Guild Archives

Danger and caution tape are physical barriers to keep us in/out, safe or in peril. The title refers to an often-used phrase of the last year “These Uncertain Times”. (Plastic caution and construction warning tape, bird-fencing, hand-dyed and commercial fabric. Machine stitched.)

Hand-dyed cotton fabric, mixed content fiber fragments, tulle. Threads, cords, ribbons. Heat bonded applique, machine stitched. Inspired by a winter walk on South Padre Island.

Hand-dyed cotton fabrics, heat bonded applique; Machine embroidered and quilted. This piece is a reflection on the high energy experience of training for and competing in 3 Ironman triathlons.

Hand-dyed, sun-printed cotton with images of leaves, tulle, netting. Machine stitched. Fall is my favorite season: color, light, change.

Hand-dyed cotton, torn and cut fragments, heat bonded applique, machine stitched. This garden needs no watering or weeding. It is always in bloom.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, heat bonded, tulle, netting, trapped threads, cording & selvedges. Machine stitched. Bombarded by information, technology and media we are sometimes overwhelmed.

Hand-cut and torn Hand-dyed fabric, Improvisational composition Machine stitched.

Hand -dyed and commercial fabrics, over-dyed recycled clothing, Improvisational composition, Machine stitched.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabric, Improvisational composition, Machine stitched.

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, Recycled clothing, scraps and threads Improvisational composition, Machine stitched.

Hand-dyed and commercial fiber fragments, found objects, tulle, candy wrappers, etc! Heat-bonded, machine stitched. With 4 kids and 3 grandkids I find myself recycling lots of things in my artwork…candy wrappers abound. Design Source – Original

Commercial fabrics, digital photographs, maps, stamps, candy wrappers, heat-bonded collage, machine stitched. There are subtle sepia-toned images of family members throughout the quilt. We are all bound together in our various liferoutes. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed/painted fabric. Heat bonded collage, machine stitched. Seeing a beautiful garden always inspires my “happy dance”. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, sun-printed image of leaves. Heat bonding, machine stitched. Hiking in the woods in late winter and looking into frozen debris at the trail’s edge inspired this piece. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed, sheer organza and tulle fabrics, candy wrappers, yarn, thread. Machine stitched. I enjoyed the color, light and playfulness of sheer netting and tulle while creating this piece. Design Source – Original

Hand-dyed & commercial fabrics, heat bonded, machine-stitched. Found objects, buttons, paper cups, toys, tulle. I taught gymnastics for about 20 years. The ribbons were a favorite activity for kids & coaches alike.

Hand-dyed, wax painted, machine felted and quilted. Riding my bike outdoors is a favorite past time providing exercise & inspiration.