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Quilts.
A selection of completed quilting projects.
This piece was completed as a response to the Black and White Challenge hosted by Quilt Improv Studio.
Pieced improvisationally using scraps. A range of weights of cotton are used from upholstery fabric to sheeting.
The piece is hand tied using embroidery thread, and faced.
You can see city scape as well as more quilts submitted as part of this challenge under the hashtag #improvblackandwhite
Read more about this piece and others on Quilt Improv Studio’s blog (scroll down to the post titled colors are subjective: including black and white
city scape · 2021
34 x 35″ | cotton | machine pieced | hand tied
Inspired by my favourite wool scarf, this is a homage to the simplicity of a warped grid.
The piece is hand quilted using wool thread.
see the design process for this quilt here
check 001 · 2024
60 x 60″ | cotton | machine pieced | hand quilted
test pattern was made using a strip piecing scrap method.
private commission, Manly, Australia.
test pattern · 2024
42 x 60″ | cotton | machine pieced | machine + hand quilted, hand tied
strip it is a geometric exploration based on design parameters of using full width of fabric strips, minimising waste and playing with 3 values in a seemingly random configuration.
private commission, Newcastle, Australia.
see the design process for this quilt here
strip it · 2024
60 x 60″ | cotton | machine pieced | machine quilted
PATTERN COMING SOON
two triangles is a design developed from my initials AR.
the quilt and colour choice relate to the emergence and dissipation of identity through the various phases of life
two triangles · 2022
40 x 50″ | cotton | machine pieced
PATTERN COMING SOON
traces is a custom commission made in 2021. It is a full queen size and entirely hand quilted.
It tells the story of 5 generations of makers through 43 lines of hand stitched text starting in the upper left hand corner.
traces speaks to the passing of knowledge from maker to maker across generations.
see the design process for this quilt here
traces · 2021
82 x 88″ | cotton pique + tela garda | machine pieced | hand quilted
Piece completed during a Quick Step Dancing with the Wall workshop run by Irene Roderick.
Improvisationally pieced.
Evoking the flow of space in underground caverns, or beneath city streets.
underground· 2021
23 x 37″ | cotton | machine pieced
test pattern was made using a strip piecing scrap method. It uses dressmaking, upholstery, stretch cotton, linen and pique.
As featured on Carolina Oneto
test pattern · 2020
42 x 60″ | various | machine pieced | machine + hand quilted