Light Of The Moon

Collage on canvas
painted, stitched
backed with hand dyed cotton
Quilted with a couched binding



Circle imagery


2009


number seventy nine

Twenty Four Hour Care

hand dyed, over dyed cotton
Cotton velvet
buttons, rayon ribbon
machine pieced, hand quilted
This piece was in the
works for six years.


2009


number seventy eight

AWARD: First place Traditional Wall Quilt
National Juried Show (Canada) Saskatoon 2009

Somewhere there are heirlooms

favourite night dress
hand dyed rayon, paper
artist canvas, cotton perle,
hand stitch


2008



number seventy seven

Zen Ecstacy

Sari Fabric and mixed media
Hand stitch
raw edge applique, couching
embroidery, embellishments.

Part of the Millenium Journal

2006


seventy six

String Quilt

Machine PIeced
Machine quilted
Each block was flipped
and stitched so that it was sewn and quilted at the same time.

Then I hand finished the blocks so that they were sewn together.

I made about ten of these
string quilts and gave
them away during the
period we lived
in Kenora Ontario.

I taught the workshop
"string quilts" at
quilt Canada 1996
in Saskatoon and again
in Edmonton. It's
so easy.

1988

seventy five

January

Cotton and cotton blends
Machine pieced "bars"
Hand quilted.
I made three of these
bar quilts when we lived
in Kenora.

I gave this one to my
sister Nancy. I don't have photos of
the others.

1986

seventy four

Patch of Blue

Sugar Sack and Cotton
Cotton Muslin backing
Machine pieced
Hand quilted
The blocks were gifted to me by Doris, our neighbour in Kenora, Northern Ontario.
When Doris died, her daughter gave me Doris' sewing chest which I still have. I gave this quilt to Yvone, our dear friend who lived in Canada for a while but moved back to New Zealand.


1984

seventy three

Zoo Animal baby quilt

cotton and cotton polyester blend
hand pieced and quilted



1987



seventy two

Only the Earth Lives Forever

paper, favourite shirt
hand painted fabric, thread
backed with artist's canvas
54" x 48"



seventy one





2008

Memory of Wikwemikong

hand dyed rayon and cotton
layered fabrics, hand stitched
embroidered with eyelet stitch
linen thread, hand quilted

seventy


2008

50th wedding, Ruth and Douglas

satin, photo transfer
machine paper piecing
hand stitch



number sixty nine


1997

Slipping Glimpser

vintage apron
embroidered with two texts
one by Michael Ignatief about
his mother having to give up painting.

one by Wilhem de Kooning
about having to be 'on
the slant' in order to
be an artist.

paper, paint, beads
hand printed cotton
backed with artist
canvas
hand stitched
sixty eight

2008

The House with the Golden Windows

Four panels
magazine papers, thread
artist canvas, dyed
embroidered

This piece has been
installed five times
in exhibition.

Now in my closet


sixty seven

1993

Blessings Series: Brigid

wool, velvet, variety of layered fabrics
hand stitch


sixty six

2004

Storm at Sea

Hand pieced cotton
Hand quilted

I have made two storm at sea quilts. This one I gave to Ned's parents and it is at the cottage. The second one I gave to Ned's brother when he married Marg.

1983


sixty five