art quilts
The art quilt is a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure. —Studio Art Quilt Associates
Quilting snuck up on me. I made my first quilt when I was thirteen and dabbled more as our family needed coverings for our beds. My process took a turn five years after my young son died, and I letterpress printed a poem on cloth to heal. I ripped the material—as one does in mourning—and layered and sewed it. What was this thing I had made? I now know it is called an Art Quilt.
Having previously worked small for more than thirty years making books and cards, I find that making quilts allows me to continue to pay attention to each small part, while at the same time it enables me to work toward a much larger whole.
As a printmaker and writer, I am fascinated with marks and traces and how they become symbols for and signs of the people and beings who were there before. Each piece functions as a page where I can print from linoleum blocks, photopolymer plates, stencils, or type, and then embroider and quilt a longer text or texture. The photographic possibilities for solar printing from my own photographic imagery as well as hand-dyeing techniques also appeal to me. I like the space between images and words, colors and titles, where the viewer must interpret or fill in the gap, a little mysterious leap of inference.
I work in many sizes, and I've found that working with half of a twin size is perfect. It's also my height and wingspan. But even in the smaller quilts I embody the other half of the twin, the facing page, an open book.
*
(It may take time for the photos to load.)
*
Short descriptions and price list for quilts from the exhibition Nature on Loan may be found in this pdf. Video tour of the exhibit is here.
*
![long](images/fire-break.jpg)
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
![small](images/outlier.jpg)
Outlier (June 2024)
11.25"w x 13.25"h
Scraps of hand-dyed, painted, pigmented cotton, linen, and velvet; found fabric; painted cotton knit appliqué; circle inset; sashiko "rising steam" pattern; hand quilted
24-Hour Scrap Quiltlet: Outlier
![quilt](images/fire-line.jpg)
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
![collagelike](images/a-way.jpg)
A Way (June 2024)
32"w x 36.5"h
Hand drawn and handmade stencils with fabric paint; hand-dyed cotton, solar-dyed cotton, linen, silk organza; embroidered; free-motion and hand quilted
Art Quilt: A Way, and Wen Redmond's Inspiration
![horizontal](images/fate-luck-chance.jpg)
Fate. Luck. Chance. (May 2024)
42.75"w x 35.25"h
Hand drawn and handmade stencils with fabric paint: hand-dyed cotton, linen, velvet; tea-dyed cotton, linen, velvet; ice-dyed cotton; burlap coffee sack scraps; seed beads; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Fate. Luck. Chance.
![square](images/elders.jpg)
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
![square](images/turtletime.jpg)
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
![square](images/time-release.jpg)
Time Release (April 2024)
12"w x 12"h
Ice dyed cotton; hand-dyed cotton; linen; watercolor ground; fabric paint; walnut ink; acrylic ink; hand-pigmented linen thread; cotton thread; metallic thread; seed beads; handmade stencil; hand and free-motion quilted
Turtle Art Quilt: Time Release
![quilt](images/precarious.jpg)
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
![small](images/kelp-portrait.jpeg)
Kelp Portrait (March 2024)
11"w x 23"h
Hand-dyed cotton; over-dyed original otter print cotton; sashiko thread, embroidery thread, button/craft thread; free-motion quilting; improvisational sashiko-style "fish scale" hand quilting
New Quiltlet: Kelp Portrait
![long](images/unmoored.jpg)
Unmoored (March 2024)
19.5"w x 44"h
Hand-dyed cotton; letterpress printed from wood type on cotton; fabric paint with handmade stencil; silk thread; cotton thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Unmoored
Accepted to Marin Museum of Contemporary Art's Open, July 13 - September 28, 2024; juried by Facundo Arganaraz, Mariah Nielson, Lawrence Rinder, Mari Robles, and Donna Seager.
![two](images/waiting-for-peace.jpg)
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
![small](images/trees-live.jpeg)
We're Gonna Live in the Trees (January 2024)
15.75"w x 27.5"h
Letterpress printed from wood type on cotton; found cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; cotton thread; free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: We're Gonna Live in the Trees
![small](images/keystones.jpg)
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
![quilt](images/owl-construction.jpg)
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
![long](images/heartstrings.jpeg)
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
![quilt](images/home.png)
Home More or Less (December 2023)
42.5"w x 30"h
Letterpress printed from wood type on cotton; hand-dyed cotton and linen; hand-dyed velvet; hand-pigmented linen; yarn-dyed Japanese cotton; embroidery thread quilting; free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: Home More or Less
![quilt](images/wheres-owl.jpg)
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?
