The Fading Dream of Australian Home Ownership
Geelong, Victoria
Quilt featuring block pieces in tones of grey, blue, tan and brown, graduating in light to dark tones from top to bottom...
Sure as Night Follows Day
Geelong, Victoria , Australia
Pieced and hand stitched quilt made from woollen blankets. The front is mostly cream in colour with blue handstitching w...
A Rollicking Good Laugh
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Techniques: Machine ‘quilt as you go’, rough edge machine appliqué, hand finished. (2006)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Raw edged, check and tartan samples assembled with little manipulation. Machine sewn to a cotton backing allo...
Ode to the Shearer
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Wool and some wool/blend on wool blanket with embellishing machine, hand knitted wool samplers using home spu...
Colours of the Day – Sunrise
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Hand appliqué and threads add to the surface texture. Hand pressed leaf printing and painting and screen pri...
Line On Line
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Cutting blocks from samples then assembled by strip piecing. These were laid over wadding and a backing of ca...
Games Series: Checkmate I
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Raw edge pieces, with minimum cutting of the material. Rough blanket stitched hand appliqué with hanging thr...
Australian Coat of Arms Quilt
NSW
Medallion quilt pieced from square, rectangular and triangular pieces from plain and patterned cottons. Central motif is...
Changi Prison Girl Guides
Imperial War Museum, London UK
Quilt constructed of blocks of hexagons with 72 ‘flower’ rosettes made from plain and printed cotton scraps....
Strata title
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Rock formations that reflect the evolution of the planet include beauty and dirt. We had just bought our first home in a...
Heidelberg Busy Bee Signature Quilt
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
This redwork quilt is constructed from 213 white cotton squares and four distinctive sashings made from Torchon lace ins...
Days of Fire
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Strip piecing and folding, hand embroidery and finishing, machine pieced. Materials: Taffeta, cotton, voile, ...
Log Cabin Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Julia Jeffries (1846-1919) lived with her husband Jabez at Ournie NSW. They had 11 children.
Boulder Opal 3
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Opals, strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go, machine appliquéd to rock panels of various shapes and sizes. Hand qu...
Boulder Opal 2
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Opals, strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go, machine appliquéd to rock panels of various shapes and sizes. Hand qu...
Mary Studholme’s Wagga
VIC Australia
One side of this whole cloth quilt is a single piece of cretonne or similar with a pattern of autumn leaves. The other s...
Possum Skin Rug
Perth WA Australia
Possum skin rug constructed from 24 rectangular pieces hand stitched to a dark brown felt backing an...
The Kangaroo rug
Glen Iris VIC Australia
Kangaroo skin rug made from 22 pieces of kangaroo pelt, 4 pieces across each end of the rug and 2 larger pieces making u...
Down to the Sea
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Machine pieced, quilt-as-you-go method, machine appliqué, hand quilted and finished. Materials: Wool, cordur...
Sunrise – Wilpena Pound
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Strip piecing, quilt-as-you-go. Machine appliqué inserts, hand quilted and pieced. Materials: Corduroy, velv...
Storm at Sea
Campbelltown NSW Australia
Technique: Strip piecing ‘quilt-as-you-go’ method, hand quilted and finished, loose birds, metal motifs applied by h...
Laura and Sam’s wedding
Hobart TAS Australia
Red and black wool six pointed star blocks separated by black strips with the occasional appliqued red circles at inters...
Elizabeth Grace
Box Hill South VIC Australia
Machine pieced medallion quilt. The fabrics in the centre eight rows are similar to those used in the ‘Elizabeth S...
