Jean has been quilting for thirty years and writing in one form or another for longer. Upon retiring from her career as a medical lab technologist, she took up writing seriously. Her first book, Surprise, A Storybook Quilt meshed her fabric art with the written word.
Retro Road Trip with our
1956 Chevrolet Belair
9 passenger station wagon.
The Skimmerhorns, part of the Purcell Mountain range, overlook the Creston Valley in the Kootenays.
This Mount Baker Owl swooped in front of our headlights one fall evening.
Books are like kite tails stringing stories together.
Quilts and Books in Queens Park, New Westminster.
Surprise —the quilt. This was the first Storybook Quilt made for a grandson. Then came the journey to publication, a steep learning curve resulting in the book 'SURPRISE'.
Created during Covid. I was faced with an assignment in my online art class. We were to draw a pair of toe shoes from an image our instructor provide. The urge to reproduce them in fabric overtook me and at my husband's suggestion I created them in a rainbow of colours.
Millicent Marvel and Bentley Bunny A Storybook Quilt
The idea for the second book in my picture book series came from one of my granddaughters. When her parents named her 'Millicent Marvel' my imagination took flight.
Star Wars Lego Quilt
This is an original design I created for my son's family. The figures are machine appliqued and each block is thread painted.
Mountain Totems