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.
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.
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.
I am so incredibly honoured to have 2 art quilts juried into this year’s show. Unfortunately we cannot post pictures of our pieces until after the Judging takes place on June 7th.
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.
In 2021 I made this art quilt of Lucy (Edmonton Valley Zoo) and I entered it into the Canadian Quilters Association (CQA) national juried show. I was thrilled to learn that it was juried into the 2021 CQA Show. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the in-person show was cancelled and replaced with a virtual show so I never got the opportunity to see it hang on the show floor.
This summer I received at email from CQA informing me that they were compiling a selection of juried entries into a “Best of Quilting in Canada”collection and they wanted to include my piece. The quilts would be exhibited in the New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) in Lowell, Massachusetts, from January 17 to May 9, 2023. Needless to say, I was shocked and thrilled.
All of the selected quilts are also featured in the 2023 spring edition of Canadian Quilters Magazine.
Shirley made this colourful batik quilt for her sister. Her sister loves bright colours and picked all the fabrics herself. Shirley gave me free rein to quilt it as I please. I did a lot of dense quilting around the appliqué and quilted each border differently.
