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Large Quilts

Crazy About Australia.

2004.

61in x 61in.

This was the first Crazy Quilt that I designed. It was inspired by the native flora and fauna of Australia..

Cotton, rayon and polyester threads.

Machine quilted with cotton thread.

Best First Time Entrant and Viewers' Choice, Vic Quilters Showcase 2004.

Quilting All Over the World.

2005.

87ins x 87ins (219cm x 219cm)

After completing Crazy About Australia I wondered what was unique about other countries. Countries surroounding Australia depicted are North America, Japan, England, Eqypt, India, South America, China and South Africa

Vic Quilters Showcase 2005, 2nd Innovative Amateur and 2nd Viewers' Choice.

1st Viewers' Choice Waverley Patchworkers Quilt Show 2006

1st Mixed Techniques IQA Houston 2007.

1st Viewers' Choice Rotary Quilt Show Glen Waverley 2009

Scottish Dance.

2006.

72in x 72in. ( 183cm x 183cm)

Hand appliquéd, reverse appliqué and machine quilted and trapuntoed with silk thread.

1^st Appliqué (amateur). Vic Quilters.2006

1^st Machine Quilting (amateur). Vic Quilters. 2006.

Best Amateur Quilt, Vic Quilters 2006.

2^nd Traditional Appliqué , IQA Houston USA 2007.

Hon Mention Traditional Appliqué AQS Paducah, 2008.

3^rd Traditional Appliqué. World Quilt Show 2008.

Front Cover Australian Quilters Companion magazine Issue 26. 2007.

Chosen for The International Quilt Association 2009 Award Winning Quilts Calendar.

It Must Be Spring.

2006.

63in x 50in. ( 160cm x 127cm)

Insects and Frogs created with free motion Threadpainting, Tulips are machine appliquéd.

Machine Quilted.

Crazy About Ballet.

2007

73in x 73in. (188cm x 188cm).

Hand embroidered Crazy Quilt. Each block represents a different ballet. Giselle, Swan Lake, La Fille Mal Gardee, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, La Sylphide, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella.

Hand embroidered with cotton and silk thread. Hand beaded and Machine quilted and trapuntoed with silk thread.

Viewer's Choice Award Waverley Patchworkers 2008.

1st Place Embellishment Category IQA Houston USA 2009.

Crazy About Gardens.

2007.

39in x 39in. ( 100cm x 100cm)

After making many crazy quilts by hand, I thought I would try and make a crazy quilt with the sewing machine using free motion embroidery instead of the programmed stitches.

Cotton, rayon and polyester threads.

Machine quilted with silk thread.

Chosen for the Down Under Quilts Magazine 2008 Calendar.

Tulip Dance.

2007.

54in x 37in (136cm x 95cm)

Butterflies, frogs and insects created with free motion machine threadpainting. Tulips are machine appliquéd.

Cotton and rayon threads. Machine quilted.

Finalist. Celebrate Spring. IQA Chicago 2008.

Honourable Mention Victorian Quilters Showcase 2009

Crazy About Spring.

2008.

64ins x 50ins (163cm x 127cm)

Crazy Quilt made by machine using free-motion embroidery for motifs and the seam stitching. Hand beaded and machine quilted.

Honorable Mention in IQA 'Celebrate Spring' Chicago 2008.

Best of Australia in Mancuso World Quilt Show USA 2009

Star Crazy.

2009.

79in x 79in. ( 200cm x 200cm)

A Crazy Quilt made by machine depicting the signs of the Zodiac.

All embroidery and motifs are thread painted using free motion technique.

Cotton, rayon and polyester threads.

Machine quilted with silk thread.

Won "Best of Show" 2009 Victorian Quilters Showcase.

Eastern Elements.

2010

W. 79½? X L. 80½? (202CM X 205CM)

A contemporary Crazy Quilt depicting elements of the Asian culture.

All embroidery and motifs were free motion machine thread painted.

Commercial cotton and silk and hand dyed silk fabric.

Machine quilted with silk and metallic thread.

Won Best of Show in Victorian Quilters Showcase 2010 and an

Honourable Mention at the IQA Houston USA 2010