Collage-o-rama

Collages created for Collage - O - Rama in Seattle.

Hosted by @specialagwntcollagecollective. This is Mission 22.

Each collage is 4" × 6" , postcard size.

Journal Quilt

My journal quilt is finally complete - made with garment offcuts and made entirely by hand. It's taken me a year to finish.

Delighted that my mum could hold up the finished quilt so I could photograph it.

My journals document all manner of things - recipes, quotes which inspire, local customs.

Between the pages of my journal are all manner of bits and pieces which I collect - things I find, labels which I find striking or colourful and I press flowers and leaves between the pages of my journals and sketchbooks.

My cat - Gin is usually nestled amongst the fabrics and art materials depending on what project I'm working on.

The collage above, has images of the quilt top. On the left is the finished quilt top.

The quilt top has a central portion of different dark blue fabric  pieced together onto which recipes in different languages, quotes , the cat and a turkey feather has been hand embroidered.

A tambola ticket, a feather and some pressed flowers have been appliqued.

Around this central portion is a colourful border meant to be the pages of the journal and to tie it all together is a patchwork border of dark blue fabric

My 87 year old mother has seen this quilt come together. I have been carrying it with me every month when I visit her and spend sometime with her. She has contributed some stitches to the applique in the colourful border.

Details of applique and hand embroidery. The quilting is the kantha style of quilting . Tiny stitches which cover most of the surface of the quilt so the surface of the quilt is characterised by a sort of stippled appreance.

So honoured to have my Mamma by my side as this quilt took shape. 

Home - A Zine

Welaro, is my home.

A place where creatures, big and small co exist in harmony.

There are days when I experience four seasons in twenty four hours.

There's inspiration in my surroundings and with my pets around me, I sit on my deck with a cup of my favourite tea and work on my current project from dawn to dusk.

Home is where I have all that is dear to me around me.

I created this zine in response to an international callout to women zine- makers by @the_rockretreat and @youlouartcentre.

The zines will be exhibited simultaneously in St.Vincent and Gibraltar. 

They are looking for original work and the project is open to broad interpretation of the theme - Home.

Deadline for submissions has been extended to 1st February 2025.

https://commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/zine-making-call-for-submissions/

Maybe you can create a zine to submit.

2024 - The year that was

#artvsartist2024

Snapshots of the creative pursuits I undertook in 2024.

Collages & a zine.

Digital illustrations.

Pen and ink illustrations. Marker and oil pastels to illustrate fruit.

Mending my clothes

A Journal Quilt.

A quilt experiment - 400 hand pieced inchies and 400 Suffolk puffs inspired by Bird of Paradise.

Needlelace leaves 

Wonder what 2025 will bring.

The 12 days of a Desi Christmas

The 12 days of a Desi Christmas are a series of  mini collages created on old visiting cards and back issues of Vogue is where I got bits and pieces to collage with.

Desi is a Sanskrit term meaning native of the Indian subcontinent. It is used to describe the people, culture etc.

So, here you have the 12 Days of Christmas with an Indian flavour.

On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love gave to me - A Panther in a Palm tree.

On the 2nd Day of Christmas my true love gave to me - 2 Pesky Peacocks

On the 3rd Day of Christmas my true love gave to me - 3 Plates of Chaat.

On the 4th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me - 4 Super foods

On the 5th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me  - 5 Golden Stars

On the 6th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me - 6 Fans a Whirring

On the 7th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me - 7 Stunning Silk Sarees

On the 8th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me - 8 Jars of Pickle

On the 9th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me  - 9 Home Remedies

On the 10th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me  - 10 Ancient Tomes

On the 11th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me - 11 Flowering Trees.

On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love sent to me - 12 Pashmina Goats

All the collages have a touch of green because the theme for December @mini.collage.collective is Green.

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful  Christmas. 🎄 May you enjoy  joy, peace and fellowship with family and friends.💫

Pixel Paradise

A 20" × 20" quilt created for the tsi_dq fabric challenge. 

The theme given was - Bird of Paradise.

I created a quilt of 400 inchies with the English paper piecing technique.

Then backed and bound it because the challenge rules required the quilt to have a backing and had to be bound.

Then I made 400 Suffolk puffs and created a second layer.

A quilt experiment I made up as I went along.

Sketches of the ideas and the placement of colours. Wothout these I would have gone mad.

The quilt is entirely hand sewn.

Hidden - 21Nov - 22 Dec

I'm delighted that my work is part of this brand new show at The House of Smalls, in Edinburgh. 

This is an exhibition by 60 women who have been affected  or witnessed domestic abuse either mentally or physically.

Timed to coincide with 25th November - White Ribbon Day for the elimination of violence against women.

This mini quilt speaks of women who are educated and accomplished professionals  but in a patriarchal society many a time husbands, partners and employers  tell them to shut up, their opinions and ideas are dismissed.

A number of women shut up to keep the peace and in the process are mentally traumatised. They develop illnesses which are unexplained.

The mini quilt is 12cm × 12cm.

Techniques: Applique and embroidery 

Framed and ready to hang.

With frame - 6" × 6"

Available for sale.

Please leave a comment if you would like to purchase the piece.

If you are in Edinburgh, do pop in to view all the fantastic work done by 60 artists.