This sampler quilt was made during a Quilting course at Greyfriars College, Colchester. The design uses various traditional motifs including the two wreath designs and stars used by Martha Washington in her quilt designs made in 18th Century during her time as First Lady of the United States

This quilt is called 'Trip Around the World' It was made with the help of another quilting friend, Margaret.

This is called a 'Memory' quilt. I used all the fabric from my two daughters' childhood dresses and bridesmaid dresses.

I made this quilt for my daughter-in-law's sister's wedding.

It was made using one complete Jelly Roll.

This is my 'Dear Jane' quilt. The full sized 'Dear Jane' quilt was inspired by a quilt made by Jane A Stickle in Vermont in 1863, now in the Bennington Museum. Made up of 169 squares and 52 triangular blocks, the quilt was made during the American Civil War, when fabric, like most things, was in short supply. Jane was forced to scavenge the fabrics from wherever she could. The Dear Jane title comes from an exchange of letters between Jane and her sister discussing her quilt.

Called a 'Lullaby' quilt this Hearts and Diamonds design was featured in 'Today's Quilter' magazine.

This 'charity' quilt was made by a group of Ladies from the Blackmore End, Essex quilting club, Busy Fingers, to raise money for Air Ambulance. We raised over £600 for the charity

I made this quilt for my daughter's partner who is an obsessive supporter of Leicester City Football Club.

These five Lighthouse design applique' panels are part of a Block of the Month kit subscription that I signed up for when staying in Hyannisport on Cape Cod, Boston some time back. They were designed to make up into a Lighthouse quilt design. I decided to use the panels to make a cushion from each design. Five are completed so far, the other seven being work in progress.

I made this quilt for my husband, a self-confessed Americana enthusiast. The centrepiece Bald Eagle was bought in a craft and fabric shop in Tampa, Florida called Joannes ....

....the Maple Leaf design was taken from Sandy Bonsib's book

Americana Quilts

The fabrics to make these Americana wallhangings were brought back from New England and Florida trips. It was a very pleasant surprise to find how cheap the fabrics were in US shops such as Joannes and Wallmart. Our three week New England trip took in Boston, Cape Cod, Hyannisport, and Martha's Vineyard, where we visited many quilting and fabric shops. Sadly, we didn't manage to get to Lowell where the famous American Quilt Museum is based. We continued our trip further into Massachusetts, visiting more quilt shops in the Berkshires, Lee and Lennox, and after travelling through Upper New York State and Vermont. we made our way back to Boston via the Mohawk Trail, where we saw many quilt outlets displaying their finished quilts hung over fences and racks outside their shops. We were there in the Fall (Autumn) and were able to take in the amazing colours of the Maple trees and see giant displays of Pumpkins on the side of the road.

Our numerous Florida trips, over a number of years, included visits to Orlando, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, St Augustine and many more, where souvenirs from their wonderful Christmas shops were bought and are brought out every year and put on display in our home reminding us of our very memorable trips to America.

This cushion was my first attempt at silk painting; I was quite pleased with the result.

The wallhanging was also using silk fabric with the design based on the Rennie Mackintosh Art Deco Cabbage Rose motif.