DOGWOOD Appliqué Based on original artist’s water color.
DOGWOOD Gel Glue Cubist
DOGWOOD Discharge Paste + SHIVA Sticks
TAP Paper images from Bonita Springs & Naples, Florida, 8 1/2” x 11” based on original artist photographs.
Sunset in Bonita Springs, where you gather on the beach with friends, family, drinks, and chairs to watch the sun go down over the ocean. With the final rays of the setting sun just dipping below the horizon, pause…then applause! Two fabrics, Ombre Orange and Nancy Crow blue, then applique and miles of stitching left to right.
Based on original artist photographs.
Foggy morning in the Boundary Waters between Michigan & Canada. No sun yet, no moon hanging on the horizon, just a foggy morning in between.
Based on original artist photographs.
Geraniums in my window boxes, 8” x 10”
based on original artist photographs.
River Rocks of Stoney Creek is based on a nearby park that has both lakes and streams, a golf course and miles of trails. This piece was folded, dyed, then poker chip tie-dyed, gel glue resisted, then stitched and stitched. Beading was done to harken back to the bubbles made while the water rolled and tumbled over shallow stones. 10” x 14”
Based on original artist photographs.
Detail: free-motion & Gel resist.
ROOSTERS ARE A THING: My grandmother raised chickens and her favorite rooster was King, with his bright red coxcomb: applique, stitched, beaded, with a button eye. My interpretation for fun, was what happens when the rooster is up early enough to catch the first worm of the day. This piece is batik, silk dupioni in pink and turquoise, beaded ground and upcycled old hosiery for the surprised worm.
Marie Webster (1859-1956) was an accomplished quilt designer, maker, and lecturer. She was also a very savvy businesswoman. In addition, she authored ‘Quilts, Their Story, and How to Make Them’ which is still available in hardcover today. This is my riff on her Poinsettia quilt, 1917. Unlike her work of a similar image, mine began with whole white PFD cotton: painted, stitched, black & white pieced strips, then applique center and linear quilting on all the leaves and painted blue background.
Size: 30” x 38”
Detail
A Drop of Emerald Poison is my latest nature-based work. It is our latest SAQA challenge for the tri-state, Michigan, Ohio & Indiana.
I began with a photograph taken in my back yard fountain, printed using Spoonflower, then cut the leaf images apart and made 6 blocks. It’s painted, densely machine quilted, then hand-stitched. The green beetles are made with TAP paper, neon green polyester, then beaded where their markings would be. The leaves were manipulated according to the damage being done by the invasive Japanese Beetles.
