The Creative Cocoon - Gallery-Fibre Room Display3





			DISPLAY 3: Quilts and Wall Pieces. Born and bred in the North of England, it was with great interest that I learned that County Durham and Northumberland were hotbeds of quilting many years ago! Perhaps it was in the water, as I thoroughly enjoy quilt making, particularly my own designs.

					Turtle Quilt. The turtle is my own design and created using a variation of reverse appliqué. The border is a version of the drunkard’s path.

					Turtle Quilt. D E T A I L The fabrics are 100% cotton and include hand-dyed, batik and commercial pieces.

					Turtle Quilt reverse. My own design that uses drunkard’s path blocks. This side incorporates reproductions of my hands, and a number of embroidered motifs. Similar fabrics were used.

					Turtle Quilt reverse. D E T A I L The whole quilt is machine pieced and quilted.

					My Inuksuit. This lap-sized quilt is my interpretation of Inuksuit, stone structures built and used by the Inuit. Fabrics are 100% cotton, primarily hand-dyed, and batik. I experimented with some of my machine's embroidery stitches in the borders. The quilt is machine pieced

					My Inuksuit. D E T A I L A variation of reverse appliqué was used for each Inuksuk. Inuksuit are free machined in the sashing. My trusty Pfaff machine embroidered the motifs.

					Corn and Beans Quilt. This is a traditional quilt pattern where I tried to bring in a variety of lights and darks into the design. The fabrics are 100% cotton. The double bed sized quilt is machine pieced.

					Fan Quilt. This quilt began as a single fan block made in Betty Sanderson's workshop. It then took on a life of it's own and grew into a queen-sized quilt!.

					Fan Quilt reverse. This is the reverse side of the quilt.

					Fan Quilt. D E T A I L This detail shows the centre panel of the quilt.

					Bottle Quilt. This is a fun way to use up those feature fabrics. Our quilt guild makes some every year. They're donated to the firefighters, shelters and police in our area for them to give to kids in distress.

					Energy hanging, front (and reverse). This incorporates Chinese symbols for energy and spirit. Pieces were fussy-cut from commercial fabrics and appliquéd to the background. The circles were created using Nancy Crow's stack and slash technique. Energy reverse A reproduction of my hand is machine appliquéd on the back of this hanging and has an angel charm stitched to it.

					Stack and Slash. These pieces were constructed using Nancy Crow's Stack and Slash technique. Several blocks are made at the same time, stacked on top of each other, cut and resewn into new blocks.