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.