Emily Hegland

Textiles

Quilts and embroidery

A quilt of granny-square blocks in bright colours on black, draped over a couch
Disco Granny SquareMachine pieced and quilted
A quilt of twenty-four star blocks in greens, blacks, reds and golds, laid on a wood floor with an octopus-print backing folded up at one corner
Sawtooth StarMachine pieced and quilted
A quilt of six star blocks in teal, ochre, yellow and red, sashed and bound in black and white gingham
Baby QuiltMachine pieced and quilted
A large nine-patch quilt in yellows, blues and oranges, hung from a porch ceiling in daylight
Nine-Patch Queen Quilt TopMachine sewn
Hand embroidery of a rainbow chard leaf, green blades threaded with deep red veins
Rainbow ChardHand stitched · 2025
Hand embroidery of a red and gold apple, in a wooden hoop on a white wall
Hilma’s AppleHand stitched · 2025
Hand embroidery of a blood orange slice, crimson and orange segments radiating from a white centre inside a yellow rind, in a wooden hoop
Blood OrangeHand stitched · 2025
Hand embroidery of a red and orange heirloom tomato with a green stem, in a brass hoop
Heirloom TomatoHand stitched · 2024
Hand embroidery of a lemon slice, yellow segments radiating from a white centre, in a wooden hoop
LemonHand stitched · 2024
Hand embroidery of a deep magenta red onion with pale roots, in a wooden hoop
Red OnionHand stitched · 2023
Hand embroidery of a garlic bulb in silvery white with golden roots, in a wooden hoop
GarlicHand stitched · 2023
Three embroidery hoops together on weathered wood: a leek, a yellow onion, and a shallot
Allium TrioHand stitched · 2023