cotton, recyled clothing, variety of fabrics
thread, machine pieced, hand quilted
1990
twenty two
Monday, October 30, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
velvet journal: secret garden
on the lake
On the Lake 1989
Colour photographs, thread on cotton, satin binding
machine assembled, finishing by hand
this photo taken by the Canada Council Art Bank
When we lived in Kenora, I was invited to submit some work to a Winnipeg Artist Run Gallery for possible purchase by the Canada Council Art Bank. They selected this piece.
number twenty
Friday, October 27, 2006
Zen Ecstasy
Self Portrait
We had our third child in July, 1985 and this painting of me drawing my own self portrait with one hand and tenderly holding my baby with the other represents the bursting creativity I had at the time.
Hand painted cotton, re-purposed maternity clothing, hand pieced and hand quilted 46.5 x 43" 1985
seventeen
Monday, October 23, 2006
Most of November
Between the leading note and the tonic
Monday, October 16, 2006
When asked, she replied
quilt of quotes
hand made paper (by moi)
type writer ink
cotton print
thread
This is a paper quilt that gathers together the
reading I did in the mid 80's when I was a mom to
four young children. Quotations by
women artists were typed onto
hand made paper and made into
a quilt. The piece was purchased by an artist in Thunder Bay. I hope that she is still enjoying it.
thirteen
type writer ink
cotton print
thread
This is a paper quilt that gathers together the
reading I did in the mid 80's when I was a mom to
four young children. Quotations by
women artists were typed onto
hand made paper and made into
a quilt. The piece was purchased by an artist in Thunder Bay. I hope that she is still enjoying it.
"My work is emotionally based. There isn't a theory, but there is a language of emotions." Joyce Wieland1988
thirteen
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Sonnet XIV
cotton, silk, satin, photo transfer, sequins
machine pieced, hand pieced, hand quilted
This quilt was made to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. There is text by Margaret Atwood along the bottom that reads:
"when you are in the middle of a story, it isn't a story at all but a roaring a blindness"
and there are sections from sonnet XIV by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the back. One of the 44 sonnets that she wrote for her husband Robert Browning.
1998
number 12
machine pieced, hand pieced, hand quilted
This quilt was made to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. There is text by Margaret Atwood along the bottom that reads:
"when you are in the middle of a story, it isn't a story at all but a roaring a blindness"
and there are sections from sonnet XIV by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the back. One of the 44 sonnets that she wrote for her husband Robert Browning.
1998
number 12
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Blue-eyed satin journal
Friday, October 13, 2006
I saw a butterfly, there can be more to life
80 x 68 inches
made by Judy Martin in 1988
mended by her in 2022
This text was embroidered with black embroidery floss onto the quilt in 1988, and most of it remains. (see the top photo)
It is a quote from the book by Trina Paulus Hope for the Flowers - first published in 1973
The book has been reprinted in 2023 for its 50th anniversary.
"In this book, two caterpillars get caught up in the fallacy of competition and struggle to reach the top of a caterpillar pile. By journey's end, however, they learn that their true nature is not one of winning and being at the top, but of going within and emerging as beautiful butterflies who were born to soar."
--Deepak Chopra
--Deepak Chopra
New batting and a new cotton back were laid over the existing worn out quilt, and quilted with red embroidery floss.
The butterflies were painted with a batik method in 1988 when the artist used them as teaching samples for her Painting Fabric for Quilting class during the Northern Arts Council Conference in Kenora. She met Ontario Arts Council officer, Walter Sunahara at that conference, which was a lucky break because he supported her and asked her to be a juror for the Ontario Arts Council in Toronto in 1989.
1988
number 8 (edited Feb 2023)
Old photos that show the original colours of quilt are below:
Emily Carr visited me
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Fragile as a Leaf in Autumn
shibori dyed linen, cotton, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted
2004
details of this piece
It sold into private collection almost immediately, and has not been exhibited since 2005.
It will be included in the book Abstracts, thirty contemporary quilt artists by Martha Sileman in 2016, published by Schiffer
five
Labels:
2004,
embroidered quilts,
in private collection
Cooper Cup
The Cooper Cup
Dr. Stephen Cooper commissioned a quilt from me that would be awarded as a prize for a sailing race held annually in the North Channel.
He told me on the phone that he loved seeing a mass of white sails against the blue sky and water. Hearing him say that poetic description made me say yes to creating a small quilt for him.
It took me two attempts to create something that I was pleased with myself.
This is the best photo that I have.
The Cooper Cup
shibori dyed cotton, machine pieced and hand quilted with embroidery floss using chain stitch embroidery.
As the years went along, the idea was to record the winners of the race through photo transfer on the back of the quilt. I'm not sure what happened to that idea - but we did get as far as 2006 winners.
number 4
Completed in 2006
Labels:
2006,
embroidered quilts,
in private collection
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