About

I have been patchworking since 1993-1994, My loves are traditional work including needleturn applique and piecing. A special favourite is the Ohio Star Block, and you will find it in lots of my designs.

We travelled to the United States in 1997 and from there my interest in patchwork really bloomed.

I have been teaching and designing for about 6 years. I started by teaching a sampler quilt at my home to a group of friends. I enjoy designing quilts to share with my students. I love the challenge of a new range of fabrics, and finding a design that is a little outside the norm but still traditional. I like combining colours that would normally not be seen together and this sometimes gives great results.

One of the great challenges of my students is colour and I like to give this advice. If you are having trouble try to use a “primary set of colours”.
That is, if you are using pastels – pink, blue, lemon and green…
brights – jade, purple, orange, and hot pink,
or Country – Red, Navy, Mustard and Dark Green.

Another option is to pick a print that you love and using the coloured spots on the selvedge choose your co-ordinates from these. I also encourage students to use a range of prints, small medium and large, to create texture in their quilts.

I have a Professional Machine Quilting Business and a workroom at home where I can teach as well. I bought my machine in July of 2003 and thought it would be a great asset and sideline to my business. It is fast turning into a major part of that business and I am enjoying the challenges associated with it. I love getting a new quilt top and working with the owner to guage what would suit the top and their ideas. I can offer pantograph, stitch in the ditch, custom, feathers and stippling… in fact almost anything that the customer would like.

My new challenges are:

• To look into working with embroidery with my patchwork!
• To find more time in my day!