Welcome

A botanist by profession, I use watercolour sketches and photographs made on travels around the world and closer to home as the source of inspiration for mixed media quilts. I like to use commercial, hand dyed and African fabrics as well as re-purposing old quilts and textiles. Hand and machine stitching are important means of mark-making and altering the surface. Computer manipulated images and scanned sketches are printed on a variety of fabrics. I am currently exploring ways of interpreting sketches directly onto fabric, constructing pieced and densely quilted pieces overpainted with acrylic paints.

Some pieces are available for purchase.

I write regularly about the inspiration and techniques I use on my blog:
http://magsramsay.blogspot.com

NEWS
Latest work in gallery " New Work":

- Latest Journal Quilts on themes of Circles and Text
- 3D Textile piece 'Taplow Vase' exhibited in 'Whatever Floats Your Boat' Exhibition at Slough Museum
- 2 pieces selected for international touring exhibition 'Textile News: Freedom, Liberte, Freiheit'
- Featured artist in German art quilt magazine 'Patchwork Professional'
- Recent acrylic paintings