I've wanted a quilt my whole life. Something to be treasured as an heirloom and to be used to care for loved ones. Brooke is the most artfully skilled and passionate maker I've ever met and I had complete faith in entrusting her with precious remnants of my early years of motherhood – things like the soft, delicate dress both my daughters wore on their first day of kinder and hand-woven cushion covers from our time living overseas. Incorporating her naturally-dyed, repurposed cloth, Brooke built blocks of stars into a muted, earthy, dream come true.

Working with Brooke was an organic, tuned-in, collaborative process. She guides, includes, excites and then makes a stunning joint vision manifest. Her understanding of cloth, of harnessing colour and texture to create a piece that feels whole and true is astounding. Witnessing her knowledge and experience converge with the work of her deft hands to forge my quilt was a warm, memory-forming experience in itself. Our talks, her ideas, her care and attention to the process felt divine.

Each stitch of the quilt is a verse of my life's hues, a tapestry of dreams and lived experiences. A landscape of cherished moments. The quilt is just so aesthetically beautiful and sits in our home environment in such a gorgeous and meaningful way.

Kitty Calero

Each night I now sleep under the cloths cut from my mother’s shirts, my grandmother's aprons and my little girl’s smocked summer dresses. I am literally weighted by the warmth of my matrilineal line.

Brooke crafted a wonder out of scraps of faded memories and I am ever so grateful. Somehow, despite the strange contrasting colours, the snippets and frayed edges of what I gave her she wove it all together into a new family heirloom.

My mother passed away a few years ago and my grandmother many years before that but every morning when I fly my quilt up to smooth it down on my freshly made bed, I see them and I am blessed.

Alex Sangster

Textiles have featured heavily in my life since I was quite young, so it's no surprise that over the decades I have kept hold of quite a few treasured pieces. Textiles from trips to Japan, from my own textile design career spanning almost 20 years, combined with treasured items of clothing that both of my children have worn, as well as some of my own special garments. Letting go of those pieces was the most challenging part of the process but immortalising them in the form of a quilt that is loved daily was better than having them gather dust in a wardrobe for the next few decades.

Working with Brooke was a fantastic collaborative process. The demands of life and family, combined with distance and lockdowns made the process more remote and less in-person than we both would have preferred, however it didn't diminish from the outcome - Brooke has woven her magic in a way that comes to her as effortlessly as breathing. She has stitched together a mural of my life in textile form that is visually cohesive and beautiful and will be treasured for decades to come and eventually passed down to my children.

Lara Cameron

To me colour is a necessity of the soul and its capacity to heal and nourish is visceral and essential. The qualities of sensitivity, attunement and artistry that Brooke brings to her curation of colour and material, composition and storytelling is deeply moving to me. It is not a simple thing she is doing in the crafting of these exquisite pieces. There is definitely an alchemy and a magic and an intentionality of profound integrity and beauty at the heart of her making. Her work is a medicine of and for the soul.

Lucy Pierce

The memory quilt that Brooke crafted for our family is truly a piece of functional artwork that I will treasure for the rest of my days, and pass down to my daughters as an heirloom once they are grown. Brooke made the whole experience feel so special - she has a deeply attuned eye for colour and light, and masterfully blended the floral fabrics from my daughters old baby clothes with quality linens and fabric from her own collection. Her attention to detail is incredible, from the way that the fabrics flow into each other, all the way down to the foraged wattle-dyed thread. Every part of our quilt feels like it has been imbued with love, there is nothing on earth quite like holding a creation such as this. Brooke’s reverence for her craft is an inspiration, a reminder to slow down and enjoy the richness and beauty of the everyday textiles that accompany us in our homes and lives. I am so grateful to have the memories of my daughters early years forever woven into this quilt.

Erin Green