One Hundred Quilts

the house with the golden windows: north wall

2012-02-18T05:45:00.000-08:00

We lived in Kenora, North Western Ontrio for ten years in a narrow two story brick house on a quiet street. In our back yard we had tall maple trees. There was a lane.

It was the only time that I have ever lived in a town.

I studied fine art through Lakehead University at the time. The professors would come to Kenora from Thunder Bay every two weeks. Our classes were on alternate weekends.

During the last two years, my friend Barbara Sprague and I would drive to Thunder Bay for conferences with our professors. I made this house for my graduate exhibition.

At the 1994 convocation, I was awarded the chancellor's medal for the highest marks of any part time student that year. We did not attend the ceremony. By then, we were already living on Manitoulin Island.

number eighty six

Lucky Protection

2011-12-28T13:25:00.000-08:00

Made for my grandson Jack, who was born Friday the 13th, October 2009.

I finished it Christmas 2011.

I used red thread for protection.
On the back, I embroidered the Hemp Leaf (asanoha), a classic sashiko stitch used in Japanese infant clothing and bedding. For luck.

number eighty five

April Lily

2011-07-05T11:14:00.002-07:00

A baby quilt for my youngest child, April Anne. Born in April, 1987. Entirely hand pieced and quilted.

number eighty four

log cabin flip

2011-07-05T11:04:00.001-07:00

This is a string quilt made one block at a time. The batting and backing are layered, and then the logs are built up by stitching with machine, then flipping flat and stitching further logs. Log cabin blocks begin at the central square, usually red. Dark and light logs make up the strong design and with this method, the quilting just happens as the block is stitched. The blocks are joined afterwards by hand.

This quilt is now used at our cottage on one of the single beds in the new guest cabin.
number eighty three

Storm at Sea

2011-07-05T10:55:00.001-07:00

I made this quilt for my husband's brother Tom and his new wife Margaret in 1988 as a wedding gift. It is from a collection of blue scraps in my collection, plus some new fabrics. I followed a pattern I found in Judy Martin's book Scrap Quilts.

Many people still think that I am the Judy Martin who wrote all those wonderful quilt pattern books but I am not her. I would reccomend her books however, as they are excellent resources for traditional piecework patterns.

number eighty two

Frank's Quilt

2011-07-05T10:48:00.001-07:00

There was a period when I was trying to use up all my scraps. In this quilt, I sorted my printed fabrics into darks and lights, and pieced one of each square together. When arranged, they formed a new pattern, as yet un named.
I gave the quilt to my new nephew Frank in 1989.

number eighty one

Trees in Winter

2011-01-21T17:19:00.000-08:00

Stitched photos,
silk
puff paint

Photos of our back yard
in Kenora, North Western Ontario
taken from the kitchen
window

1990

Number eighty

Light Of The Moon

2009-07-24T08:28:00.001-07:00

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

2009-03-13T21:33:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-13T21:26:00.000-07:00

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

2008

number seventy seven

Zen Ecstacy

2009-03-12T22:10:00.000-07:00

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

Part of the Millenium Journal

2006

seventy six

String Quilt

2009-03-12T22:03:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-12T21:58:00.001-07:00

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

2009-03-12T21:47:00.000-07:00

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

2008-12-18T20:52:00.001-08:00

cotton and cotton polyester blend
hand pieced and quilted

1987

seventy two

Only the Earth Lives Forever

2008-11-02T21:16:00.001-08:00

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

seventy one

2008

Memory of Wikwemikong

2008-10-15T22:31:00.000-07:00

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

seventy

2008

50th wedding, Ruth and Douglas

2008-10-15T22:22:00.001-07:00

satin, photo transfer
machine paper piecing
hand stitch

number sixty nine

1997

Slipping Glimpser

2008-10-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-15T22:03:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

wool, velvet, variety of layered fabrics
hand stitch

sixty six

2004

Storm at Sea

2008-09-08T07:56:00.000-07:00

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

Grandmother's Garden Basket

2008-08-26T21:10:00.000-07:00

stitched paper, couched fabric
stitched to heavy paper and
then framed under glass