![small](images/at-the-edge.jpg)
At the Edge (November 2023)
14"w x 12"h
Linen, ice-dyed cotton; cotton and metallic threads; watercolor ground; watercolor; metallic brush pen; hand quilting; free-motion quilting
At the Edge: a Quiltlet
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.
![quilt](images/kelp-sea-gold.jpg)
Kelp: Sea Gold (November 2023)
19"w x 23.75"h
Hand-dyed velvet; letterpress printed cotton from wood type; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; watercolor ground; graphite: embroidery thread; metallic thread; variegated green cotton sashiko thread; machine pieced; free-motion quilted
Art Quilt: Kelp: Sea Gold
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.
![quilt](images/kelp-kelp-otter.jpg)
Kelp Kelp Otter (November 2023)
33.5"w x 46.5"h
Hand-dyed velvet; letterpress printed cotton from wood type; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; perle cotton thread; metallic thread; variegated green cotton sashiko thread; machine pieced; hand quilted with sashiko-style wave pattern
![quilt](images/kelp-kelp-garibaldi.jpg)
Kelp Kelp Garibaldi (October 2023)
29.5”w x 45.5”h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet, flannel; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; letterpress printing from wood type on cotton; raw-edge piecing; sashiko-style quilting with "rising steam" and "fish scale" patterns; beads; cotton thread
Art Quilt: Kelp Kelp Garibaldi
![quilt](images/hidden-otter.jpeg)
The Hidden Otter (October 2023)
29.5”w x 34.25”h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; sashiko-style hand quilting in "rising steam" pattern; hand embroidery; cotton thread
Art Quilt: The Hidden Otter
![abstract](images/hoping-conversation.jpg)
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
![two](images/ups-downs.jpg)
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
![two](images/entwined.jpg)
Entwined (August 2023)
11.8”w x 11.8”h (diptych of two quilts, each 30 cm square)
monoprinted and hand-stenciled on cotton; Japanese woven cotton; machine quilted
Two More Pairs of Art Quilts: Entwined and Ups & Downs
![two](images/one-crow-comforts-me.jpg)
One Crow Comforts Me (August 2023)
11.8”w x 11.8”h (diptych of two quilts, each 30 cm square)
monoprinted and hand-stenciled on cotton; hand-dyed cotton; hand quilted with cotton thread
poem by Alisa Golden published by Eunoia Review: One Crow Comforts Me
Art Quilt: One Crow Comforts Me
![abstract](images/hidden-robin.jpg)
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
![onion](images/all-is-not-lost.jpg)
All Is Not Lost (July 2023)
32”w x 43”h
Hand-dyed velvet and cotton; Japanese woven cotton; commercial cotton; silk organza; deColourant; hand-dyed linen thread; embroidery and metallic thread; embroidered and hand quilted
Art Quilt: All Is Not Lost
![cloudlike](images/heart-of-the-galaxy.jpg)
Heart of the Galaxy (July 2023)
43”w x 28”h
Hand-dyed silk and velvet; faux leather; repurposed corduroy pants; silk organza; fabric paint; embroidery thread; masked and painted; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Heart of the Galaxy
![collage](images/count_zero_point_one.jpg)
Count Zero Point One (June 2023)
36.5”w x 45.25”h
Painted and stenciled cotton; hand-dyed velvet; faux leather; lace; vintage glove; metallic fabric paint, acrylic ink; hand quilted with cotton thread; hand-embroidered with metallic thread
Art Quilt: Count Zero Point One
![narrow](images/we-built-across-the-land.jpg)
We Built Across the Land & Then We Took the Sky (March 2023)
16”w x 36”h
Cotton, velvet; metallic fabric paint, acrylic ink; hand quilted with cotton thread; hand-embroidered with silk thread; hand-inked wood type printed via letterpress
Art Quilt: We Built Across the Land & Then We Took the Sky
![pieced](images/birch-dance.jpg)
Birch Dance (February 2023)
20”w x 34.5”h
Cotton scraps; hand-stenciled with metallic fabric paint; hand quilted with cotton thread
Art Quilt: Birch Dance
![quilt](images/magma.png)
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
![pieced](images/around-the-curve.jpeg)
Around the Curve (December 2022)
33”w x 40”h
Hand-dyed cotton, solar-printed cotton, velvet; acrylic ink, fabric paint, fabric crayons, oil stick; hand-quilted and embroidered with cotton and metallic embroidery threads
Art & Poetry Quilt: Around the Curve
![painted and pieced quilt with kaleidoscopic pumpkin and leaf shapes](images/harvest.jpg)
Pumpkin Harvest (October 2022)
17”w x 22”h
hand-painted cotton with fabric paint, canvas; hand quilting
