This is the largest textile art quilt that I have ever worked on. I wish I had calculated how many hours it took me custom quilt it. I did the background separate from the heron and the rocks. Excluding the background, there are over 173,000 stitches and I used 34 colours to complete it.
Update: I am so proud to say that it won an award for Excellence in Threadwork.
I just love all the colours and textures in this piece and it was fun to free motion quilt. I used 41 different colours and more than 164,000 stitches to compete this art quilt.
Really enjoyed quilting this textile art piece. It gave me a chance to just play with thread. When finished it was over 34,000 stitches and 20 different colours.
Just finished the free motion quilting on this beautiful kingfisher. It is only 12′ x 12″ but there are over 65,000 stitches and 29 different colours used on this piece.
Update: It was donated to the 2026 SAQA Benefit Auction and sold in the first few minutes for the maximum bid of $1000US.
I recently had the privilege of custom quilting this amazing fabric collage of Zoe. I can’t believe that this was Sandi’s first attempt at making a collage art quilt. It took more than 61,000 stitches to complete this. Thank you for trusting me to free motion quilt this for you.
This is one of my raw edge appliqué art quilts that I made as a gift. Gordon has the most amazing smile and when I saw this photo I knew that I wanted to make this. There are over 120,000 stitches in the thread work. I used Aurifil thread exclusively.
It was juried into the 2023 Emotions exhibition and publication and earned an Honourable Mention in 2023 Howl, Art of Dogs, International juried art exhibition.
Now that the 2023 CQA show is over I can share pictures of my quilts that were juried into the show. This is “Scarlet Glory” 35×23. It was inspired by a painting by Canadian Landscape artist Brigitte Gratton. I am so grateful that she generously allowed me to use her beautiful art as my muse. It was made with hand cut pieces of raw edge appliqué and extensive thread play.
I just found out that it has been juried the 2023 International Quilt & Fiber Festival in Washington.
I apologize for not posting much lately. It just seems that there are not enough hours in the day.
Here is a recent finish. Although I’ve completed 4 textile portraits of my Bernese Mountain Dog I have never done one of my Golden Retriever. There are over 132,000 stitches and 18 different thread colours (primarily Aurifil) in the decorative free motion quilting.
Our guild makes baby and children’s quilts and donates them to a local women’s shelter. This is my latest donation. I wanted something colourful and cheerful. I hope the child who gets it feels comforted by it.
I really enjoyed quilting this top. I just let my imagination run wild and the thread flow.