2008

sixty four

Grandmother to Grandmother

2008-08-26T21:05:00.000-07:00

Features an embroidery by
Nobonie from South Africa
purchased from
African Threads in support
of Stephen Lewis' Grandmother to
Grandmother campaign that
supports Aids orphans

piecework, painting
hand stitched

2008

sixty three

Summertime Dream

2008-08-26T20:58:00.000-07:00

overdyed recycled fabrics
dye painted image
hand pieced, hand quilted

1986

sixty two

Stars

2008-08-26T20:53:00.000-07:00

Recycled dresses and blouses
hand pieced, hand quilted

1985

sixty one

Love Never Dies

2008-04-10T22:07:00.000-07:00

Cloth Book
Photographs, hand made paper
drawings, thread,
gold leaf, applique
embroidery.

1992

number sixty

Sky Trees Water

2008-04-10T22:00:00.000-07:00

Silk, hand pieced, hand quilted

1987

Number fifty nine

Sky Sky Water

2008-04-02T18:07:00.001-07:00

polyester satins and crepes
overdyed black,
hand sewn and quilted

1987

number fifty eight

Life's Illusions

2008-04-02T17:57:00.000-07:00

Colour Xerox on paper,
thread, acrylic on cotton and on artist's canvas

Stitched

1995

Number Fifty seven

Love's Illusions

2008-03-28T16:44:00.000-07:00

Colour Xerox, thread
watercolour on paper,
acrylic on cotton

1995

fifty six

string quilt

2008-02-29T15:59:00.000-08:00

cotton,poly cotton
flip and stitch
utility quilt

number fifty five

She Sees Herself as Warm

2008-02-20T07:29:00.001-08:00

Velvet Journal series
velvet, taffeta, journal and magazine papers
english paper pieced by hand

reverse side

number fifty four

Sleeping Giant

2008-01-04T11:17:00.000-08:00

cottons and polyester blends
hand pieced and hand quilted

I made this quilt when we lived in Thunder Bay. The sleeping giant is the name of a penninsula that stretches out into Lake Superior.

1982

fifty three

Inanna's Prayer Rug

2007-11-11T19:19:00.000-08:00

layered fabrics
densely hand quilted
with chain stitch

Ontario Juried
Show Collection

2000

fifty two

Blackwork

2007-11-11T19:15:00.000-08:00

cotton, machine pieced and quilted
stitch and flip method

1987

fifty one

Something More Magical Than it Ever Was

2007-10-30T21:37:00.000-07:00

recycled family clothing, silk
photo transfer, fabric paint
log cabin in dark and light arrangement

1991

Fifty

Protection Blanket for Africa

2007-10-13T00:23:00.001-07:00

overdyed embroidered quilt
rayon, cotton, velvet, wool quilt batt
linen floss, thread, beads

2007

forty nine

February

2007-10-13T00:15:00.000-07:00

family photos, lace, corduroy, thread, paint
machine and hand stitched

1991
forty eight

Counting My Blessings

2007-04-11T19:33:00.000-07:00

Cotton, velvet, velvet cord, chain stitch embroidery, hand quilting
1999

forty seven

Each Stitch is a Prayer

2007-04-11T19:28:00.000-07:00

hand dyed rayon, Amish diamond in a square pattern, hand quilted and embroidered.
2002

forty six

Our Lady of the Beasts

2007-04-11T19:22:00.000-07:00

Paper, cotton, thread, foil.
In private collection.
1994

forty five

Desire

2007-02-04T17:32:00.000-08:00

overdyed fabrics, layered, stitched
2002

forty four

When you walk on a Tightrope

2007-01-12T19:16:00.000-08:00

cotton, fabric paint
machine pieced
hand painted
hand quilted
1985

forty three

Protection Blanket

2007-01-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

hand dyed rayon, sequins, rayon cord
machine pieced, hand quilted and embellished
2005

forty two

back of quilt

Star

2007-01-07T20:31:00.000-08:00

cotton, thread
hand pieced and quilted
1984

Excited about inventing my own pattern, this is one of two star quilts I made during the same time period. The other one is called Movie star - I don't have a photograph of it. This quilt was eventually made into a large tote bag for the beach.