Painted Quilt: Pumpkin Harvest
![pieced quilt with abstract and fragmented shapes](images/whatnext-whatnest.jpg)
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
![quilt with abstract mermaid tail and waves](images/mermaid.jpg)
Mermaid Tail (September 2022)
31.25”w x 40.5”h
hand-dyed cotton, velvet, linen; Velma-dyed cotton; corduroy, flannel; hand-stenciled with fabric paint; hand and free-motion quilting
Mermaid Tail Lap Quilt, a Gift
![pieced quilt divided into a grid of nine squares](images/check-all-boxes.jpg)
Check All Boxes (September 2022)
22"w x 23.5"h
Letterpress printed cotton from wood type, linocuts; Japanese cotton; hand and free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Check All Boxes
![pieced horizontal strip quilt with various textures and printed words crossed out and free motion quilting of the words I can't tell you](images/redacted.jpg)
Redacted (September 2022)
34.25"w x 32.5"h
Letterpress printed cotton from wood and metal type, linocuts, engravings, and collagraphs; Japanese cotton; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Redacted
Selected by juror Christine Aaron for SAQA + CSP Exhibition, Printed & Stitched: May 20 - June 16, 2023 at Art Ark Gallery in San Jose, CA; Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA; October 28, 2023 - March 17, 2024; San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA; April 28 - September 1, 2024; Maloof Foundation for Arts & Crafts, Alta Loma, CA; Tentative dates February 16, 2025 - June 29, 2025; touring thereafter with Exhibit Envoy until July 2027. Full link at SAQA here.
![pieced abstract quilt with embroidered diagram of regenerative receiver](images/radio-silence.jpg)
Radio Silence (August 2022)
35.5"w x 35"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; Japanese cotton; hand embroidery; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Radio Silence
![pieced abstract quilt with small shapes including images of gears](images/gearsears.jpg)
Gears and Ears (August 2022)
24.25"w x 23"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; letterpress printed cotton from linocut; Japanese cotton; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Gears and Ears
![pieced abstract fiery quilt with small shapes askew in a sea of contrasting color](images/controlledburn.jpeg)
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
![quilt with large pieced egg or pear shape and linocut prints on cotton of a windblown woman wading in the water](images/water-is-rising.jpg)
The Water Is Rising and I'm Looking for a Bridge (July 2022)
24"w x 37.25"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet, letterpress printed cotton; appliqué; hand and free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: The Water Is Rising and I'm Looking for a Bridge.
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.
![long narrow quilt with abstract shapes and three silk organza streamers sewn in](images/whatabouttrees.jpeg)
What About the Trees (July 2022)
7"w x 32.5"h
Hand-pigmented and dyed cotton and silk scraps, silk organza; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: What About the Trees
![quilt of floating shapes and checkerboard at bottom with seven silk organza streamers sewn in](images/worrysky.jpeg)
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.
![quilt of pieced and stacked horizontal rectangles 15 high by 6 wide with inset stitched raw edge rectangles](images/waiting.jpg)
Waiting (June 2022)
29.5"w x 18"h
Variety of cotton and linen scraps; raw-edge appliqué; hand-quilted with stitches of Morse code letters "C" and "T"
Scrap Art Quilt: Waiting
![quilt of pieced giant kelp with dimensional bulbs and waving fronds](images/holdfast1.jpg)
Holdfast (June 2022)
21"w x 82.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, linen, and velvet; letterpress printed cotton; eco-printed cotton; embroidered; wooden beads; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Holdfast
photo by Lia Roozendaal
![shimmery gold quilt made up of pieced rectangles with some quilted flowers](images/gold.jpg)
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
![quilt with abstracted seashell imagery organized in squares loosely like nautilus proportions](images/all-the-pretty-bones.jpg)
All the Pretty Bones (April 2022)
28"w x 46"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet, Japanese woven cotton; cotton and metallic thread; sashiko-style stitching; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: All the Pretty Bones
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.
