​Clay and Cloth

Cloth is warm and enveloping. Color schemes evoke different feelings of comfort and reminiscence.

I have a vivid memory of my Aunt who lived on the Sunshine Coast when I was a child. When I was 14 I traveled solo all the way there from Calgary, and fell in love with the scrap quilt that was on the spare bed. I slept under it for the duration of spring break and the feel of that quilt under my fingertips has always stayed with me. 

I made my first official quilt from scratch when I was 20 at AUAD. I had previously been teaching myself how to patch on a scrap family quilt for about 10 years. To count, there have been over 130 quilts I have machine-sewn and quilted by hand.  

In our home, each quilt has a memory and a feeling associated with it, as well as a weight. We have many to choose from and are honored by the feelings and memories that enclose us when we are beneath them.