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My name is Rachael but I
gained the nickname
Rachaeldaisy because I had
a little dog called
Daisy. She was the light of
my life so somewhere along
the line
Rachaeldaisy became a
nickname. It also ties in

with my florist days. I
decided to use
Rachaeldaisy as my online
name when I joined Flickr
and then again when I
started my blog Blue
Mountain Daisy. A few years
later when I decided to

enter my quilts in shows it
made sense to continue
using Rachaeldaisy as that
is how people already knew
me. I now use it for
anything related to my
quilting. I like to think
it’s fun, happy and Sri Lankan batik wall and textures. And then
slightly quirky name which hangings, Japanese seeing them turned into
suits the style of my painted scrolls, tables a garment that someone
quilts. and shelves of could wear was quite
For many years I used contemporary ceramics. magical.

Rachaeldaisy only. I would Some of my earliest
describe it as “one word, memories are of being in My creativity as a child
no surname, like Madonna or art galleries. was always encouraged
Prince”. But I have begun and I always had
using my surname Dodd as I started playing with various projects on the
well as I exhibit more in fabric as a little girl, go from drawing and
art galleries and send my spending time with my painting,
work internationally. grandmother. She would pressing flowers,

Rachaeldaisy Dodd still has make clothes and I’d collage, cross stitch,
a fun sound to it. use her scraps to make tapestry and sewing
clothes for my dolls. She experiments, clothes,
I had a very creative later taught me toys etc. I did art in
upbringing. My parents embroidery stitches, high school and the
were artists and our house English paper piecing advice from my art
was full of art. Colourful and basic dress making. teacher just before I
rooms with abstract It was always a special left was to never stop
paintings, big bold treat to go to a fabric drawing. I’ve always
Marimekko curtains, shop with her, seeing all been creative in some
Indian textiles, those colours, patterns form or other.