From Turtle Island, with love

Deadly
Auntie

Pchi Loo Auntie  ·  Coyote Auntie

Come sit. I'll put the kettle on.

See the work Mentorship

Pieces

Made Things

Fibre, textile, adorned objects. Informed by Métis material culture and the hands that came before. Original designs created with fur ethically sourced from Indigenous hunters and trappers through the Red River Métis Fur Company.

// Coats, Capes and Capotes

Mahkisis Auntie (Auntie Out Fox), 2025

Marcella wearing an original fur-trimmed hood of her own design, outdoors in autumn light
Mahkisis Auntie coat on dress form — striped wool with fox fur hood and cuffs, cinched waist

Full view

Close-up detail of teal thread-wrapped toggle on dark wool with terracotta and teal stripe

Toggle detail

Fox fur collar detail on dress form — full golden fox fur framing the neckline over striped wool

Fur collar

Pchi Loo Auntie (Coyote Auntie), 2024

Pchi Loo Auntie exhibition: fur-trimmed herringbone cape on display with artist placard, 2024

Exhibited at the Treaty Signing by the National Government of the Red River Métis, 333 Main Street, Winnipeg

Coyote Auntie herringbone cape — front view on dress form with hood and brass zipper

Front

Close-up of herringbone weave and hand-stitched seam detail on the Coyote Auntie cape

Stitch detail

Pchi Loo Auntie cape with coyote fur hood and white fur pocket trim on herringbone wool

With fur trim

Close-up of black button on herringbone wool where coyote fur meets the fabric

Button detail

Coyote fur collar close-up on herringbone cape with brass zipper visible

Fur collar

Pchi Loo Roozh (Red & Coyote), 2023

Red and Coyote cape on dress form — red wool with coyote fur hood and pocket trim, embroidered hem, brass zipper
Marcella wearing the Red and Coyote cape outdoors in winter — red wool, coyote fur hood, snow and trees

Worn

Close-up of the coyote fur hood on the Red and Coyote cape — hands adjusting the fur lining

Hood detail

Close-up of embroidered hem on red wool — navy ribbon with hand-stitched flowers in white, yellow, and red

Embroidered hem

Close-up of coyote fur collar on the red cape — thick fur framing the hood with brass zipper visible

Fur collar

Embroideries

Embroidery hoop on green dotted fabric stitched with 'Marcella Louise' in pink and a floral motif

Original embroidery, in progress. Name stitched by hand.

Embroidery hoop on linen — 'I'm the Deadly Auntie' stitched in red with a white tree, green leaves, and a dark bird

// Dolls

Métis Genealogy Doll Series

Close detail of a face embroidered in dark aubergine thread on natural burlap — eyes, nose, mouth stitched by hand
Thelma (detail)
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Charlotte — handmade genealogy doll with embroidered face, dark wool hair, navy pinstripe dress, lace collar and cuffs, patchwork blue apron
Charlotte
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll in green and blue floral print dress with embroidered face and dark wool hair
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll in red floral dress on worktable — embroidered face, dark wool hair in updo
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Close-up of genealogy doll — embroidered face detail and red bodice
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Back of genealogy doll head — dark felted wool hair detail
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll in red dress with teal knitted shawl being made — knitting needles and yarn
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll with long dark braids, red floral dress, lavender apron, and linen boots
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll in red floral dress with teal knitted cardigan and white button
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll with dark curly hair, embroidered chest tattoo, light blue sweater, dark jacket with white stitching, geometric print leggings
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Genealogy doll in terracotta dress with patchwork floral shawl, arms spread wide, navy leggings and coral socks
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Euphrosine — genealogy doll seated in gallery, dark wool hair with feather, embroidered tattoo, dark jacket, geometric print leggings
Euphrosine
Métis Genealogy Doll Series
Euphrosine — back view showing dark jacket with white blanket stitching and feather in hair, gallery setting
Euphrosine (back)
Métis Genealogy Doll Series

// Quilts

Practical Magic

Custom quilt binding — blue floral fabric rolled on a dowel, ready to finish the quilt edge

Custom binding

Practical Magic quilt laid out — black botanical print with cream sashing, pink and blue floral inserts, name embroidered in green thread

The name embroidered in the sashing

Close detail of Practical Magic quilt — small red and orange floral motif hand embroidered into the cream sashing strip

Embroidered floral in the sashing

Close detail of Practical Magic quilt — white daisy cluster with green stems embroidered into cream sashing beside blue botanical print

White daisies in the sashing

Close detail of Practical Magic quilt — a small embroidered bee beside a pale wildflower sprig stitched into the cream sashing

A bee and a wildflower in the sashing

Close detail of quilt label — '2020 M.P.' embroidered in coral and navy thread on cream fabric beside dark floral bee print and crochet lace

The label — 2020 M.P.

