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Primal Fear /2024/

32 1/4 x 48 inches (82 x 122 cm)

My own design. Magnifying glass designed by Jitka Clement. Map inspiration from the "Greenland Ice Sheet map" by Eric Gaba.

Greenland is currently losing hundreds of billions of tons of ice to the ocean every year. While polar bears may not comprehend the scale of disaster, all they can feel is primal fear...

Entirely hand pieced ( hand embroidery, applique), machine quilting on Pfaff Quilt Expression 720, hand quilting

Clover award at the EPM International Contest "Ocean" in Sante-Marie-aux- Mines, France (2024)

Not everything is grey... /2024/

37" x 51 1/2" (94 x 131cm)

My own design.
Improvisational piecing, hand applique, machine quilting on a domestic sewing machine Pfaff Quilt Expression 720

Sunflower Field /2022-2024/

80" × 88 inches (200 x 220cm)

I designed this quilt as a tribute to the enduring strength of those who have faced the devastating effects of war and continue to persevere despite the tragedies. Each sunflower on the quilt symbolizes a family.

The "ghost sunflower " represents those who are no longer with us.

EPP, applique, free motion quilting on a domestic sewing machine Pfaff Quilt Expression 720, hand quilting.

A Fox Was There... Sami Land /2023/

32 1/2 x 47 inches (83 x 119 cm)

My own design inspired by an ancient Finnish fable and my admiration for the Sami.

EPP, hand applique, hand embroidery, free motion quilting on a domestic sewing machine

Pfaff Quilt Expression 720.

Journey to the Light /2023/

25 3/4" × 25 1/4" (66 x 64 cm)

My own design based on the drawing by Wojciech Zasina. It was created for "Stitch Pink 2023" program to help to bring awareness and support for breast cancer research.

EPP, applique, hand embroidery, free motion quilting on a domestic sewing machine Pfaff Quilt Expression 720.

This work was gifted to the Cancer Association of Southern Finland (Lahti branch)