![long narrow quilt with pieced colored rectangles that go through twelve colors of the rainbow from redviolet to violet and gold zigzag stitching](images/rainbowroll.jpg)
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
photo by Lia Roozendaal
![quilt with layered streamers in triangular wing shape and wind symbol stitches and triangular silk pennant](images/midnightz.jpg)
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 More dates to follow (at main exhibit link).
![abstract pieced quilt with strips and stitched flowers and embroidered poem on a black background](images/daffodils.jpg)
At the Curb (March 2022)
26.75"w x 39.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, Japanese woven cotton; cotton thread; embroidered and machine quilted
Art Quilt: At the Curb
![round abstract pieced quilt with linoleum block pattern like lichen or dragons and quilted lines like crossed tree branches](images/dragons.jpg)
Dragons in the Canopy (March 2022)
30.25" round
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; Japanese cotton; letterpress printed from linoleum block; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Dragons in the Canopy
![abstract pieced quilt with 9 x 9 squares in oak tree colors and embroidered outlines of oak leaves](images/oak.jpg)
Sown by a Squirrel, an Oak (February 2022)
16.5"w x 16.25"h
Hand-dyed cotton; Japanese cotton; velvet; corduroy; hand-pigmented linen and linen threads; hand quilted
One More Small Quilt: Sown by a Squirrel, an Oak
![abstract pieced quilt with 9 x 9 squares in magnolia flower colors in the lower right diagonal half](images/blooms-before-leaves-magnolia.jpg)
Blooms Before Leaves: Magnolia (February 2022)
16.25"w x 16"h
Hand-dyed velvet, cotton, linen; Japanese cotton; hand-pigmented linen and linen threads; hand quilted
How Many Notes: Three Small Quilts and Acrylic Inks
![abstract pieced quilt with 9 x 9 squares with light on a diagonal pointing right and mussel shell colors around the edges](images/gift-from-a-gull-a-shell.jpg)
Gift from a Gull, A Shell (February 2022)
16.25"w x 16"h
Hand-dyed velvet, cotton, linen; Japanese cotton; hand-pigmented linen and linen threads; hand quilted
How Many Notes: Three Small Quilts and Acrylic Inks
![abstract pieced quilt with 9 x 9 squares in pond colors with four light squares in the upper one third](images/pond-no-collecting.jpg)
Pond/No Collecting (February 2022)
16.5"w x 16.5"h
Ice-dyed velvet, hand-dyed cotton, linen, silk; Japanese cotton; hand-pigmented linen and linen threads; hand quilted
How Many Notes: Three Small Quilts and Acrylic Inks
![pieced quilt with Japanese fabrics and hole with bamboo and wooden bead windchimes](images/windsong.jpg)
Wind Song (February 2022)
30.5"w x 43.75"h
Various Japanese cotton fabrics, linen, hand-dyed velvet; stencil with fabric paint; embroidered poem; hand-dyed perle cotton; cotton and metallic threads; bamboo, wooden beads, waxed linen thread
Themes and Art Quilt: Wind Song
![pieced abstract quilt with meandering stitches like tree trunks and branches](images/winter-branches.jpg)
Winter Branches Make More Perches (January 2022)
16"w x 15.25"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; shibori and tie-dye; hand quilted with cotton and metallic thread
Three Small Scrap Quilts
![pieced abstract quilt with meandering stitches and scattered small cats](images/herding_cats.jpg)
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
![pieced abstract quilt with meandering stitches](images/flying_in_the_rain.jpg)
Flying in the Rain (December 2021)
9"w x 25.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; ice dyed; hand quilted
Three Small Scrap Quilts
![pieced quilt of image made up of squares of a woman shading her daughter with parasol as they walk](images/wings.jpg)
In the Shadow of Wings (December 2021)
33.25"w x 46.75"h
Hand-dyed and solar printed cotton; woven taupe cotton; embroidered words: shelter, shadow, wings; hand quilted
Art Quilt: In the Shadow of Wings
![pieced quilt vertical strips of a silhouette interspersed with the words of the title and quilted in horizontal lines](images/would-he-hide-me.jpg)
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.