Hitched

Hand embroidery on linen with floral border — 'honey we're THE BIG Door Prize' stitched in red and gold with bees and flowers

Honey, We're the Big Door Prize

Under the Light of the Moon

Under the Light of the Moon quilt — whale print centre panel with navy border, starry sky strip, appliqué moon, layered ocean waves, and a small boat with figure

The full quilt

Under the Light of the Moon quilt laid flat — whale print, starry sky, layered blue and navy wave strips at the bottom

Laid out flat

Close detail — appliqué boat with striped figure rowing on layered blue waves, whales and sea turtles swimming behind

The little boat

Close detail — appliqué boat pieces laid out on whale print fabric beside blue wave quilting

Boat pieces before assembly

Purple Raining Prints

Purple Raining Prints quilt laid out — chevron strip design in purples, navy, lavender, and cream with dark navy binding

The full quilt

Purple Raining Prints strips laid out vertically on table — purple, navy, pink gingham, paisley, and cream prints

Strips laid out

Purple Raining Prints strip piecing in progress — sewn rows of purple prints with cutting mat and loose strips

Strip piecing

Purple Raining Prints quilt top draped on table — chevron pattern visible with purple paisley, gingham, and botanical prints

Construction in progress

Purple Raining Prints quilt folded — chevron corner detail with deep purple, navy botanical, and pink dotted prints

Folded detail

Dear Momma: A Love Letter During Covid

Dear Momma quilt held up full — patchwork of sage green, blush pink, lavender, cream, and floral prints with mauve border

The full quilt

Dear Momma quilt laid out on a table — patchwork blocks of pink, sage, grey, paisley, and floral prints with mauve fleur-de-lis border

Laid out on the table

Close view of Dear Momma quilt — sage green, paisley print, blush and striped blocks beside the mauve border

Patchwork detail

Detail of Dear Momma quilt edge — mauve fleur-de-lis border beside pink, striped, and dotted blocks

Border and edge detail

Dear Momma quilt backing visible with cutting mat and scissors — cream fabric with subtle pattern beside green and floral blocks

Cutting and construction

Dear Momma quilt backing — full mauve fleur-de-lis print held up over a stairwell

The backing

Dear Momma quilt folded on hardwood — paisley print, sage green, lavender, and dotted cream blocks

Fabric detail

Dear Momma quilt folded — blush pink, mauve border, striped, and dotted cream blocks on hardwood floor

Blush and cream

Close detail of Dear Momma quilt — embroidered motif in white thread on paisley and dotted fabric at block seam

Embroidered detail

Little Fire

Little Fire quilt — patchwork of coral, navy, teal, grey, and pink squares with yarn ball and cat prints, aqua satin binding

The full quilt

Little Fire quilt backing — solid coral chevron fabric with aqua satin binding

The backing

Little Fire quilt label — 'Avery ♥ M.P. 2022' embroidered in coral thread on grey fabric

The label

Clay

Clay

Ink sketch of a mushroom village — whimsical toadstool houses with doors, windows, and surrounding smaller mushrooms
The Sketch
Ink on paper. The plan before the clay — a mushroom village, drawn by hand.
Watercolour painting of a mushroom house — red-capped toadstool with windows, a front door, snail, yellow mushrooms, and a brown toadstool on a grassy base
Mushroom Village (watercolour)
The sketch, painted. Red cap, yellow neighbours, a little snail at the door.
Clay mushroom house sculpture — tall toadstool with windows, a tiny door with snail, and three smaller mushrooms beside it
Mushroom House
A toadstool with windows, a door, and a snail at the step. Three little mushrooms keeping it company.
Clay mushroom sculpture from a different angle — showing the organic textures and clustered forms beneath the cap
Under the Cap (detail)
Another angle. The textures are all hand-worked — nothing smoothed away.

Podcast

Pull Up a Chair

Conversations around the kitchen table. The kind you come back to.

Coming Soon Season 1
01
Deadly: A Word That Means Everything
What it means to be deadly, and why your auntie already knew she was. A first conversation — honest, a little sharp, entirely kitchen table.
Métis Identity Language Community
◎ Episode drops when the kettle's ready. Check back soon.
03
Why Everyone Needs an Auntie in Their Corner
On fierce care, unsolicited wisdom, and why aunties hold things together.
Care Kinship
45 min  ·  Season 1
02
Beading, Burnout, and Making Things with Your Hands
What it means to create slowly. And why slow is not the same as precious.
Making Burnout
52 min  ·  Season 1
01
Deadly: A Word That Means Everything
What it means to be deadly, and why your auntie already knew she was.
Métis Identity Language
38 min  ·  Season 1

Mentorship

Mentorship

Mentorship should be a reciprocal relationship at its best.

The Club
The Deadly Auntie Club
By invitation and nomination only. Being Deadly is the only requirement. Community agrees — you are Deadly.
What is Deadly
Standing up. Lifting others. Keeping tradish.
Peace. Knowledge. Kindness. Standing with vulnerable people when it costs you something.

Supplies

Supplies

Au Ver à Soie silk embroidery floss on wooden spools
Au Ver à Soie — Silk Floss
French silk on wooden spools. The material before the work. Every colour chosen, not assigned.
Vintage Roman Floss packaging, silk spools, and thread cards on white fur
Embroidery Supplies
Vintage Roman Floss, silk spools, thread cards. Old materials, living practice.