Artist Archives

Hand-dyed, sun-printed cotton with images of leaves, tulle, netting. Machine stitched. Fall is my favorite season: color, light, change.

Hand-dyed cotton, torn and cut fragments, heat bonded applique, machine stitched. This garden needs no watering or weeding. It is always in bloom.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, heat bonded, tulle, netting, trapped threads, cording & selvedges. Machine stitched. Bombarded by information, technology and media we are sometimes overwhelmed.

Hand-dyed and commercial fiber fragments, found objects, tulle, candy wrappers, etc! Heat-bonded, machine stitched. With 4 kids and 3 grandkids I find myself recycling lots of things in my artwork…candy wrappers abound. Design Source – Original

Commercial fabrics, digital photographs, maps, stamps, candy wrappers, heat-bonded collage, machine stitched. There are subtle sepia-toned images of family members throughout the quilt. We are all bound together in our various liferoutes. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed/painted fabric. Heat bonded collage, machine stitched. Seeing a beautiful garden always inspires my “happy dance”. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, sun-printed image of leaves. Heat bonding, machine stitched. Hiking in the woods in late winter and looking into frozen debris at the trail’s edge inspired this piece. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed, sheer organza and tulle fabrics, candy wrappers, yarn, thread. Machine stitched. I enjoyed the color, light and playfulness of sheer netting and tulle while creating this piece. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed & commercial fabrics, heat bonded, machine-stitched. Found objects, buttons, paper cups, toys, tulle. I taught gymnastics for about 20 years. The ribbons were a favorite activity for kids & coaches alike.