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As a creative, it is so important to be able to appreciate and indeed enjoy the work we do, we can only hope that others do too!
I picked this space on my wall, a busy part of the house, premium advertising space. I regularly change it up, be it with the seasons, an occasion, or simply my mood.
To be able to stand back and observe, is to both enjoy and critique.
Colours and fabrics, shapes and patterns dance very differently in varying lights - the whole mood of the room can be changed, enhanced, with different designs. We can learn so much about our work if we actually look at it, talk about it, absorb it.
Church Hall hung perfectly in this spot at home.
This piece was inspired from a steepled church in Sardinia, where the gorgeous sun shone through every church window, this sunny spot was the perfect place for it's home.
Inspired by the brilliant Sarah Hibbert and her fabulous book, this was my first go at inserting circles into my piecing.
Also my first real go at working with natural linen, which behaves entirely differently to cottons, giving a less "finished" finish, with a more earthy, organic feel.
"Autumn Tartan" is my first submission as an assessment piece for my coursework. A lengthy process of hand dyed fabrics, combined with a rich autumn design theme, she is bright yet warm, with a symphony of coloured mark makings that result in an eye dancing light show!!!
This was a huge amount of messy, improv fun
This piece came from an online Sew Along I took part in. Using improv triangle units pieced together in a happy scrappy fashion, the end piece is one of simplicity and calm, and is just perfect on the wall over the festive time.
Currently in prime position on the wall, this came together quite quickly, and bursts my room with brightness, colour and energy.
My palette was quite a departure from usual colour choices, and so was the geometric composition, but I love the regimented shapes, within shapes, which are somehow humourised by the basics of primary colours.
A very bold, brave piece
The No Rules quilt really did have no rules, or rulers! An improv curved piece with exciting colours and busy composition which seemed to just unfold as I worked on it. You could almost take any section of it and go large.
The purples really pop off this, and I really enjoyed its presence on the wall.
This was my first ever Hit The Wall moment. My recently decorated living space had a gap, we couldn’t agree on what should fill it.
'Smarties' was a cheerful, happy piece I made some years ago, and she had been long forgotten in the pile of quilts that line my studio shelves.
'I wonder…' I thought to myself. And there she stayed, and there started Hit The Wall