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April Lily
A baby quilt for my youngest child, April Anne. Born in April, 1987. Entirely hand pieced and quilted.number eighty four
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Lucky Protection
Made for my grandson Jack, who was born Friday the 13th, October 2009.I finished it Christmas 2011. I used red thread for protection. On the back, I embroidered the Hemp Leaf (asanoha), a classic...
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the house with the golden windows: north wall
We lived in Kenora, North Western Ontrio for ten years in a narrow two story brick house on a quiet street. In our back yard we had tall maple trees. There was a lane. It was the only time that I have...
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Trinity
This small quilt is a liturgical piece.It was designed to hang in front of the pulpit in the Little Current United Church, Manitoulin Island.Judy studied Liturgical Embroidery in 2009. This piece is...
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silver water
Silver Water , indigo dyed linen, shibori markings, hand quilted twice, once with sewing thread and again with embroidery floss, 15 inches wide, 35 inches long It reminds me of the way the lake looks...
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starry night
plant dyed wool and silk, shibori markings, 38" wide, 43" high, embroidered and quilted by hand2012number 89
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Minneonto
Minneonto, photo transfers on muslin, machine pieced, hand quilted. I made this little quilt as a sample when I was teaching for a weekend conference put on by a quilt shop in Sudbury, Ontario. The...
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Earth Ark
Earth ArkRecycled linen damask, new silk and cotton, vintage handkerchiefs, hand and machine pieced by Judy Martin with community assistance, 2011, 90" x 90"One of four meditation panels from the...
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Mended World
Mended Worldrecycled linen damask, new silk and cotton, hand and machine pieced, hand quilted by Judy Martin with community assistance, 2012, 96" x 96"The second of four meditation panels made as part...
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Precious Water
Precious Waterrecycled linen damask, new silk, completely worked by hand. Hand applique, hand piecing, hand quilted.2013, 86" x 86"The third panel of the magnificent Manitoulin Circle Project,...
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Layers of Time
Layers of TimeRe-purposed vintage wool blankets, vintage lace doilies, linen damask table linens, and new silk. Completely worked by hand with hand embroidery, layering methods, and hand quilted....
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Cross My Heart
Cross My Heart 2010Cross My Heart, detailThe central square is layered painted and overdyed silk on dyed cotton velvet. The surrounding borders are silk, embroidered and quilted at the same time...
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Yin Yin
Yin Yin is a two sided quilt.Not large - about 34 inches wide, 27 inches highhand stitched completelyMade in 2013 Reverse applique dot technique - the back of the dots showing rough on the linen side,...
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baskets
BasketOne of many baby quilts I made in the 80's when my friends were having babies.1984number 97
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Lake
Lake 2014 indigo dye, reclaimed linen damask table cloth, silk hemp fabric, paste resist, cotton threads, hand embroidery, hand quilting 66" h x 53" w entirely hand stitched, the seam that joins...
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red hands
This is a small quilt that was made as a gift for Martha.It\s sari silk piecwork and cotton embroidery.Several of us made small pieces that were to be put into a book. I wonder what that book looks...
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snow quilt
The fabric for this piece was purchased in Thunder Bay and I remember working on it before we moved to Kenora in 1982. It's a whole cloth quilt - these figures and the circles snowing down on them...
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Blessings
The Blessing of Mary upon this houseEver upon itvelvet, found fabrics, wool, cotton threads, hand stitched detail of the blessing of MaryThe blessing of the SPIRIT upon this house, on man and...
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metaphysical thinking
Artist/curator Lise Melhorn Boe invited me to participate in A Book Arts Mosaic, a collection of 38 Canadian book artists. Each artist was to create an original edition of 25 books so that boxes of...
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the white quilt
I was excited about the 'quilt as you go' technique when I made this quilt in 1987. I made two other pieces using the same technique during that year. (The same year our youngest child was born)For...
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don't worry
a small quilt, this is really just a pictureI made it because I needed a personal break.12" h x 17' wpieced and embroidered with stem stitch, then quilted2015quilt number 104
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All My Life
This quilt's subject is "living in North Western Ontario" all my life. North Western Ontario is a very large area of land with beautiful rocks, trees, lakes and very few people. I made this quilt when...
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basic goodness
basic goodness 2017procion dyed cotton,, silk and cotton threadshand stitch with french knotspart of the Cloud In Me Exhibitionat David Kaye gallery in Toronto October 2017sold - now in UKnumber 105
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Bidwell
Bidwellcompleted in 2017 for the solo exhibition at the David Kaye gallery in TorontoI was so pleased to be asked to show at David's gallery. He exhibits the most important of Canadian fine craft...
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Each Stitch is a Prayer
Rayon, machine pieced, hand quilted during the build up to the Iraq war.I have written about it before (number 46)Embroidered spirals and the word peace interupt the dense hand quiltingHand dyed with...
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