art quilt collection: stenciled layers

Melt Away (March 2025)
30.5”w x 37”h (main body; 52" includes streamers")
Cotton; silk organza; ribbon; stenciled with fabric paint; reverse appliqué; silver-lined crystal seed beads; iridescent clear sequins; machine pieced and hand quilted
Art Quilt: Melt Away



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



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



Palm Reading (December 2024)
20"w x 45.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton; commercially printed cotton; hand-drawn and stenciled with fabric paint and deColourant; reverse appliqué; embroidery; hand-quilted with variegated cotton and hand-dyed perle cotton thread
Art Quilt: Palm Reading



Angling (October 2024)
22"w x 34"h
Hand-dyed cotton; cotton; hand-drawn and stenciled with fabric paint; sequins; reverse appliqué; hand-embroiderered quilting
Art Quilt: Angling



Asteroidea (September 2024)
21"w x 33"h
Hand-dyed velvet and cotton; hand-painted cotton; reverse appliqué; stenciled image; hand and machine quilted
Sea Star Gift and Quilts: Asteroidea and Collective Good



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



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



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


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