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Hand-dyed, wax painted, machine felted and quilted. Riding my bike outdoors is a favorite past time providing exercise & inspiration.

Hand-dyed, sun-printed cotton, machine stitched. Fall is my favorite season for its beautiful color display & swirling winds of change. I took liberties with the changing color of these ginkgoes.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics. Improvisational composition, machine stitched. Observing grasses throughout the seasons inspired this piece; part of a series.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, improvisational composition. This is part of a series exploring electricity & energy. We are accustomed to its convenience, and necessity, but awed by its power.

Hand-dyed, sun-printed images of leaves; fiber fragments, tulle, wrappers, fortunes, machine stitched. Looking through the ice on the forest floor in spring holds many surprises.

Heat bonded fiber fragments, candy wrappers, found objects; toys, paperclips, buttons, trapped threads. Tulle overlays. Machine stitched. After my four kids left me a deposit of candy wrappers behind the couch one year after halloween, I started adding to the collection and including them in my work.

Hand-dyed fabric, heat bonded applique, machine embroidered and stitched with cotton, wool, rayon and polyester threads. Machine needle-felted with wool fibers. I trained for and competed in three full Ironman Triathlon events. During a particularly hot day out on the bike course I motivated myself by thinking of a tall cool drink.

Hand-dyed and sun-printed cotton, machine stitched. Fall is my favorite season, not only for nature’s beautiful display, but for the winds of change that it brings.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, candy wrappers, buttons, vegetable bags, tulle, machine stitched. As a parent of 4 kids, over the years I have found candy wrappers stashed behind the couch and in the back of the van. Now I have chosen to put them to good use.