![pieced quilt with parrot made up of squares](images/parrot.jpg)
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
![pieced quilt with bare tree branches against sky blue and periwinkle velvets](images/climb.jpg)
Climb into the Sky (November 2021)
35.25"w x 45.75"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; woven taupe cotton; tie-dye and overdye; hand quilted with metallic and cotton embroidery threads and hand-dyed perle cotton thread
Art Quilt: Climb into the Sky
![pieced quilt with an eagle flying up through strips of trees](images/catching-up.jpg)
Catching Up (October 2021)
19.25"w x 20.5"h
Solar printing; woven cloth; muslin-backed silk; appliqué; sashiko thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Catching Up
NFS
![pieced quilt with horizontal strips and three velvet pieces and quilting in morse code for fog sun and hope](images/fog.jpg)
Through the Fog (October 2021)
30.25"w x 18"h
Hand-dyed cotton, woven cotton, cotton, hand-dyed velvet; hand-dyed cotton and linen thread, sashiko thread; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Through the Fog
![pieced quilt with horizontal strips and three velvet pieces and quilting in morse code for fog sun and hope](images/indivisible-liberty.jpg)
Indivisible (October 2021)
29"w x 40"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet, woven cotton, hand-dyed silk organza; stencil; letterpress printed; metallic, cotton, silk threads; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Indivisible (Liberty and Justice for All)
![pieced quilt with squares that make up an American coot looking over its shoulder](images/coot.jpg)
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.
![pieced quilt with squares that make up a dog on her hind legs with paws up on a windowsill](images/romy.jpg)
The Hidden Dog (September 2021)
15"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed fabrics: velvet, cotton, silk; woven cotton; letterpress printed cotton, silk binding, silk organza binding; seed beads; embroidery thread; hand quilted
Art Quilt: The Hidden Dog
Included in the SAQA Regional, Virtual Exhibit: Monochrome
NFS
![pieced quilt with stripes bird wings along left side and abstract piecings on right and text that says they work together](images/kea1.jpg)
I Like a Kea (1) (August 2021)
36.5"w x 22"h
Hand-dyed cotton, hand-dyed cotton from Velma Bolyard, commercially dyed cotton, sashiko and embroidery thread; hand quilted
New Quilts: I Like A Kea (1) & (2)
![pieced quilt with bird tail at upper right like a sunburst and text that says from nests in the ground to the sky to fly](images/kea2.jpg)
I Like a Kea (2) (August 2021)
36.5"w x 23"h
Hand-dyed cotton, commercially dyed cotton, sashiko and embroidery thread; hand and machine quilted
New Quilts: I Like A Kea (1) & (2)
![collagelike quilt with embroidered chickadees and sun in the center](images/chickadees.jpg)
Hello Chickadees (July 2021)
23.5"w x 30.75"h
Hand-dyed cotton, commercially printed cotton, woven cotton, velvet, sashiko and embroidery thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Hello Chickadees
![collagelike quilt with six panels each painted with the same mussel shell fragment in different positions](images/mussel.jpg)
Study for a Finding (July 2021)
16.5"w x 28"h
Hand-dyed cotton, flannel, silk, sashiko thread; watercolor marker and graphite; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Study for a Finding
SOLD
Featured with five other quilts in online magazine TILT 0004.