forty one

The water is my grandmother

2006-12-23T17:42:00.000-08:00

cotton, rayon, recycled clothing
hand pieced, hand quilted

2006

chain stitch embroidery
on reverse

forty

Katie's kaleidoscope

2006-12-20T02:55:00.000-08:00

Cotton crib quilt
hand pieced and quilted

1984

thirty nine

NIne Patch

2006-12-20T02:51:00.000-08:00

cotton crib quilt
hand pieced and quilted

1984

thirty eight

Baby Quilt

2006-12-20T02:13:00.000-08:00

kwik print on satin
(large negatives and real lace was
sun printed)
Hand quilted
1986

thirty seven

My Children

2006-12-18T20:56:00.000-08:00

recycled women's blouses
polyester crepe, fabric paint
rick rack, thread

1987

thirty six

December

2006-12-18T20:49:00.000-08:00

Velvet, Taffeta, wool, family photos
threads, pinecones

thirty five

1990

Moisture and Greenness

2006-12-10T06:32:00.000-08:00

dyed linen, shibori dyed cotton
batik cotton, sequins, cotton floss
machine pieced, hand applique,
hand embroidery

slashed and repaired shibori quilt

2006

thirty four

Pinwheel on the Beach

2006-12-10T06:22:00.000-08:00

cotton, acrylic and fabric paint
machine pieced, hand applique, painted
A round robin medallion quilt
made by Judy Martin, Barbara Fraser,
Anne C. Morell, Janet Rice Bredin, Judi Burly
Jean Boyd, Pam Godderis, and Carol McLean
1996
thirty three

Gaea Enthroned

2006-12-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

Triptych Quilt
cotton, silk, metallic, fabric paint
machine pieced, hand painted,
hand applique
1992

Commissioned by the Government of Ontario

thirty two

Winter Solstice

2006-12-01T16:37:00.000-08:00

layered fabrics, hand and machine embroidered
millennium journal series

2000

thirty one

Flesh and Blood

2006-11-18T20:56:00.000-08:00

Cotton, overdyed cotton, polyester sheer,
embroidery floss, buttons
2003

thirty

The future is not ours to see

2006-11-09T20:48:00.000-08:00

cotton, fabric paint
painted, hand applique, hand quilted
1990

twenty nine

The Mother, the child

2006-11-07T19:50:00.000-08:00

linen, black and white family photos,
water
colour
painting,
thread,
polyester
sheer,ink
painted,
assembled

1988

twenty eight

husband and wife

2006-11-06T21:41:00.000-08:00

dyed cotton, cotton floss, beads
hand appliqued, hand pieced
hand quilted with chain stitch embroidery
2004

reverse of quilt

twenty seven

July Garden

2006-11-06T21:11:00.000-08:00

cotton, overdyed cotton
machine pieced, hand quilted
1997

twenty six

richness

2006-11-05T13:12:00.000-08:00

cotton, heat transfer
hand pieced and quilted
a miniature
1996

twenty five

The House with the Golden Windows: West Wall

2006-11-03T14:48:00.000-08:00

dyed canvas, metallic fabric, magazine paper
thread
1993

reverse side
dyed canvas, silk,floss, buttons
photographs taken from the west windows
of our house in Kenora, Ontario Canada

twenty four

November

2006-11-02T10:13:00.000-08:00

cotton, paper from nature magazines,
family photographs, thread
1990

twenty three

family life

2006-10-30T20:59:00.000-08:00

cotton, recyled clothing, variety of fabrics
thread, machine pieced, hand quilted
1990

