THE 'LONE STAR' IS THE FIRST BED QUILT I MADE IN 1986 AND IT REMAINS A FAVOURITE. I HAND QUILTED IT STARTING IN THE CENTRE AND, WHEN I GOT TO THE OUTSIDE, THE ORIGINAL QUILTING LOOKED SO BAD I RIPPED IT OUT AND STARTED THE CENTRE OVER. CURRENTLY, THE 'LONE STAR' LIVES ON THE BED IN OUR LITTLE GUEST ROOM. THE QUILT GLIMPSED ABOVE THE BED IS A VARIABLE STAR QUILT MADE IN 1992 I CALL "STARDUST'

"FOURTH DIMENSION" WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY FROM RELYING TOTALLY ON A PATTERN.THIS IS HOW I VARIED THE GATHERED DAHLIA PATTERN. I HAND QUILTED IT AND 'FOURTH DIMENSION' IS THE QUILT WE USE ON OUR BED. I MADE IT IN 1988-89.

IT WAS THE FIRST QUILT I EXHIBITED AT THE QUILT SYMPOSIUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, ARMIDALE.

ABOUT MY QUILTS

The quilts pictured above are some of my favourites. 'OUT OF THE BLUE' on the top left is the one I like best. Below that is 'LOG JAM' On the right are 'BUSHFIRE' at the top and 'REGENERATION' which was part of a Quilters Guild exhibition in Hong Kong. Below it. 'TREE EVERLASTING' at the bottom right is on the back of both the above quilts. As you can see, I love bright colours and most of my quilts are my own designs, sometimes based on traditional blocks. All of the quilts pictured are machine pieced and machine quilted.

I asked my husband, George, to make up this web page for me after a number of on-line quilters asked to see photographs of some of my quilts.