A Textile Artist and Art Quilter with a human heart.

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Ronda Hazell

Woman with short red hair and glasses smiling, wearing a colorful patchwork dress with patterns and designs, standing in front of a dark wooden background.
A woman wearing rainbow-colored clothing and a white apron with a heron illustration standing in an art gallery with framed bird and nature artwork on the wall behind her.

I get my inspiration from the world around me, from the cheekiness of the local cockatoos, each with their own personalities to the colours and shapes of the plants in my garden.

I love to create wearable art and quilts that emphasise this whimsy and bring a smile to the faces of the people I meet

I believe that we need to recycle, and minimise waste when we create. To save our earth, we need to stop buying fast fashion that is endemic in our world.

My work is an expression of me, my love for the surreal and the unconventional and like the cockatoos: a little bit cheeky

Woman with short hair and glasses smiling, wearing a patchwork quilted apron with nature and bird patterns over a light blouse and striped pants, standing against a black background.

Lucky to know!

Quilted self portrait

RECENT WORKS

Quilting and creating art is my passion. These are my recent works - Please enjoy

The appurtenances of the new Empress

Queen of hearts ballgown

Family tree: where hearts fly free

Wearable Art

  • Woman wearing a colorful patchwork coat standing in front of a purple and white patterned backdrop.

    Eve Reborn - Australian Quilt show 2024 judges commendation

  • Woman wearing a colorful patchwork dress with various patterns and embroidered words, standing in front of purple abstract artwork on a curtained wall.

    Eve Reborn

  • A colorful artistic dress on a mannequin with a fabric mask face, set in a room with framed photos and wooden furniture.

    Rose - Clunes 2024 Textile Palette

  • An art mannequin with a pastel-colored, abstract patterned dress, standing in a living room with photo frames and plants.

    Rose

  • Woman smiling, wearing a colorful, patchwork, quilt-like dress with patterns and textures, standing in front of a wooden paneled wall.

    Frocktails 2024

  • A woman stands in front of a colorful quilt with bird motifs, wearing a patchwork purple and patterned outfit, and heels with floral designs.

    Indian Block print beach pyjamas

  • A quilt with embroidered and printed designs featuring a city park scene with trees, a tram, and buildings, and text saying 'MEND MKE' at the top.

    A sticking Time - Victorian Quliters Showcase 2023 - recycle and re-use - highly commended

  • A quilted coat with a nature-inspired design featuring cranes, trees, leaves, hearts, and clouds, displayed on a mannequin against a black background.

    Cockatoos stealing hearts 2025

AQC Challenge

  • A colorful quilt featuring a detailed embroidered portrait of an older woman with glasses, short dark hair, and wearing an apron with purple and gold details. She has her hands raised in a playful expression with her tongue sticking out. The quilt includes various patterned squares and intricate embroidered designs, with a black background and a golden border.

    A quilters stars AQC Challenge 2024

  • A fabric quilt depicting a tree with green leaves, white flowers, a bird's nest, and a bird, with a brick wall at the bottom featuring text and a green hill in the background.

    Finalist 2012 Breaking down the wall

  • A colorful heart with faces and words promoting love, equality, and unity, surrounded by handwritten phrases about discrimination, conflict, and social issues.

    Finalist 2018 Building Bridges

  • A colorful woven quilt mural depicts a woman with a bird on her shoulder, holding a rabbit in her arms, with a birdcage hanging nearby. The background features a sky with clouds.

    Finalist 2019 The Magicians Assistant

  • A colorful quilted art piece featuring a woman's face with prominent red lips surrounded by numerous roses in various colors such as purple, pink, white, and red. The top of the quilt has a stitched message that reads "Prayers have tears." The border of the quilt is striped with multiple colors.

    Finalist 2023 Roses have thorns

  • A quilted portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with a golden ornate border, a blue background, clouds, and a table with puzzle pieces, some of which are assembled and others scattered.

    Finalist 2025 Queenie...piecing the world back together

  • A colorful textile artwork depicting a forest scene with a large tree, a kangaroo, two koalas, and a small dog, with a bird flying in the blue sky, surrounded by a leaf-patterned border and a label that reads "Made in Australia".

    Made in Australia 2017

  • Colorful quilt with butterfly and fish design featuring blue, green, black, and multicolored sections.

    Ocean Rubbish 2020

  • A colorful patchwork quilt featuring squares with various patterns and colors, accented by embroidered bees and blue triangular sections representing sky or water.

    Shoo Fly 2016

Australian Quilts in public places

  • A quilted fabric wall hanging depicting Stonehenge with colorful abstract sky and rolling green hills.

    AQipp 2021 The Magic of Stonehenge

  • Textile artwork depicting an elderly man with glasses and a bald head playing a set of bagpipes, with a background of dark patterned fabric with small purple flowers.

    2024 The Piper

Australian Quilt Show Challenge

  • A woman in a colorful patchwork dress stands in a living room with shelves of family photos and a piano in the background.

    Eve Reborn 2024 - judges commendation

  • Person wearing a colorful quilted jacket with embroidered designs, including a rooster, flowers, and abstract patterns, with arms outstretched.

