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Discharged cotton & velvet; hand dyed silks; commercial batik; photos printed on fabrics; machine embroidered. This piece came about after taking photos of angel statues in a cemetery. I manipulated the photos in Photoshop before printing on silk organza & cotton, then layered them on the quilt.

Hand painted cotton; hand dyed silks; hand dyed cheesecloth; machine embroidered. This piece began with a sketch of a face I did on paper then scanned & printed on cotton. Then I hand painted the cotton fabric with acrylic paint & pastels.

beaded, machine pieced, fused, machine embroidered, stapled to canvas frame & mounted in a floating frame I started the beaded centerpiece in order to practice beading. I became ‘hooked’ on the calming, repetitive motion of beading. To me it’s like meditation. The remaining quilted portion just grew as I continued to ‘meditate’ on this piece!

beaded, machine pieced, fused, machine embroidered, stapled to canvas frame & mounted in a floating frame This piece was started after finishing the beaded centerpiece for ‘Meditation in Purple’. I was hooked on the beading process & needed to do more!

Blackhawk’s logo printed on fabric & mounted to heavy interfacing fused to commercial cotton fabric. The logo was completely beaded with seed beads. [Part of the Chicago Icon series]

Intuitive bead embroidery centered in commercial, hand dyed & rust dyed fabrics. Free motion quilted & pieced together. This was a monthly project for 2014. Inspired by a group I am in & done in the color scheme of my bead group project.

Hand painted cotton; hand dyed silks; hand dyed cheesecloth; machine embroidered. This piece began with a sketch of a face I did on paper then scanned & printed on cotton. Then I hand painted the cotton fabric with acrylic paint & pastels.

Machine pieced, hand stitching, embroidery, beading & chain. Done in a workshop with a generous teacher & great group of guild friends. Learned many new techniques!

Discharged black cotton fabrics & velvet; Kakishibu dyed fabric that was stamped with ink & commercial fabrics; fused; machine quilted. There’s a myth that when the moon is full, people go a little crazy. It’s called the lunar effect. Even the word lunatic comes from the Latin word lunaticus, meaning ‘of the moon’. Horses areContinue reading “Wild Horse Moons

Cathy Mendola

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