Molly’s Garden

Joan Bratton

Hand embroidered, machine quilted. My granddaughter, Molly Bratton, loves flowers and everything pink. This quilt was made for her 5th birthday.

The Gift

Joan Bratton

Hand appliquéd, machine quilted cottons & silks embellished with fabric beads & waxed linen. The top left corner depicts raw materials given by the Creator to the Earth. They became the leaves on the trees. In the cycle of life, these fall to the ground to decompose and enrich the soil. The noshi (lower left)Continue reading “The Gift

Joan Bratton

Southern Lights IV

Shelly Brucar

Painted, screened & stamped in many layers; machine stitched. The Aurora Borealis was far north, but Chicago had its own light show with a gorgeous sunset August 4, 2010. Feeling inspired, I was in my wet studio the next morning, painting bright colors and watching the colors run, forming the “Southern Light” series.

Slow Dance

Shelly Brucar

Hand-dyed, painted, machine stitched. In my “Impressionist Landscapes in Fabric” series, I have gradually moved from layering of fabric to more whole-cloth surface design and from mostly representational to more impressionistic. I start with white fabric, dye it, screen it, put color in, take color out, paint it and stitch it, allowing the piece toContinue reading “Slow Dance

Shelly Brucar

Liturgical Stole

Martha Bucher

Machine quilted, machine embroidered, beads & appliqué. The stole is from the collection of Rev. Lois Bucher made by Martha Bucher.

Fire Behind Trees

Diana Burrows

Machine pieced, hand quilted. I didn’t really cut and sew all those little pieces. The fabrics were strip pieced, then cut crosswise and alternated.