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Quilt: Crown of Thorns

Title: Crown of Thorns for a Rainbow Nation
(The South African National Festival Award Winner)
This quilt won 1st prize in the Traditional (Small) category at the South African National Quilt Festival in 2000.My first prize-winner……how pleased and excited I was. I used hand-dyed fabrics; designed the quilt on EQ.

Quilt: On The Stage

Title: On The Stage

(The South African National Festival Award Winner)

3rd place winner in the Master’s Category at the South African National Quilt Festival in 2008. This quilt as also accepted to travel to the World Quilt Competition in 2009. It was inspired by a visit to the South African Ballet Company’s production of “Nutcracker” in 2004.

Quilt: Beauty Still In The Eye of the Beholder

Title: Beauty Still In The Eye of the Beholder.
Continuing an exploration of using the New York Beauty block with hand-dyed fabrics and batiks, this quilt as accepted in the World Quilt Competition in 2005. Then it travelled around South Africa in the “Don’t Be So Square” travelling exhibition 2007/2008. (Designed on Electric Quilt)

Naughty Cats.

Naughty Cats.
In the old days, before the idea of a design wall, I would lay my finished blocks out on the lounge floor and choose a setting. I had two rather naughty cats who found great delight in playing among the blocks. I would walk away and return to find them all mussed up and in total disarray; I would then shout “Naughty Cats” This quilt was made as a memory of those times. (Designed on Electric Quilt)

Light Source 1.

Light Source 1.
This quilt didn’t travel. I made it before Light Source, using the same design, but different colouring. Unfortuhately, after hand-quilting it I found that the batting “beards”, so it has never really been shown.

Light Source.

Light Source.
Another quilt that travelled our country, Light Source was part of the South African Travelling Exhibition “Optical Illusions” during 2005/2006. This was also an experimentation with three-dimensional design.(Designed on Electric Quilt).

(Going Around in) Square Circles.

(Going Around in) Square Circles.
I made this quilt in 2002 as I was grieving the passing of my Mother. The title was one of her favourite sayings. It was only finished in time to be entered into the South African Travelling Exhibition “Round the Bend”, because my friend Grace of Quiltec nagged me so. It was accepted and spent 2003/2004 visiting places in our country that I haven’t even visited myself. (Designed on Electric Quilt).

Boxes of Nothing Hiding in My Closet.

Boxes of Nothing Hiding in My Closet.
During the early nineties I was experimenting with three-dimensional designs. I had bought my first Electric Quilt computer programme, (EQ1) and my husband and I designed this quilt. I got the initial idea from my son (twelve at the time) who was playing around with geometrical patterns during moments of boredom at school. The quilt was my first one to be accepted for the South African Travelling Exhibitions, in the case the Hide-and-Seek Challenge. It left home and travelled during 1995/1996.

Northern Mountains 2.

Northern Mountains 2.
I used the same fabric as the earlier Northern Mountains quilt but a different design.(Designed on EQ) It was on this quilt that I found that the quality of batting affects my hand-quilting. I used a cheaper batting, and found that after only a short time of quilting I would be suffering with pain in my arms and shoulders. It took greater effort to push the needle through with each stitch; the batting seemed to have a resistance. So now I am careful to use only the best quality batting. It took about ten years to quilt this little quilt, because I kept abandoning it.

Northern Mountains.

Northern Mountains.
This quilt was made in the late 1990’s, and sadly the fabrics have faded. It is however, a favourite and spends a large part of the year hanging in our lounge. (Designed on Electric Quilt)

Christmas Kittens.

Christmas Kittens.
Fabric also purchased at Tennessee Quilts, and also special to me, I’ve made this quilt as another class sample. It was quilted by my good friends at Quiltec Fabrics on the big machine we call Gloria. This quilt is lap-size and made to be used, not hung up on walls. (Designed on Electric Quilt)

Santa Panels.

Santa Panels.
Created as a class sample, I used a panel I bought at Tennessee Quilts in Jonesborough in 2005. This panel is special to me, so I spent considerable time hand-quilting and beading the quilt. It, at present, is in the USA as part of the World Quilt Competition, 2009. (Designed on Electric Quilt)

Facets.

Facets.
I saw this design in a book years ago, was intrigued by the way it flows. I drew it, with difficulty, on EQ5. Concerned about copyright issues, I took it to a Maths. Teacher friend. She re-assured me that it is actually a Maths problem that is given to students at tertiary level to draught. This is my first attempt at working with silk. Although I love the way silk glistens, I am not sure if I will use it in my quilting again.

Searching For Simplicty.

Searching For Simplicty.
I think this is my favourite quilt, one of the very few not designed on EQ. It also went to the World Quilt Competition in 2004.

Colours of South Africa.
(Best Use of Color, World Quilt Competition 2004)

I started this quilt in 2001. I had it up on a design wall when Mum-in-Law visited in October of that year. She fell in love with it. Two weeks later my Mom took ill, and we started a two-month journey at the end of which Mom passed away. Full of sadness I took the blocks down and packed them away. Mum-in-Law, however, did not let me forget it, and finally at her insistence I completed the quilt. It went to the World Quilt Competition in 2004, my first time entering, where it won a Blue ribbon for Best Use of Color. (Designed on Electric Quilt)