art quilt collection: abstracts

The Letters (December 2024)
19.75"w x 38"h
Hand-drawn pattern stenciled with fabric paint and deColourant on hand-dyed cotton; velvet; commercially printed cotton; embroidery; hand quilting
Art Quilt: The Letters



Interior Monologue (December 2024)
28"w x 49"h
Hand-drawn and stenciled with metallic gold fabric paint on found fabric; letterpress printed on black Kona cotton; seed beads
Art Quilt: Interior Monologue



Forest Bathing (October 2024)
18.25”w x 45.25”h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; commercially printed cotton; Japanese cotton; cotton, linen, silk threads; seed beads; hand and free-motion machine quilting
Art Quilt: Forest Bathing



Collective Good (September 2024)
20"w x 26"h
Hand-dyed velvet, linen, and cotton; hand-painted and pigmented linen; masked images; hand and machine quilted with sashiko-style "fishing nets"
Sea Star Gift and Quilts: Asteroidea and Collective Good



Footfall (August 2024)
28.25"w x 45.5"h
Hand pigmented, letterpress printed from wood type, and hand-dyed cotton, linen, and velvet; seed beads; hand quilted with cotton sashiko threads
Art Quilt: Footfall






I Was Hoping We Could Have a Conversation (August 2023)
24-26”w x 19-20.5”h (irregular size)
Hand-dyed cotton; hand-stenciled on cotton; cotton and linen offcuts; machine and hand quilted with cotton and linen thread
Art Quilt: I Was Hoping We Could Have a Conversation



I Worry About the Sky (July 2022)
24"w x 23.25"h
Hand-dyed cotton and silk scraps, Japanese woven cotton scraps, silk organza; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: I Worry About the Sky
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.



Rainbow Roll (April 2022)
21"w x 83"h
Hand-dyed and commercially printed cotton, flannel, velvet, and silk; machine quilted with black and metallic gold thread
Art Quilt: Rainbow Roll
Juried into show Hers, His, Theirs, Ours: Queer Expression!; Pajaro Valley Arts, Watsonville, CA; May 28 - July 13, 2025; jurors: Melissa West & Jorge Guillen a.k.a. Xinistra Gl’Amour
Virtual tour is here!
photo by Lia Roozendaal



Midnight Zephyr: Small Craft Advisory (March 2022)
32.5"w x 36.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, silk, silk organza; reverse appliqué; cotton thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Midnight Zephyr: Small Craft Advisory
Selected by Elizabeth Rooklidge, juror, for the SAQA exhibition, Primal Forces: Wind. Exhibit dates: August 4, 2023 - January 9, 2024 at The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY; February 8 - April 26, 2024 at Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History, Lewiston, ID; Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival, Rosemont, Illinois: May 1-3, 2026; H-H Americas, Rosemont, Illinois: May 6-8, 2026. See all dates at main exhibit link here.



Be Light (May 2021)
29"w x 47"h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet, flannel; sashiko thread, metallic thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Be Light



Wishing Stars (September 2020)
20"w x 46.5"h
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, linen, velvet; seed beads; hand quilted with cotton threads, and machine quilted with metallic silver thread
Wishing Stars: an Art Quilt



Looking for Joy (March 2020)
34.5"w x 41.75"h
Variety of velvet, cotton, silk, and linen scraps: some letterpress or solar-printed, some plain.
Looking for Joy: a New Art Quilt



Don't Look Behind You (July 2019)
44"w x 78"h
Tie-dyed cotton and hand-stenciled crow feathers, hand-quilting, cotton edges
Art Quilt: Don't Look Behind You





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