Silk charmeuse pieces were first dye painted with procion dyes. Further surface design was done using paints and multiple techniques. This piece incorporates multiple surface design techniques. These include dye painting, arashi shibori using both dye and paint, stenciling and printing. Each shawl I make is a one of a kind piece. Design Source –Continue reading “Reversible Pieced Silk Shawl
Machine piecing; hand quilting; indigo-dyed; katazome (rice resist) printed fabric. I was inspired during many late afternoon skis in the woods, when the rapidly-setting sun changes the sky from deep blue to pink and finally to gray, and those magical moments when the bare treetops seem to be dipped in gold. This piece began inContinue reading “Winter Sunset
Painted paper collage. This piece was made in am Elizabeth St. Hillaire workshop. Using Golden liquid acrylic paints the apple, background and foreground were painted onto a 12″x12″ pre-sized canvas board. Next, papers were painted the multi-colors of the board using many techniques, including a Gelli-Plate. Papers were then painstakingly applied to painted apple usingContinue reading “Happy Apple
This quilt is machine pieced and quilted. The Toasty Tilt Quilt is machine pieced and quilted. It is a Kaffe Fassett design. Design Source – Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Design
The Double Bordered Diamond Quilt is a Kaffe Fassett design. This quilt is machine pieced and quilted. Design Source – from the book “Color Quilt Biography”
Paper and machine pieced, longarm quilted. This quilt is the 2017 Block of the Month from “The Quilt Show”, the online quilt community hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. The designer was Sue Garman, who had designed several previous BOMs for TQS. I met Sue in 2014 and was struck by her generous natureContinue reading “The Halo Medallion