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Silver Trees

Silver Trees

39 inches wide x 39 inches long
100cm x 100cm

This quilt was made to satisfy a challenge for our Thr3fold exhibiting group. It was inspired by a fabulous sunset viewed one evening during the drive from the hills above Vancouver to downtown. The silver trees that gave the quilt its name were a beautiful feature of the garden of fellow Thr3fold member, Catherine Nicholls. Lit from below their white trunks shone theatrically through the dark night! I used marbled fabrics discovered at the Quilt Museum at La Conner together with my hand dyes. The piece has been free motion machine quilted and I’ve accentuated the effect of the feather motifs within the quilting by highlighting them with metallic, copper fabric paint. One edge of the quilt has been embellished with natural shell buttons secured with bright red thread to echo some of the colours of the marbled fabric.

£350 includes postage to the UK.

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And In His Dreams He Heard The Surf Roar

And In His Dreams He Heard The Surf Roar

28.5 inches wide x 35.5 inches long
73cm x 90cm

This quilt was inspired by Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea. (I always like to have a title before I can resolve the design of a quilt and this quote was perfect!) It features block printing of the traditional patchwork design, Storm at Sea, using acrylic paints. The blocks have been hand printed onto a digitally printed image I took of an ancient fishing boat I discovered languishing on a beach in Brittany, France. The colours of the many layers of peeling paint on the old wooden planks were inspirational and provided such a gorgeous background for the printing that followed. The text is an inkjet transfer onto painted fusible webbing, bonded to the surface of the fabric and then embellished with hand stitch. I have used both hand quilting and free motion machine quilting in this piece.

£350 includes postage to the UK.

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Wren

Wren

6 inches x 6 inches
15 cm x 15 cm

Inspired by the birds I see in my garden every day, this is an original painting worked in acrylic paints and inks. It is painted onto a stretched canvas panel. The deep sides of the box panel mean the finished painting doesn’t require framing and is ready for display.

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Great Tit

Great Tit

6 inches x 6 inches
15 cm x 15 cm

Inspired by the birds I see in my garden every day, this is an original painting worked in acrylic paints and inks. It is painted onto a  stretched canvas panel. The deep sides of the panel mean the finished painting doesn’t require framing and is ready for display.

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Kingfisher

Kingfisher

6 inches x 6 inches
15 cm x 15 cm

This is an original acrylic painting with collage, worked onto a deep edge canvas box panel. The painting has been varnished and has a gloss finish. The rich colours of the bird are heightened by the deep red that surrounds him and by the metallic gold and azure sky. The finished painting doesn’t require framing and is ready for display.

£45 includes UK shipping . Please enquire for shipping at cost to anywhere else.

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Redwing

Redwing

6 inches x 6 inches
15 cm x 15 cm

Original acrylic painting worked onto a  deep edge canvas box panel. We see redwings in our garden feasting on the autumn berries – they seem to favour hawthorn but will go for any berries as long as they are red! The finished painting doesn’t require framing and is ready for display.

£95 includes UK shipping . Please enquire for shipping at cost to anywhere else.

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Fish Shoal

Fish shoal

31 inches x 24 inches
79 cm x 61 cm

This is a really quirky quilt featuring many of my favourite techniques. There’s monoprinting, lino block printing, discharge printing, strip patchwork, free motion quilting and fabric painting. The strange fish swim through a curtain of metallic gold fronds which I have free motion quilted and then hand painted. The quilt has a hidden sleeve ready for hanging – all you will need is a suitable batten.

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Magenta Leaves

Magenta Leaves

The stitched panel measures 13.5 inches x 13.5 inches
34cm x 34cm

It’s mounted onto a black box canvas panel which measures
15.75 inches x 15.75 inches x 1.5inches
40 cm x 40 cm x 4cm

This piece was inspired by the persicaria that we grow in our garden. I used rusted fabrics as the foundation with appliquéd fine silk, tulle and gauze. It is heavily embroidered by hand and is ready for display  on its black box canvas panel.

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Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

This appliquéd and embroidered panel was inspired by an ancient farm building I spotted on a walk near my home. The windows had long gone and the plants and trees were invading the space. The leaves were touched with the first signs of cold weather colour. I’ve worked with a wide range of fabrics including hand dyed cotton, fine silk and tulle. There is a combination of free motion machine quilting and lots of hand stitched detail and I’ve modified some of the layers with  a delicate touch of pale pastel.

The appliquéd and embroidered panel measures 13.5 inches x 13.5 inches
34cm x 34cm

It’s mounted onto a black box canvas panel which measures
15.75 inches x 15.75 inches x 1.5inches
40 cm x 40 cm x 4cm

It is ready for display and needs no frame.

Available