations.
I used fused reverse applique to keep the soft curves of
the leaves and
their slender points.
NZ$300.00
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Air,Fire,Earth Water - Bush Sunset
Wholecloth Quilt
Hand printed batik, hand quilted
H: 1500mm
W: 500mm
The regular forms of our solid, central, tangible
green
earth dissolve into the fluid, formless, ever-changing
colours of the
surrounding elements
Accepted for NANZQ "Elemental Challenge" 2007
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Dark They Were and Golden Eyed
Wholecloth Quilt
Hand printed batik, hand quilted
H: 1040mm
W: 560mm
Beyond the edges of awareness, our subconscious mind
creates vague, chaotic images - but deep and richly
coloured.
Not For Sale
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Everything Emptying into Light
Wholecloth Quilt
Hand printed batik, hand quilted
H: 1040mm
W: 750mm
Sunlight generates all colours and gives them life.
NZ$300.00
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Autumn Light
Hand dyed cottons.
Machine piecing. Hand quilting
H: 1080mm
W: 780mm
Inspired by the art of Paul Klee
NZ$300.00
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Indigo Willows
Hand dyed cottons, batik and shibori.
Machine piecing, hand quilting.
H:
W:
I used a batik technique to suggest bare branches of
winter willows, and shibori for the river ripples.
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Forest Sunlight
Hand dyed cottons, machine pieced and
quilted.
H: 1070mm
W: 900mm
Inspired by the mysterious deep greens of the New
Zealand
bush.
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