Thread painting. This was a series of 6 photos that I found in my collection. Each is a person I haveknown. The girl with the big standing doll is me! It struck me how little girls areinfluenced as we grow up and I wanted to show two different perspectives. Eachpicture is a 3×5 photo transferredContinue reading “Growing up Female 1 & 2
Acrylic paint, thread painting. Entry in NSNG guild challenge “Over the Moon”. I drew the moon on cotton fabric and traced the bird outline from a photo. The fabric was then painted with acrylics and stitched with free motion machine quilting. I wanted to show the magnificence and strength of the bird’s triumphant flight asContinue reading “Over the Moon
A friend traveled to India and brought back a photo of a man with birds flying around him as he threw food from a plastic bag. I changed the city scene to a beach setting and surrounded the man with more birds, sky and water. One of the reasons I love to use birds in my work is to show how theyContinue reading “Indian Man Feeding Birds
Thread painting of original photo. Original photo taken at the bird sanctuary in Sanibel, Florida. Thread painting using. free motion machine stitching on photo transferred to cotton fabric.
Thread painting of original photo. Original photo of peacock taken in Maui at a conservatory, thread painting using free motion machine stitching on photo transferred to cotton fabric.
Machine pieced by me and quilted by Debbie Bookman. This pattern is called Eldon by Edyta Sitar. I made one quilt with warm batik fabrics, and another in shades of gray.
Hand appliqued, machine pieced, hand and machine quilted. The Baltimore Album Quilt was started in a workshop at A Touch of Amish in Barrington. It is hand-appliqued and hand-quilted as well as machine-pieced and machine-quilted.
Machine pieced, paper pieced. During this past pandemic year, Fat Quarter Shop in Buda, Texas, has been myonline quilting resource. Kimberly Jolly and eighteen designers from Moda Fabricshosted a quilt along called “Sewcialites”. It was a free program from September 25,2020 through July 2, 2021, Every Friday, Kimberly did a demonstration of thatweek’s block onContinue reading “Cajun Shrimp