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.