art quilt collection: birds

The Gift Givers (April-June 2025)
18"w x 20”h
Letterpress printed on cotton; hand-painted cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; decolourant with hand-drawn stencils; machine and free-motion stitching
Art Quilt: The Gift Givers



A Charm (May 2025)
19.75"w x 22”h
Hand painted and stenciled linen; embroidery; seed beads
Art Quilt: A Charm



To Protect (February 2025)
16”w x 31.5”h at the widest points
Hand drawn image stenciled on cotton; metallic fabric paint; hand-dyed cotton; cotton thread; 24k gold-lined crystal seed beads; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: To Protect



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



Waiting for Peace to Land (February 2024)
12"w x 12"h each
Hand-stenciled cotton; velvet, linen; silk binding; seed beads; reverse appliqué; hand quilted and beaded
Art Quilt(s): Waiting for Peace to Land



Where's Owl (December 2023)
21"w x 25"h
Letterpress printing from wood type on cotton; hand-dyed cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; cotton thread; reverse appliqué; embroidery; sashiko-style “crossed birds” pattern; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Where's Owl?
Accepted into juried letterpress show, Press On! at Pyramid Atlantic, MD: May 30- July 15, 2025; jurors: Allison Tipton, Manager of Globe Press at MICA in Baltimore, MD and Celene Aubry, Shop Manager and Designer-Printer of Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN



The Hidden Robin (August 2023)
30.25”w x 31”h
Hand-dyed velvet and cotton; pigmented linen; Japanese woven cotton; commercially printed cotton; cotton thread; hand quilted with sashiko "grasses" pattern
Art Quilt: The Hidden Robin






What Next / What Nest (October 2022)
32”w x 25”h
hand-dyed cotton, tea-dyed velvet; commercially printed cotton; Japanese cotton; hand-stenciled cotton with fabric paint; hand and free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: What Next / What Nest



The Hidden Parrot (November 2021)
15"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; woven taupe cotton; letterpress printing from metal and wood type; seed beads; hand quilted
Art Quilt: The Hidden Parrot
Included in the SAQA Regional, Virtual Exhibit: Monochrome
To be shown at Pacific International Quilt Festival, July 24-27, 2024: Santa Clara, CA



The Hidden Coot (September 2021)
15"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed and letterpress printed cotton, woven cotton; seed beads; hand-dyed perle cotton and sashiko threads; hand quilted
Art Quilt: The Hidden Coot
Accepted into SAQA's regional traveling exhibition, 2022-2027, Prism Play: Peninsula Museum of Art, May 20 - July 17, 2022; Texas Quilt Museum, January 11, 2024 – April 27, 2024; Sanchez Art Center, May 31 - June 30, 2024 (5 weekends), Mills Station Arts and Culture Center (MACC), October 3-19, 2024; Visions Museum of Textile Art, January 11, 2025 - April 26, 2025; Carnegie Arts Center, September 12, 2026 - January 2, 2027. Full link at SAQA here.



The Hidden Osprey (January 2021)
25.5"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed and commercially made cotton; hand quilted with silk thread
Art Quilt: The Hidden Osprey





The Hidden Owl (December 2020)
45"w x 43.5"h
Hand-dyed and commercially made cotton and linen; hand quilted
New Art Quilt: The Hidden Owl
Accepted to SAQA global exhibit, 2022-2025, SustainABILITY!
Venues: New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, October 5 - December 31, 2022; Windgate Museum of Art, Conway, Arkansas, February 3 - March 17, 2023; AQS QuiltWeek shows in 2023: Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 13-16, 2023; and Des Moines, Iowa, September 27-30, 2023; St. George Art Museum, St. George, Utah; June 1 - August 31, 2024; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA, January - April, 2025. See the Virtual Tour!


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



When Birds Sleep (December 2017)
33"w x 54"h
Letterpress printing from wood type and photopolymer plates, hand-dyed solar prints from screen shots from www.sfbayospreys.org web camera; embroidery thread, hand-stitched text; hand and machine quilting. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Golden Gate Bird Alliance.
New Art Quilt/Open Book: When Birds Sleep



Sweet Osprey Dreams (November 2017)
30"w x 53.5"h
Letterpress printing from wood type and photopolymer plates, hand-dyed solar prints from photo by the artist and screen shots from www.sfbayospreys.org web camera, embroidery thread, hand-stitched text and sashiko-style quilting (waves, fish scales), patches. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Golden Gate Bird Alliance.
New Art Quilt/Open Book: Sweet Osprey Dreams
Exhibited: California Society of Printmakers show at Bridge ArtSpace, 2018





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