Gallery

In addition to posting weekly sketches, I occasionally make quilts. Sometimes for gallery shows, sometimes for QuiltCon, sometimes just because. Here is a selection from recent years.

2025

Fizz
73″ x 73″

This quilt was made for Ahead of the Curve, a quilt exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury. You can read about its design and construction here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Pep
74″ x 74″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #458.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Tectonic
70″ x 70″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #475. Read more about Tectonic and its design and construction here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

2024

Moonshot
60″ x 60″

This quilt was made for the Windham Fabric Challenge category at QuiltCon 2025. Read more about Moonshot and its design and construction here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Breakthrough
56″ x 56″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #285, but rotated, slightly modified and in a different palette. It was juried in to QuiltCon 2025. Read more about Breakthrough here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Shadowbox
58″ x 72″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #432.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

2023

Bloombox
60″ x 60″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #373, but with a different four-colour palette and a rotated layout. It was juried in to QuiltCon 2024. Read more about Bloombox here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Starbound
62″ x 63″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #369. I used a different colour palette and rotated the design so that the two darkest quadrants appear on the left-hand side. It was juried in to QuiltCon 2024. Read more about Starbound here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Unblocked
60″ x 60″

This quilt combines standard piecing and raw-edge appliqué to represent my approach to modern quilting. It was part of the ‘In Conversation’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury, shown in Australia and France (2024 European Patchwork Meeting), and it was also juried in to QuiltCon in 2025. Read more about Unblocked here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Kechappu
60″ x 60″

This quilt was designed and made for a collaboration between the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild and MPavilion. It was acquired by MPavilion.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Masutādo
60″ x 60″

This quilt was designed and made for a collaboration between the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild and MPavilion. It was acquired by MPavilion.
Quilted by Angela Finn.

Shoalhaven
79″ x 79″

This quilt was based on Sunday sketch #295. Read more about Shoalhaven here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

2022

Tetrapacked
63″ x 69″

This quilt was made for the ‘The Before Times’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury in 2022, although it ultimately did not appear in the show. I posted the design as Sunday sketch #332. It was juried in to QuiltCon in 2023.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Avalanche
60″ x 72″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #166 and was made for the ‘The Before Times’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury in 2022. It was also juried in to QuiltCon in 2023.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Magmatic
60″ x 70″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #302 and uses long oval drunkard’s path templates from Papper, Sax, Sten. It was part of the ‘The Before Times’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury in 2022 and was also juried in to QuiltCon in 2023.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Triangulate
55″ x 70″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #306. It was made for the ‘Counting Threads’ exhibition at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in 2022. It was also juried in to QuiltCon in 2023 and was part of the ‘To There and Back’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury in 2023.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Exponential
56″ x 70″

This quilt is based on the design for Heartbreaker but uses half-rectangle triangles instead of half-square triangles, rotates the design, and uses a different palette. It was made for the ‘Counting Threads’ exhibition at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in 2022.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Paperdrop
60″ x 72″

Paperdrop is based on Sunday sketch #31 and is a pattern collaboration with Latifah Saafir. Read more about Paperdrop here and buy the pattern (in PDF or print) from Latifah Saafir Studios. Paperdrop was juried in to QuiltCon in 2024.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Rockstar
69″ x 69″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #326.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Cornerstone
62″ x 62″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #162.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

2021

Zester
65″ x 65″

Zester is based on Sunday sketch #250. It was juried in to QuiltCon 2022 and was published as a pattern in QuiltCon Magazine that year. It was also included in the ‘Toward Abstraction’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury and in several Australian Quilt Show exhibitions in 2022. Read more about Zester here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Sketch
54″ x 66″

This quilt is based on Sunday sketch #181. It was juried in to QuiltCon in 2022 and also appeared in Tara Glastonbury‘s ‘Toward Abstraction’ exhibition that year. Read more about Sketch here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Cherries
47″ x 49″

I made Cherries specifically to enter the ‘Hexagons’ Quilting Challenge at QuiltCon 2022, and the quilt was juried in to the show. The quilt is based on an artwork by Frea Buckler, who gave me her permission to recreate it. Read more about Cherries here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

2020

Fanfold
63″ x 65″

This quilt was awarded second prize in the ‘Use of Negative Space’ category in QuiltCon 2021 and was featured on the cover of QuiltCon Magazine that year. It was also part of the ‘Toward Abstraction’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury in 2021 and the ‘Counting Threads’ exhibition at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in 2022.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

Gems
66″ x 66″

The pattern for this quilt was published as ‘Diamond Days’ in issue 94 of Love Patchwork & Quilting. Read more about Gems here.
Quilted by Valerie Cooper of Sweet Gum Quilting.

2019

Quattro
63″ x 63″

This quilt was juried in to QuiltCon 2020 and was also part of the ‘Toward Abstraction’ exhibition curated by Tara Glastonbury in 2021.
Quilted by Steph Skardal.

Cloudburst
72″ x 72″

The pattern for this quilt was published as ‘Northern Lights’ in issue 80 of Love Patchwork & Quilting.
Quilted by Sharni Crossett.

Whirlwind
60″ x 60″

The pattern for this quilt was published in issue 63 of Quilt Now. The quilt was juried in to QuiltCon 2020. Read more about Whirlwind here.
Quilted by Sharni Crossett.

Flight
51″ x 61″

This quilt was juried in to QuiltCon 2020 and the pattern was published as ‘Flight Pattern’ in the 2020 QuiltCon Magazine.
Quilted by Sharni Crossett.

2018

Stepwell
60″ x 72″

The pattern for this quilt was published as ‘Stepping Stones’ in issue 68 of Love Patchwork & Quilting and featured on the cover. Read more about Stepwell here.

Frequency
86″ x 86″

The pattern for this quilt was published as ‘Sound Maze’ in the July/August 2018 issue of Modern Patchwork and featured on the cover. The quilt was juried in to QuiltCon in 2019. Read more about Frequency here.
Quilted by Carolyn Murfitt.

Heartbreaker
55″ x 70″

The pattern for this quilt was published as ‘Raspberry Crush’ in issue 60 of Love Patchwork & Quilting and featured on the cover. Read more about Heartbreaker here.
Quilted by Caroline Hadley.

2017

Loophole
51″ x 63″

The pattern for this quilt was published in issue 55 of Love Patchwork & Quilting. Read more about Loophole here.
Quilted by Caroline Hadley.

2016

Wildwood
48″ x 52″

The pattern for this quilt was published in issue 48 of Love Patchwork & Quilting. Read more about Wildwood here.
Quilted by Caroline Hadley.