Machine pieced and quilted. I bought the fabric for this quilt on sale when a quilt store closed. I was planning on making a Stack & Whack quilt, but instead I made this.
Exhibition Year Archives
Psychodelic Tesselations
Patriotic StarsLois Jacobs
Machine pieced & quilted. This was made from left over fabric from a New York Beauty quilt I made. I thought it made a good wall hanging.
4th of July New York BeautyLois Jacobs
Paper piecing, machine sewn & quilted. I wanted to do a New York Beauty quilt so I thought I would make it a red, white & blue one. I was happy with the final product. Quilted by Alice Hamilton.
Half Square BonanzaLois Jacobs
Machine pieced and quilted. This was made from a jelly roll of fabric that I bought in Paducah, KY.
Seeing RedLois Jacobs
Machine pieced & quilted. I saw these fabrics together and liked the color combination.
Underwater FantasyAlice Jenks
IQI Beading and wirework This potpourri of turquoise glass beads is accented by wirework components of Argentinian Silver. This has a higher silver content than Sterling and is less likely to tarnish.
Celebrating HalloweenAlice Jenks
IQI Machine pieced and quilted. A workshop with Linda McGehee was intended to result in a table runner. Instead I decided to make a Halloween Vest. A lime green Ultrasuede dress provided trim and ties to make this tabard-style vest adjustable.
Fall HarmonyChan Soon Kang
Fabric collage on oil painting.
Trees in the GolanCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background painted, acrylic. This is a unique technique I invented in fiber art as I created a piece for a custom interior.
Trees in the GolanCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background painted, acrylic. This is a unique technique I invented in fiber art as I created a piece for a custom interior.
Mt. HermonCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background painted with textured paint. This is a unique art technique that I invented using fabric as I created a piece for a custom interior.
Rocky Mt. National ParkCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted, textured paint for sky. Stand back, squint your eyes to see the national park!
Base Camp at Mt. EverestCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Textured paint. I wanted to interpret the reflections of the base camp in the water.
WaterfallCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. Background mixed with bamboo. I wanted to incorporate bamboo pieces with fabric.
Tri-Color Fabric LandscapeCharlotte Kaplan
Variety of fabric, cut, knotted. This piece uses very heavy/thick upholstery fabric to create depth.
All Tied UpValerie Koppenhaver
Twenty-plus ties were taken apart, re-inforced with fusible interfacing, layered with batting and machine quilted on fabric patterns. This bag, made mostly of men’s ties, was made for a fabric challenge for the American Sewing Guild. The lining was made from a shower curtain and the leather, also re-purposed, makes for a 100% upcycled bag.
Violet BlossomValerie Koppenhaver
Wet felted and hand beaded/embellished. This vessel was my first attempt at wet-felting a 3-D object. It’s an amazing process, and embellishing the result really brought out the beauty of the wool.
Shirt-taleValerie Koppenhaver
All flowers are hand-stitched, pebbled path is padded and machine quilted onto an upcycled shirt. The shirt illustrates my sewing journey, starting with the very first pajamas I sewed through the classes I now teach – all represented in flowers made with stash fabrics and techniques used along the way.