Sewing has been a part of my life forever and I have always loved fabric. I can remember standing in the Myer fabric department as a child looking at all the fabrics while my Mum flicked through the pattern books. I learnt to make clothing in my teens and I loved most crafty pursuits spending lots of time knitting, crocheting and drawing.

My love affair with quilting started around 20 years ago when my mother and her friends started making quilts together. It wasn’t until a few years later when I had my babies that I started making them myself. From there I discovered the online world of blogs and Flickr and realised there were lots of like-minded fabric mad crafty types like myself out there.

My favourite thing to do is needle turn appliqué and most of my quilts and other designs include some. I recently finished a fun quilt featuring a pineapple using clam shell appliqués, which I think gave it an amazing texture. I really enjoy the hand sewing aspect of quilt making whether piecing blocks or hand quilting. I have very little time these days to spend at the sewing machine so it’s great to have more portable projects.

My favourite thing to do is needle turn appliqué and most of my quilts and other designs include some. I recently finished a fun quilt featuring a pineapple using clam shell appliqués, which I think gave it an amazing texture. I really enjoy the hand sewing aspect of quilt making whether piecing blocks or hand quilting. I have very little time these days to spend at the sewing machine so it’s great to have more portable projects.

My ideas come from all sorts of places. I’m inspired by my children, my online quilty friends from all around the world, art, history, the world around me and always the beautiful fabrics. Since my teens I have been really fascinated by the Art Deco period and am currently playing with some quilt ideas using some classic deco shapes.