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I have been working on prints for my great-grandmother Grace’s quilt for the last few days. I have been trying to come up with something approaching floral. Not really my wheelbase and frankly I’m not thrilled with the results so far, and I’ve managed to burn myself on my heat gun in the process. I’ve […]

I’ve decided that I want the quilts in this project to have different patterns and, where possible, different techniques and materials that are in some way representative of the women that they are commemorating. I knew that I wanted one of the quilts to be a Signature Quilt. A number of patterns lend themselves to […]

I’m about to undertake the first quilt for a member of the family that I never knew: my great-grandmother Grace Turner Jordan (pictured above). Even though I never knew her I’ve always felt a connection with her for several reasons. First I grew up in her house. The house where she raised 9 children.   And […]

One of the many things that I like about the process of making these memorial quilts is that there are so many different steps to it to suit my different moods. If I am feeling particularly adventurous and creative I can experiment with new types of prints, if I’m feeling like churning out work there […]