Early Snow on Trees

This quilt is pieced with many different types of fabrics. I've printed and painted some of the fabric using ColourVie products before I sliced it up. Some of the fabric is japanese from Kalisti Quilts (in Waterloo, Ont.) Though most of the material is from my extensive stash. The quilt stitching is done by hand.

The quilt is my third in a series of tree quilts. The trees are always in warm shades of red, oranges and pinks. In this quilt the leaves have turned various colours and are still on the trees although it has already snowed. 42"x29" 2008

Women's Work

Women's Work is based on a work survey done in an African village in the 1970s. Men's activities are on the left while women's are on the right. Warm colours indicate work and cool represent leisure. The Australian economist, Marilyn Waring, who did the survey was interested in showing how many activities performed in the developing world did not have any 'economic value' according to conventional measurement. Of course it also indicated the differences in the amount of work done by men and women. A fair amount of 'artistic license' was taken with the colours and layout of the original survey, but the essential balance between men and women's work and leisure is fair.

Weather in Winnipeg