art quilt collection: ocean

Home (March 2025)
39”w x 44”h
Hand-dyed cotton and linen and linen gauze; stenciled with fabric paint; reverse appliqué; pleated; Japanese woven cotton; machine pieced and hand quilted with sashiko style "rising steam," "fishing nets" and "fish scale" patterns
Art Quilt: Home



Avoid Long Lines (January 2025)
20"w x 23.75"h
Original stencils with fabric paint on cotton; reverse appliqué; hand embroidered and quilted with sashiko "fish scale" pattern and French knots
Art Quilt: Avoid Long Lines



Fate. Luck. Chance. (May 2024)
42.75"w x 35.25"h
Hand drawn and handmade stencils with fabric paint: hand-dyed cotton, linen, velvet; tea-dyed cotton, linen, velvet; ice-dyed cotton; burlap coffee sack scraps; seed beads; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Fate. Luck. Chance.



To Honor the Elders (April 2024)
30.5"w x 30.5"h
Hand drawn and handmade stencil with fabric paint; hand-dyed cotton and linen; ice-dyed cotton; reverse appliquéed; gold seed and bugle beads; hand and free-motion quilted
Nature Reading and Turtle Art Quilt: To Honor the Elders



On Turtle Time (April 2024)
31"w x 31.75"h
Hand drawn and handmade stencil with fabric paint; handmade stencil with deColourant; hand-dyed cotton; ice-dyed cotton; letterpress printed from wood type on hand-dyed cotton; reverse appliqué; hand and free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: On Turtle Time



Time Release (April 2024)
12"w x 12"h
Ice dyed cotton; hand-dyed cotton; linen; watercolor ground; fabric paint; walnut ink; acrylic ink; hand-pigmented linen thread; cotton thread; metallic thread; seed beads; handmade stencil; hand and free-motion quilted
Turtle Art Quilt: Time Release



Kelp Portrait (March 2024)
11"w x 23"h
Hand-dyed cotton; deColourant with original stencil; over-dyed original otter print cotton; sashiko thread, embroidery thread, button/craft thread; free-motion quilting; improvisational sashiko-style "fish scale" hand quilting
New Quiltlet: Kelp Portrait






Keystones (January 2024)
8"w x 24"h
Hand stenciled on original otter print design and hand-dyed cotton; found cotton; velvet; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; reverse appliqué; embroidery thread; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Keystones



Kelp: Sea Gold (November 2023)
19"w x 23.75"h
Hand-dyed velvet; letterpress printed cotton from wood type; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; watercolor ground; graphite: embroidery thread; metallic thread; variegated green cotton sashiko thread; machine pieced; free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: Kelp: Sea Gold
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.



Kelp Kelp Otter (November 2023)
33.5"w x 46.5"h
Hand-dyed velvet; letterpress printed cotton from wood type; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; perle cotton thread; metallic thread; variegated green cotton sashiko thread; machine pieced; hand quilted with sashiko-style wave pattern




Kelp Kelp Garibaldi (October 2023)
29.5”w x 45.5”h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet, flannel; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; letterpress printing from wood type on cotton; raw-edge piecing; sashiko-style quilting with "rising steam" and "fish scale" patterns; beads; cotton thread
Art Quilt: Kelp Kelp Garibaldi



The Hidden Otter (October 2023)
29.5”w x 34.25”h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; sashiko-style hand quilting in "rising steam" pattern; hand embroidery; cotton thread
Art Quilt: The Hidden Otter



Holdfast (June 2022)
21"w x 82.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, linen, and velvet; letterpress printed cotton; eco-printed cotton; embroidered; wooden beads; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Holdfast
photo by Lia Roozendaal



All the Pretty Bones (April 2022)
28"w x 46"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet, Japanese woven cotton; cotton and metallic thread; sashiko-style stitching; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: All the Pretty Bones
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.



Gift from a Gull, A Shell (February 2022)
16.25"w x 16"h
Hand-dyed velvet, cotton, linen; Japanese cotton; hand-pigmented linen and linen threads; hand quilted
How Many Notes: Three Small Quilts and Acrylic Inks



Study for a Finding (July 2021)
16.5"w x 28"h
Hand-dyed cotton, flannel, silk, sashiko thread; watercolor marker and graphite; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Study for a Finding
SOLD
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.





Deep Beneath the Ink-dark Sea (March 2021)
42.5"w x 47.5"h
Hand-dyed velvet, cotton, denim; sashiko thread, metallic thread; fluorescent paint; hand quilted
Deep Beneath the Ink-dark Sea: Art Quilt





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