Category Archives: Quilt shows

‘Alphabet Soup’ – 2026.05.07

I meant to post this a while ago, but got distracted by other projects. This mini quilt is my entry to Fibre Art Network‘s newest boxed exhibit ‘TEXTure’. A “boxed” exhibit is designed to be loaned to quilt guilds and … Continue reading

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‘WOW Westminster Remembered’ – 2026.05.02

I recently had cause to review some of my blog posts about the WOW Westminster public art installation. My 2016 piece ‘Dramatically Diagonal’ has been accepted for the Grand National Fibre Art travelling exhibition: Textures of Canada, and I was … Continue reading

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‘Cherry Blossom Fragments’ – 2026.03.28

Here is my entry for this year’s annual textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation which will be on display in April at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in West Vancouver. This will be the 17th annual exhibition of … Continue reading

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Online artist talk from January – 2026.03.14

On January 22, I participated in a virtual talk about the SAQA Canada exhibit ‘Renewal’ which is currently on display at Bruce County Museum in Ontario. The session was led by Sue Sherman, co-chair of SAQA’s Canadian Regional Exhibition Committee, … Continue reading

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‘Trippy Tulips’ mini quilt – 2026.01.24

This mini quilt is my entry to the annual SAQA Spotlight Auction. The auction will be an online event taking place April 15 – 25, 2026. The auction is an opportunity for all SAQA members to have their work showcased … Continue reading

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Sea Life – ‘Frolicking Beneath the Waves’ – 2025.09.12

The newest Fibre Art Network exhibit is called Sea Life. The theme: “Our imagination of what Sea Life meant to us, either above or below the water line, let our imagination wander. Each piece incorporates a wet or needle felted … Continue reading

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SAQA annual benefit auction – 2025.08.30

SAQA’s 2025 Benefit Auction will take place online from September 12 through October 5. Each year, SAQA invites each of its members to create a small 12 x 12 inch piece of art and donate it to the annual SAQA … Continue reading

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‘Vivid’ – a study of red – 2024.11.29

My local fibre art group, FYBR 2RT, is organizing an exhibit for early 2025 titled ‘What About Red?’ All pieces will be 16″ x 16″ and must include some amount of the color red. Here is my submission for this … Continue reading

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‘Ticking All the Boxes’ – 2024.06.30

I started working on this art quilt in November 2023. I posted this photo on Instagram and said ‘Starting a new project. Not sure exactly where this is going but I like it a lot. Do you say ‘tick box’ … Continue reading

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Quilt Canada 2024 Recap – 2024.06.30

Earlier this month, I spent 4 fun-filled days in Edmonton attending Quilt Canada 2024 at the Edmonton Convention Centre.  Quilt Canada is an annual conference which includes hundreds of quilts (the National Juried Show and numerous additional Concurrent Quilt Shows), … Continue reading

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