twenty two

velvet journal: secret garden

2006-10-29T20:41:00.000-08:00

taffeta, velvet, floss,
ribbon, beads

journal papers, paint, thread

English paper pieced,
the paper left in

2005

reverse side

twenty one

on the lake

2006-10-29T12:02:00.000-08:00

photographs, thread, satin
assembled by machine,
hand finished
1988
twenty

I love you to pieces

2006-10-27T22:38:00.000-07:00

cotton, over dyed cotton, thread
machine pieced, hand quilted
1988

Number nineteen

Zen Ecstasy

2006-10-27T22:11:00.000-07:00

cotton, variety of fabrics and found objects, threads
layered, hand stitched, embellished
two sided wall hanging
part of the the Millennium journal series

eighteen

2004

Self Portrait

2006-10-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

Cotton, fabric paint, recycled maternity clothing
hand painted, hand pieced, hand quilted
1986

seventeen

Most of November

2006-10-23T19:03:00.000-07:00

cotton, variety of fabrics, embroidery floss, metallic threads
layered fabrics, hand stitching,
two sided hangings,
part of the millennium journal series
1999

sixteen

Between the leading note and the tonic

2006-10-23T18:57:00.000-07:00

cotton, embroidery floss, buttons
machine pieced, hand applique
hand quilted with chain stitch embroidery
1998

fifteen

When asked, she replied

2006-10-16T03:05:00.000-07:00

wool, cotton,recyecled jeans and t-shirts, buttons, yarn
hand pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted
1997

fourteen

quilt of quotes

2006-10-16T02:58:00.000-07:00

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.

"My work is emotionally based. There isn't a theory, but there is a language of emotions." Joyce Wieland

1988

thirteen

Sonnet XIV

2006-10-15T17:41:00.000-07:00

cotton, silk, satin, photo transfer, sequins
machine pieced, hand pieced, hand quilted
1998

twelve

Blue-eyed satin journal

2006-10-14T17:30:00.000-07:00

Satin, silk, taffeta, antique beads
personal journal pages, found magazine paper
Machine paper pieced, papers left in
1999

eleven

Hearth rug for Hestia

2006-10-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

over dyed cottons
machine pieced, hand quilted
1998

ten

All my life

2006-10-13T21:51:00.000-07:00

I made this quilt when we lived in Kenora, North Western Ontario. Winter distances and the responsibility of four young children made me feel isolated. I had recently read the biography of Frida Khalo and was inspired to make art about my own life. My self portrait is printed four times on silk using a traditional sugar lift printmaking technique. The natural beauty of where I lived is shown here in an Emily Carr sky, the floral border that edges the huge expanse of snow. I used black thread to hand quilt this piece. Here is the reverse of the quilt, spelling out Fort Frances, one of the four places I had lived in so far. All of them in North Western Ontario. The others are Thunder Bay, Rainy River and Kenora.

1989

number nine

I saw a butterfly, there can be more to life

2006-10-13T21:40:00.000-07:00

cotton, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand applique, batik
hand quilted
1988

eight

Emily Carr visited me

2006-10-13T12:33:00.000-07:00

rayon, cotton, fabric paint, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand painted, hand appliqued
hand quilted with blanket stitch embroidery
2005

seven

September

2006-10-13T08:24:00.000-07:00

family photos, found paper from nursery rhyme books, thread, cotton
1990

six

Fragile as a Leaf in Autumn

2006-10-11T22:48:00.000-07:00

shibori dyed linen, cotton, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted
2004

five

Cooper Cup

2006-10-11T22:36:00.000-07:00

shibori dyed cotton, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand quilted with chain stitch
2006

four

Cry Me a River

2006-10-11T22:30:00.000-07:00

Cotton, satin, photo transfer, beads
machine pieced, hand quilted
2001

three

In the Centre of the Body is the Soul

2006-10-11T22:24:00.000-07:00

Cotton, buttons, embroidery floss, fabric paint
Hand pieced, hand quilted
1996

two

Order Belies Chaos

2006-10-11T22:11:00.000-07:00

Cotton, silk, buttons, embroidery floss
Hand Pieced, hand quilted
1990

one