art quilt collection: black and gold

Morning Again (June 2025)
20” x 22.75”
Hand-dyed velvet; hand-painted cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; machine pieced and hand quilted
Art Quilt: Morning Again



Ashes Ashes (June 2025)
15.5”h x 16"w
letterpress printed cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; hand-painted cotton; commercially printed cotton; appliqué; beads; hand-quilted with sashiko “grasses” and “waves” patterns
Art Quilt: Ashes Ashes



Legacy: What You Do (June 2025)
37.25” x 31.75”
Hand-stenciled on cotton and linen with metallic gold fabric paint; hand-dyed and commercial cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; embroidery; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Legacy: What You Do



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



Girl with Stars (August 2024)
13.75"w x 21"h
Hand-dyed and painted cotton; Kona cotton; commercially printed cotton; stenciled image; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Girl with Stars



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
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






Owl Construction (January 2024)
25"w x 41.5"h
Letterpress printed from wood type on cotton; found cotton; Japanese cotton yarn-dyed and printed cotton; embroidery thread; free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: Owl Construction



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



Between Silence and Shout (May 2022)
18"w x 28.5"h
Letterpress printing on cotton, Japanese cotton; polyester, silk, and variety of fabrics; tacked by hand and machine quilted with metallic thread
The Gold Art Quilt: Between Silence and Shout



Would He Hide Me (November 2021)
30.5"w x 44.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; woven taupe cotton; handmade stencils: deColourant, fabric paint; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Would He Hide Me
Accepted to SAQA Virtual Gallery exhibition, "Textile Expressionism" and debuted July 1, 2022. (Take a tour of the virtual gallery at the link.)
Accepted into the de Young Open 2023; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Sept. 30, 2023 - January 7, 2024. Featured in BathHouse Journal #26: Known/UNknown.



City Share (June 2021)
25"w x 40"h
Hand-stenciled cotton, decolored cotton, woven cotton, velvet, sashiko thread, embroidery thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: City Share



Everything Is Temporary (January 2019)
40.5"w x 50.5"h
Embroidery on machine-pieced, hand-dyed and resist-dyed cotton, printed cotton, brushed cotton backing
New Poem Art Quilt: Everything Is Temporary



Conversation (March 2018)
19"w x 20"h
Scraps pleated from previous quilts. Printed from solar-dyed cloth,
letterpress printing from wood type and linoleum blocks, embroidery thread; hand quilted
Conversation: A New Art Quilt
Exhibited: Home 1: Berkeley Art Center, CA, 2018; Accepted to SAQA SOFA Chicago 2022 (although exhibition ultimately was cancelled) by juror Carol Sauvion (Executive Director and Producer of PBS series, Craft in America)









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