Acrylic painting with photo transfers and hand embroidery. Original design and concept.
Exhibition Year Archives
Angels Ascending
I’m Learning to like OrangeSylvia Dresser
Embellished with beads and embroidery, hand quilted. This piece is from an NSNG workshop. The middle piece of fabric is pre-printed. The embellishments are my own designs.
Autumn Lies Upon the LandSylvia Dresser
Basketry fiber wrapped with wool yarn, embellished with beads. I love the colors of autumn. When I saw this handspun yarn in a store on Washington Island, I immediately knew I wanted to make a basket with it.
A Study in ContrastsSylvia Dresser
Machine pieced, hand quilted, hand embellished with beads and embroidery. There is a marked contrast between the apparent emptiness of the desert and the cultivated, orderly landscape of the Vineyard. One has to look closely to find both the hidden treasures of the desert and the wildness within the cultivated land.
Iris QuiltKarin Dunham
Hand appliqued by blanket stitch over fused pieces; machine quilted. The iris’ upper petals are made of vintage fabrics, blanket stitched around flowers and petals. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco. Original by Laura Augusta Miller, circa 1950, Nebraska.
March MadnessNona C Flores
IQI Embroidery, bead embroidery, machine quilting. My family loves rabbits and all the bunnies on this piece are “mad as a March hare”. This piece was completed for a class led by Lisa Binkley.
Seeing StarsNona C Flores
IQI Foundation pieced, longarm machine quilted. Foundation pieced, longarm machine quilted.
Koi Pond: Fabric Collage I – BlueNona C Flores
IQI Glued fabric collage, painted, stenciled, quilted. I was interested in treating fabric as if it were paper.
Butterfly GardenNona C Flores
IQI Pieced, fused applique, stencil with PaintStik, bead embroidery, image transfer with inkjet printer, machine quilted. Getting the butterfly to float over the surface of this piece was the easiest part of construction. The photos were all taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
This Must Be the PlaceIva Freeman
Machine pieced; machine quilted by Sue DiVarco. Each block done on muslin backing. Loved using mostly red and blue.
EncoreIva Freeman
Machine pieced, machine quilted.
Rainbow StarLaurie Golden
Machine pieced and quilted. Made in an IQI workshop, 2015, with Ami Simms. Quilted by Maureen Tinley. Fun and fast quilt. Ami Simms was a great teacher.
Sula Sula Sings the BluesAnne Golding
Machine applique and quilting; hand beading. Sula Sula is the Latin name for the red-footed booby, a large Pacific seabird that breeds in the Hawaiian Islands. And, yes, they really have bright red feet.
Doctor DogAnne Golding
Machine pieced and quilted. The fabric for Doctor Dog was given to me by a friend who had decided her sewing days were over. I was delighted to receive it, and envisioned a quilt that would be used by a young child at nap-time.
Escher BlocksJennie Gordon
Machine pieced and quilted. Made for my grandson, who has graduated to a big bed. Technique learned in a Karen Combs workshop.
PlaytimeMarsha Gordon
Improvisational quilting; home machine quilted. Hand stitched binding. Backing is pieced with scrap fabric, improv style. Fun, experimental and no measuring in this quilt!
Autumn PaletteMarsha Gordon
Watercolor technique made with 2″ squares of various fabrics. Home machine quilted; hand-stitched binding. Watercolor quilt made with 2″ squares of fabric.
My KaffeMarsha Gordon
Machine piecing. Hand stitched binding. Fabrics by Kaffe Fassett. Quilted by Quilter’s Heaven, Northbrook.