Poisonous Plant. Intricate and extensive applique with individual petals and leaves, lots of free hand machining, and some paint to add tone etc.
The plants are poisonous, so is the whisper in the ear. Sometimes you tell yourself the poison.
161cms wide x 178cms long
This quilt is now in the Quilt Museum in York, part of the Quilters’ Guild collections.
Detail, Poisonous Plant. Foxgloves: The plants contain toxic cardiac glycosides which can cause severe poisoning with nausea, headaches, skin irritation diarrhoea, perceptual disturbances and heart and kidney problems when consumed.
Detail, Poisonous Plant. This is monkshood or devils helmet, causes dizziness and vomiting. Fatal in large doses and toxins can be transferred through cuts as well as ingestion.
Painting live at the NEC,
Festival of Quilts
What me? No, I don’t gossip. I’m nice and wouldn’t bully anybody and cause them stress. Of course not; my friends aren’t like that. We talk, we share, we open our hearts.I'm always saying that I can't stand people who bitch.
Her? Do you mean that woman that lives in that new house on the edge of town, with the new job and car? My husband says she’s very nice, and has joined lots of groups and things and wants to be part of the community. He says she seems very popular but I don’t think she’s my sort of person. Hmmm he seems a bit too supportive. He’s very easily influenced and can’t see how other people work sometimes.
I think she must have a "strong" character which means she’s probably a bit difficult because we all know strong characters like to be in control. I hope she doesn’t interfere with our group, and come along to the meetings I organize, because we don’t need difficult, pushy people barging in and upsetting us. I’d best warn the girls I think, so they can be on their guard against her.