Welcome to my website. It will be mainly about stitching - mostly quilting.
I began quilting, like so many others of my generation, with Laura Ashley fabrics in the 1970s. Life/children/work intervened and I did not seriously return to quilting until I was approaching retirement. I felt I wanted to stretch myself, so took the C & G certificate online with the Kemshalls. I really enjoyed that, but when it came to the Diploma I enrolled at Missenden Abbey for two years, attending for 6 weekends per year and working on my own in between,with email support available from my tutor, Barbara Weeks.
Studying for the Diploma worked well for me (with the odd blip on the way) as I tried so many different techniques and styles and, one day, realised that I knew in which direction my stile was developing. Much as I love abstract textiles/quilting, and admire many other artists, it is not my area. I love to draw, paint, print and stitch and this is what I now do.
Awards:
"Best of World" in the World Quilt Show in the U.S. 2014
Visitors' Choice - Bristol Quilters Exhibition 2014
First prize in the Pictorial Section at Festival of Quilts, UK in 2013
3rd in Best New Amateur FOQ 2013
Best Machine Quilting - South West Quilt and Textile Show 2016
Highly Commended - South West Textile Show 2017
I belong to a number of different groups and here are the links:
Contemporary Quilters West: http://www.contemporaryquilterswest.org/
Threaded Together http://www.threaded-together.co.uk
SAQA: http://www.saqa.com.
Bristol Quilters: http://bristolquilters.co.uk/
The Quilters' Guild: http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/
The Contemporary Quilt Group: http://www.contemporaryquilt.org.uk/
Studying for the Diploma worked well for me (with the odd blip on the way) as I tried so many different techniques and styles and, one day, realised that I knew in which direction my stile was developing. Much as I love abstract textiles/quilting, and admire many other artists, it is not my area. I love to draw, paint, print and stitch and this is what I now do.
Awards:
"Best of World" in the World Quilt Show in the U.S. 2014
Visitors' Choice - Bristol Quilters Exhibition 2014
First prize in the Pictorial Section at Festival of Quilts, UK in 2013
3rd in Best New Amateur FOQ 2013
Best Machine Quilting - South West Quilt and Textile Show 2016
Highly Commended - South West Textile Show 2017
I belong to a number of different groups and here are the links:
Contemporary Quilters West: http://www.contemporaryquilterswest.org/
Threaded Together http://www.threaded-together.co.uk
SAQA: http://www.saqa.com.
Bristol Quilters: http://bristolquilters.co.uk/
The Quilters' Guild: http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/
The Contemporary Quilt Group: http://www.contemporaryquilt.org.uk/
Exhibitions in 2018:
"Quilt Expo en Beaujolais",Parc Expo, Villefranche sur Saone, France 11-14th April
Unfolding Stories III with C Q West:
"Quilt Expo en Beaujolais",Parc Expo, Villefranche sur Saone, France 11-14th April
Unfolding Stories III with C Q West:
- Harbour House, Kingsbridge, Devon - 27th April - 3rd May
- Festival of Quilts, NEC - August
- West Country Quilt Show, UWE, Bristol - 30th August -1st September