Gallery - Recent Works
A selection of recent quilts.
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Lighting the Darkness
11 feet wide by 2 1/2 feet tall. 2007.
Work made for Riderwood Retirement Community.
Art is meant for display during Chanukah and Advent.
Fibers used include commercial cotton fabrics, hand dyed cotton fabrics,
cotton woven Guatemalan fabrics, organza, hand painted organza, tulle.
Parts of the work have been hand painted with oil sticks or Jacquard Lumiere paints (see a detail image).
Couched decorative threads used on some pieces. Hand beading applied with glass and plastic beads. Machine quilted.
Notecards of this piece are available.
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Tobu
I've enjoyed revisiting blue and white quilts but with a different
inspiration. This piece features indigo blue fabrics, including a Japanese shibori fabric.
The
central piece was purchased and I enhanced it with the kanji "Tobu". Tobu means "to fly". Layout based on concepts I learned from Judy Hopkins'
Design Your Own Quilts (out of print). Machine pieced, machine appliqued, machine
quilted, 18 inches by 24 inches. Quilt in
private collection.
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Spring Dreams
It took me a number of years before I was ready to make this piece. In part I was not sure I could convey the beauty of spring Iris blooming in their glory, surrounded by the greens of Spring. I love purple and I love iris. I hope to revisit this theme.
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Essence of Fan
With my friends, we cut up a photo I took when I lived in Japan and
made our own fabric interpretation. Each member of the group was
free to use whatever technique they wanted in making their section. 54 inches by 36 inches. Displayed at the Greenbelt Courthouse, February - March 2008.
Notecards of this piece are available.
Variety of techniques.
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Working for Peace
I've been exploring African culture. I was inspired by these women (a South African panel)
and my assortment of African fabrics to make this piece. My research and exploration led to new
appliqué designs in the use of adinkra images. I wanted these women to be working together
(the bottom image) for peace (top small image). The layout method was inspired by Judy Hopkins'
Design Your Own Quilts (out of print). My prayer is that we may learn to work together
to gain peace. Machine pieced, machine appliqued, machine
quilted. 25.5" x 34.5" This quilt displayed at Sacred Threads (Reynoldsburg,
OH) in June 2007. Also displayed at the
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in February 2008.
Quilt in private collection.