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To see her work you would not believe Fiona has only been quilting for a short time. She does say that she learnt to sew as a child with her mother but then her interests branched into other areas – teaching, aromatherapy, massage therapy and jewelry to name but a few. Again  it was her mother who introduced her to quilting, after a move to Braidwood and lessons at the local Quilt shop. With both her mother & sister  converts Fiona was persuaded to visit the Braidwood quilt show in 1998, and as they say … the rest is history! The quilts on  show were nothing like the pastel “grandmothers flower garden”  quilts she had seen in the past, these were bright; vibrant; exciting and many made by machine she had to go home and make one. That was seven years ago.
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Fiona started off working from books and is mainly self –taught but in 2002 she went to her first workshop. She is now hooked and goes to as many shows and classes as she can. All Fiona’s early quilts were trial and error as she worked her way through different ideas and techniques, wanting to try everything she had seen or read. This means that each of her quilts are very different from each other, they are however all vibrant in colour and beautifully sewn. With her background in jewellery making & design Fiona’s quilts are moving towards more embellishment with surface additions and different fabric textures. 

Towards the end of the year Fiona  is planning to start teaching her own quilting classes and we look forward to seeing what classes she proposes. I plan to be one of the first to sign up.