Embroidery, sashiko, boro, yo-yos. I purchased this coat with the intent to embellish it, but didn’t really get the motivation until Lisa Binkley’s “Beyond Boro” NSNG class in November 2022. Embellishments are original designs. The coat was made by Susan Eastman.
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Embellished Coat
SeedlingNona C Flores
Collage of handprinted and commercial fabrics embellished with hand stitchery.
Seed PacketNona C Flores
Paper and fabric collage, embellished with hand printing and hand stitching.
Mixed MessageNona C Flores
Collage of handprinted and commercial fabrics with hand stitching.
Cheeky Rascal (Rocky)Nona C Flores
Glued raw edge applique. Longarm quilting by Sue DiVarco. Original design from my photo taken at the Morton Arboretum. Started Sept 2022 in a class with Susan Carlson at Woodland Ridge. One classmate said “his eyes follow you around the room”. Longarm quilted by Sue DiVarco.
Vintage RoseNona C Flores
Foundation paper piecing. Done in a Judy Niemeyer 6 month technique class taught by Jane Reents. Long arm quilting by Sue DiVarco. Design Source – Judy Niemeyer pattern.
Christmas Feather StarNona C Flores
Foundation paper piecing. The feathered star block was pieced in an IQI workshop taught by Barbara Black. Longarm quilting by Sue DiVarco. Design Source – 4 parts of the Washington Medallion pattern by Sue Garman.
Goldilocks for GrownupsNona C Flores
Pieced blocks, machine quilted. Design Source – Bjorn Bear block by Elizabeth Hartman
Pajamas All DayNona C Flores
Painted, stamped and silk-screened fabric with commercial and over-dyed commercial fabrics (Wendy Richardson). This is my project from a 5-day workshop given by Judy Coates-Perez in August 2018. Design Source – Original Design
PrimitiveNona C Flores
Bleach discharge on Thriftstore clothing. Longarm quilting by Amy Parker. Design Source – Original Design
At the Corner of Abbey Road and Penny LaneNona C Flores
This piece is a failed entry for a challenge to interpret a Beatles song as a quilt–it doesn’t meet the technical definition of a quilt, though the stacks of buttonhole-stitched wool circles derive from 19th century penny quilts or penny rugs, a way in which women could use up small scraps of wool to makeContinue reading “At the Corner of Abbey Road and Penny Lane
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Lotus Opens to the SunNona C Flores
None of my lines overlap in the original quadrant design which gives my piece a somewhat different look from the instructor recommendation.
Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance the BluesNona C Flores
Title is a line from David Bowie’s song “Let’s Dance”. (Machine piecing, fused applique, machine quilting, embroidery.)(3rd Place in the IQI Challenge competition)
Tea for TwoNona C Flores
The song “Tea for Two” was written by Vincent Youmans for the musical “No, No, Nanette”. Patterns for cups and teapot from a collage design by Laura Heine. (Raw-edge fused applique, machine quilted.) (1st Place in the IQI Challenge competition)
ShredderNona C Flores
Machine pieced/machine quilted. This quilt was juried into the “Words Matter” exhibit at the Art Center, Highland Park, in summer 2021.
Easter Morning 2020Nona C Flores
Machine pieced, raw-edge fused applique, long arm quilted. I completed this quilt top on Easter morning 2020. The design is “Towards the Sun” by Robin Pickens. Sue DiVarco designed and completed the longarm quilting.
I See The Moon and the Moon Sees MeNona C Flores
Rubbings and stencilled images using ShivaPaintstiks; machine quilted. Swarovskicrystal embellishments. I did most of the center panel during an on-line class with Shelly Stokes on Paintstiktechniques.
Bird of Paradise – Jester in the GardenNona C Flores
Fused applique / machine applique. Designed in Jane Sassaman’s Abstracting from Nature workshop at Woodland Ridge Retreat, March 2018.