art quilt collection: red

Fire Break (July 2024)
8"w x 33"h
Letterpress printed and handpainted cotton, linen, velvet; commercially printed and woven cottons; appliqué; hand embroidered and quilted with cotton embroidery and sashiko threads
Art Quilt: Fire Break



Fire Line: Do Not Cross (June 2024)
34.5"w x 42"h
Overdyed cotton knit with resist fluid; cotton, hand-dyed velvet, found fabric; hand drawn and handmade stencils with metallic fabric paint; letterpress printing on cotton; reverse appliqué ; sashiko-style stitching; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Fire Line: Do Not Cross



Precarious (March 2024)
24.5"w x 44.5"h
Letterpress printed from wood type on cotton; fabric paint with handmade stencil; hand-dyed velvet; Japanese cotton; embroidery; sashiko style "crossed birds" and "arrow feather" patterns; hand and free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Precarious






Heartstrings (January 2024)
8.25"w x 37.25"h
Letterpress printed from wood type on cotton; found printed cotton; Japanese printed cotton; embroidery thread quilting; free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: Heartstrings



Ups & Downs (August 2023)
11.8”w x 11.8”h (diptych of two quilts, each 30 cm square)
monoprinted and hand-stenciled on cotton; commercially printed cotton; machine and hand quilted with cotton and silk thread
Two More Pairs of Art Quilts: Entwined and Ups & Downs


Magma: Undercurrents (December 2022)
32.5”w x 39.25”h
Letterpress printed on cotton; Hand-dyed cotton batting, pigmented silk organza; machine quilted
Art & Poetry Quilt: Magma: Undercurrents
Selected by juror Judy Kirpich for SAQA Global Exhibition, Color in Context: Red, to premiere at International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, November 2-5, 2023. Traveling: Australasian Quilt Convention, April 11 to 14, 2024, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia; Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair, July 3 to 6, 2024, International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW, Australia; Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair, July 24 to 27, 2024, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, South Wharf, Victoria, Australia; Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair, October 9 to 12, 2024, Brisbane Exhibition Centre, South Bank, Queensland, Australia; AQS QuiltWeek: Daytona Beach, Florida: February 19 – 22, 2025; Branson, Missouri: March 12-15, 2025; Paducah, Kentucky: April 23 - 26, 2025; Grand Rapids, Michigan: August 20 – 23, 2025; Lancaster, Pennsylvania: September 10 – 13, 2025



Controlled Burn (August 2022)
35.5"w x 43.75"h
Hand-dyed and commercially printed cotton, hand-dyed silk; variegated and metallic threads; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Controlled Burn



Herding Cats (December 2021)
13"w x 20"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; handmade stencil and fabric paint; shibori; ice dyed; hand quilted
Three Small Scrap Quilts



Matches Are Made of Trees (October 2020)
9.75"w x 20.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, linen and velvet; woven cotton, silk organza; random threads; hand quilted with silk thread
Matches Are Made of Trees: a Quiltlet



Big Fires Start Small (September 2020)
19.5"w x 11"h
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, linen, velvet, flannel, old corduroy shirt, hand quilted with silk thread
Big Fires Start Small: a Quiltlet



Cagey (April 2020)
19"w x 42"h
Cotton scraps with hand quilting and embroidered text
Cagey: an Art Quilt



Almost Cherry Season (March 2018)
30.5"w x 77"h
Letterpress printing from metal and wood type, linoleum block, reduction linoleum block; embroidery thread; hand quilted
New Art Quilt: Almost Cherry Season





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