All of my art quilts are stitched entirely by hand - using raw edge or needle turn applique and embroidery, embellished with paints, inks, paintstiks, gems, sequins, yarns etc. Some of the fabrics are hand-painted with setacolours, watercolour crayons and water soluble pencil crayons. For a close up view just click on the photos. Most of the work shown here is for sale unless otherwise noted. Prices are in Cdn $$ and do not include shipping. Please see also my art card page. If you need more information or wish to purchase an item, please email me at jrsquilts@gmail.com and I can send you an invoice for online payment (paypal) or arrange another method of payment and delivery.
Algonquin Bull Moose 21" x 18"
$990
We saw this magnificent creature grazing in Algonquin Park. His expression seemed to say "Please just go away and leave me alone". So we snapped a photo and left him to his business. This piece is completely hand-stitched and appliqued.
The dimensions of this piece are 18" x 16". It is a one of a kind wallhanging which I stitched and quilted by hand in cotton fabrics.
Birds of Paradise 26" x 20"
$980
I just love the striking colours and bold design of a Bird of Paradise flower. Stitched and quilted by hand with cotton batiks.
Puffins 10" x 12"
$210
Hand-stitched and hand-quilted
Unexpected Treasure 10" x 12"
$215
You never know when you may come upon an unexpected treasure. Hand-stitched cottons, yarn, applique, beads, gemstones, shiva paintstiks.
Heard it Through the Grapevine 11.5" x 14" $230
I appliqued each grape leaf by hand unto the background and spilling over the black frame. The tiny bunches of grapes just starting to form and the curly tendrils are embroidered.
The Birches 4" x 6" Matted to 5" x 7" $50
The inspiration for this tiny piece was a walk along Salmon Pool trail in Cape Breton. The birch trunks are made from rusted fabric from last summer's experiment. The background is painted and the rocks, trunks and foreground are appliqued onto it. As with all my work to date, this piece is stitched by hand. Matted and ready to frame.
Orange Day Lily 10" x 10" $230
I love when the lilies start to bloom in my garden. This piece of fabric art was hand-stitched and embroidered. I used mostly hand-dyes for the flower- fabric I dyed in one of Elaine Quehl's classes. It is not a big piece but there are a zillion stitches in it and it took a long time to complete.
Fields and Flowers 5" x 7" matted to 8" x 10" $60
I love the way farmer's fields look when you are flying over them - all patchwork and colour. And as you drive through some parts of North America all you can see are endless fields, cultivated with potatoes, corn, canola, mustard, lavender, sunflowers.....This is a little abstraction of those glorious fields. Matted and ready to frame.
Flower is hand-painted on fabric and embroidered, fabric-backed and mounted in a 5 x 7 mat - ready to frame.
Tablelands ll - 4" x 6" matted to 8" x 10" $60
Hand-painted on fabric then hand-stitched, backed and mounted in a 5" x 7" mat - ready to frame.
The Earth is a Woman - 34" x 25" $1200 SOLD
Hand-stitched, handquilted, with applique, embroidery, gemstone stars, sequins, gemstones
A Gannet Family Album - 12" x 12" - $125
This hand-stitched piece was inspired by a visit to a gannet colony near Perce. After observing their habits and taking copious photographs, I painted them caring for young, courting, showing reverence, standing guard, flying and drying their wings. I thought it would be appropriate to make it a kind of family album in a background of ocean waves.
Dancing in the Clouds - 28" x 27" - $800
A whimsical look at a herd of elephants dancing among the clouds - and hardly a pink elephant in sight (well maybe one or two). Inspired by seeing a galloping herd of elephants on TV raising a cloud of dust behind them. This piece is raw edge and turned applique and is hand-stitched and hand quilted. I added some African batik as an inner frame.
Beach Huts at Suffolk - 6" x 24" -$90
This piece was completed as part of a challenge triptych but it stands quite well on its own.
