First Load of the Day

Machine appliqué, net layering, hand quilted and finished. Materials include net, wool, cotton, corduroy, silk and blends. Polyester wadding. 2200 x 1700 mm...

Tree Kangaroo of the Rain Forest

Machine appliqué, loose leaves and vines, hand quilted and finished. Materials include cotton, satin, corduroy, furnishing fabrics and found patterns. Polyester wadding. 1250 x 1720 mm...

Down to the Sea

Machine pieced, quilt-as-you-go method, machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished. Materials include wool, corduroy, satin, taffeta, cotton, blends and found screen prints. Polyester wadding. 1570 x 1550 mm ...

Sunrise – Wilpena Pound

Strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go. Machine appliqué inserts, hand quilted and pieced. Materials include corduroy, velvet, satin, taffeta, silk, cotton, blends and furnishing fabrics. 1400 x 1610 mm ...

Storm at Sea

Strip piecing ‘quilt-as-you-go’ method, hand quilted and finished, loose birds, metal motifs applied by hand. Materials include satin, taffeta, cotton and blends found screen printed fabric and velvet. Polyester wadding. 2200 x 1500 mm...

View from the Skyway

Machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished. Materials include cotton, wool, blends, corduroy, satin, linings, furnishing fabrics. Polyester wadding. 1480 x 1960 mm...

There’s Colour in the Creek

Machine appliqué, use of overlay to give a sense of distance, clothing, loose leaves, hand quilted and finished. Materials include cotton, taffeta, wool, curtain fabric, corduroy, velvet, clothing, blends and found prints. Polyester wadding. 1650 x 1980 mm ...

Barrier Reef

Machine appliqué, strip piecing quilt-as-you-go, hand quilting and finishing, hand attached sea weed. Materials include satin, taffeta, cotton, corduroy, furnishing fabrics, found pattern fabric, blends, lace and polyester wadding 1010 x 1950 mm ...

Sydney Red Gum – Bobbin Head

Machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished, loose leaves. Materials include cotton, poly-cotton, satin, wool, blends with polyester wadding. 1620 x 1350 mm...

Ireland Experience

Using my photographs, I drew the visuals to size and used this as the pattern for the cutting out. A base fabric of calico was used to machine appliqué onto, using different colour thread. Assembled as stripes and then as a whole piece with polyester wadding and calico backing. ...

Layers of the Rain Forest

Crazy patchwork using various textured and weights of fabric, large overstitching and left threads, mono and screen printing, found materials as borders. Materials include satin, cotton, blends, velvet, corduroy. 890 x 1140 mm...

Bush Scene

Machine appliqué and finished, trapunto, hand quilted. Chenille border with roulette insert. Materials include cotton, wool, satin, chenille, blends, dress and curtain fabric together with polyester wadding. 1710 x 1310 mm...

Aboriginal Homage

Home dyed calico base. Motifs cut from self made machine strip piecing. Hand appliqué and quilted (stab stitch) to denote the feeling of sandstone. Hand finished. Materials include cottons, furnishing fabrics, polyester wadding with furnishing weight wadding in the border....

Blue Mood

Mono printing, found screen print fabric, freehand machine appliqué. 1490 x 1300 mm...

Australia – A Land of Contrasts

Machine piecing and appliqué. Freehand machine embroidery. Hand finished. Materials include cotton, polyester blends and velvet. 1000 x 400 mm...

Litter

Techniques used include machine appliqué with loose leaves attached and couched in places. The speckled fabric was a ‘challenge piece’. Hand finished. Materials include cotton and blends, tulle, plastic net, chip bags, foil. 400 x 600 mm ...