    Finalist 2022 Cockatoos in pocket

  • A colorful quilt features birds, a washing machine, floral fabrics, and a branch with text.

    Summer of 22/23 Finalist 2023

Creswick Art Show

  • Colorful embroidered textile art featuring a woman's face with blue hair, surrounded by an ornate arrangement of fruits and vegetables on her head, set against a red plaid fabric background.

    Picnic head First Prize 2023

  • A quilted art piece depicting a bird, likely a cockatoo, with a prominent white crest, pink and purple body, and black beak, perched on a branch against a blue background.

    Galah

  • Quilted artwork of an elderly woman with glasses and gray hair, wearing a blue shirt, set against a black patterned background with a decorated border.

    Memory of my grandmother 2021

  • Quilted artwork of a cockatoo bird with a yellow crest, black beak, and white feathers, perched on a branch against a blue background with decorative quilting and a yellow border.

    Crazy Cockatoo - Presidents Award 2022

International

  • A colorful quilt depicting a person with short hair, glasses, and a patterned apron using a sewing machine, surrounded by a purple and black abstract background.

    Self Portrait with sewing Machine 2018 - Festival of Quilts Birmingham

  • A colorful quilt depicting a cartoon-style chameleon with vibrant patterns, surrounded by multicolored leaves and a black background with white dotted patterns.

    Covid Normal - Pandemic International Exhibition 2021 Houston Texas

  • A quilt featuring blue sections with flying bees and a patchwork pattern with the words 'Love is Sweet'.

    Shoo Fly 2016 - World Quilt

  • A quilted art piece depicting a woman with short dark hair, wearing a purple polka dot top, and swimming among fish and aquatic plants with a blue patchwork background.

    A quilter fishing 2017 -World Quilt

  • A decorative embroidered textile artwork depicting a nature scene with a large tree, a koala bear sitting on a branch, two foxes on the ground, a bird flying in the sky, and a distant hill. It is framed with a border of leaves and has a plaque at the bottom that reads "Made in Australide Floral & Fauna."

    Made in Australia 2018 - World Quilt

One step further and

Golden Textures - Maryborough

  • A quilt depicting a cheerful person wearing a wide-brimmed hat, glasses, and a scarf, sitting outdoors in a forest with trees in the background, presented in vibrant colors with detailed stitching.

    The Goldminer 2023 - Golden Textures

  • A colorful quilt featuring various patches, including a lion's face, a black cat, and assorted patterns and textures.

    Narnia One 2024 - One step further

  • Colorful quilt with intricate patterns and text on black background.

    Skirting the Pandemic 2022 - One step further

Services

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Services *

A woman operating a sewing and embroidery machine in a well-lit room with various art and craft supplies, framed pictures on the wall, and a window with patterned curtains.
A woman sewing on an industrial sewing machine in a cluttered craft room.

Quilting and Patchwork

Long Arm Quilting

Art Quilting

Quilting classes

A cluttered craft or sewing room with tables, chairs, and supplies, and a large window with colorful curtains.
A sewing room with a quilting machine, sewing supplies, fabric, and wall decorations.

Sewing Techniques

Dress Making to patterns

Adding your own flair

Sewing and Dress Making classes

Call me on 0427 464 989 or email  anakiequilter@gmail.com

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Call me on 0427 464 989 or email  anakiequilter@gmail.com *

Services

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Services *

A woman operating a sewing and embroidery machine in a well-lit room with various art and craft supplies, framed pictures on the wall, and a window with patterned curtains.
A woman sewing on an industrial sewing machine in a cluttered craft room.

Quilting and Patchwork

Long Arm Quilting

Art Quilting

Quilting classes

A cluttered craft or sewing room with tables, chairs, and supplies, and a large window with colorful curtains.
A sewing room with a quilting machine, sewing supplies, fabric, and wall decorations.

Sewing Techniques

Dress Making to patterns

Adding your own flair

Sewing and Dress Making classes

Call me on 0427 464 989 or email  anakiequilter@gmail.com

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Call me on 0427 464 989 or email  anakiequilter@gmail.com *

100 plus hearts project

A world wide community textile art project

Raising awareness of women’s heart health and disease

The partially made up 100plus hearts project quilt will be at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, Australia April 9th to 12th 2026

Heart disease is the number one killer of women and yet most of us believe this is a male problem. Women are often dismissed when we list symptoms that may be heart disease to medical professionals. Why is this medical misogyny still present in our modern world?

Textile art, quilts have through history been made as a way of expressing a call to action. Fabric is tactile, flexible and a medium which can be transformed by stitch. Quilts keep us warm are useful but also are an expression of love and comfort.

I would like you to share your hearts in the form of just one simple fabric square. Each heart is to represent one woman with heart disease.  With your help I hope to get enough hearts to make a large quilt which will be displayed at quilt and craft shows across Australia and perhaps even internationally. I also plan to publish a book that will feature each heart as well as the paragraph describing the story behind each heart

 

This quilt deserves to be large!

Contributions of stories and heart patches being received until 26th June 2026

See images below for details. Follow @anakiequilter on instagram for updates.