![collagelike quilt with abstract pieces and leaflike shapes](images/green.jpg)
It's Not Easy (July 2021)
24"w x 43"h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet, woven cotton, sashiko thread; seed beads; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: It's Not Easy
![collagelike quilt with abstract pieces and flowerlike shapes](images/pink2.jpg)
Just Embrace the Pink (June 2021)
18.5"w x 33.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet, woven cotton, sashiko thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Just Embrace the Pink (twin)
![collagelike quilt with random letters and various textures and stencil of crow and two girls](images/cityshare.jpg)
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
![quilt with stitched and stenciled origami bird shapes](images/foldingbirds.jpg)
Folding Birds (June 2021)
24.5"w x 35.5"h
Hand-stenciled decolored cotton, woven cotton, sashiko thread, embroidery thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Folding Birds
SOLD
![abstract rectangles in shades of hot pink with center flower and leaflike image](images/pink1.jpg)
Embrace the Pink (June 2021)
18.5"w x 33"h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet, woven cotton, sashiko thread; hand and machine quilted
Art Quilt: Embrace the Pink
![abstract rectangles in shades of dark blue with bursts of light and contrasting gold stripe on the left](images/belight.jpg)
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
![embroidered infinity symbols on long horizontal strip with tree branch shapes](images/infinity.jpeg)
Infinity Tree (May 2021)
36"w x 8.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, velvet; sashiko thread, metallic thread; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Infinity Tree
![embroidered octopus and jellyfish on worn denim](images/deep-beneath.png)
Deep Beneath the Ink-dark Sea (March 2021)
42.5"w x 47.5"h
Hand-dyed velvet, cotton, denim; sashiko thread, metallic thread; fluorescent paint; hand quilted
Deep Beneath the Ink-dark Sea: Art Quilt
![osprey perched on a rail made up of colored squares](images/osprey.png)
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
![keyboard cover with vertical rectangles](images/keys.jpeg)
Keys (January 2021)
22"w x 11"h x 3"d
Hand-dyed, woven and commercially printed cotton and linen; hand-stenciled; letterpress printing from wood type; hand quilted with cotton thread
Scrap Art Quilt: Keys
![approaching cat made up of colored squares](images/cat.png)
The Hidden Cat (December 2020)
23.5"w x 43"h
Hand-dyed and commercially made cotton; hand quilted
The Hidden Cat: Art Quilt
![owl on a tree branch made up of colored squares](images/owl-8.png)
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!
![vertically oriented with outlines of birds and with beads throughout](images/wrens-8.png)
A Chime of Wrens (November 2020)
10.5"w x 18"h
Woven cotton; seed beads and onyx beads; bound with hand-dyed cotton made by Velma Bolyard; hand quilted with embroidery and cotton threads
A Chime of Wrens: a New Textile SOLD
![vertically oriented with match shapes running like horizontal stripes](images/matches-8.png)
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
![vertically oriented reverse appliqueed quilt with leaf shapes and embroidered vine with beaded flames](images/plague-8.png)
The Plague. The Fire. The Fall (October 2020)
24"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; commercially dyed cotton, woven cotton; seed beads; reverse appliqué; hand quilted with variegated thread and cotton thread
The Plague. The Fire. The Fall.: New Art Quilt
SOLD
![vertically oriented pieced quilt with many small house shapes and large tree](images/breakingday-8.png)
Breaking Day (October 2020)
25.5"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed cotton, linen, velvet, silk; woven cotton; painted cotton with glow-in-the-dark paint; hand quilted with cotton threads
Breaking Day: Art Quilt
NFS
![vertically oriented pieced quilt with embroidered spheres and one beaded sphere](images/wishingstars-8.png)
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
![vertically oriented pieced quilt with squares in tree colors and textures with central larger rectangle of radial lines and patches like haze](images/burnzone-8.png)
Burn Zone (September 2020)
29"w x 42"h
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, linen, velvet; hand quilted with silk and cotton threads, and machine quilted with variegated thread
Burn Zone: New Art Quilt
![horizontally oriented pieced quilt with squares in tree colors and textures with beaded flame](images/bigfiresstartsmall-8.png)
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
![pieced quilt with geometric arched border and squares and scattered metallic silver lines](images/rough-patch-8.png)
Rough Patch (September 2020)
15"w x 23"h
Hand-dyed cotton, commercially printed cotton, linen, velvet, flannel, metallic embroidery thread, hand and machine quilted
Rough Patch: a New Quiltlet
![pieced quilt with random rectangles and tickets printed on some cloth and black border embroidered with the words a secret thorn torn halfway between truth and fear admit one](images/admission-8.png)
Admission (August 2020)
18.5"w x 37.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, letterpress and commercially printed cotton, linen, silk thread, hand quilted
Admission: a New Quiltlet
![pieced long and thin triangles on a black background with rectangular photo of cactus flower in lower right](images/spike-spike-bloom-8.png)
Spike Spike Bloom (July 2020)
45"w x 43"h
Cotton; solar printing from original photos; hand quilted with cotton sashiko thread
Spike Spike Bloom: Art Quilt
![5 appliqueed flying eagle silhouettes with rectangle beacon and embroidered poem](images/aquila-8.png)
Aquila (July 2020)
19.5"w x 29.5"h
Hand-dyed silk, hand tie-dyed cotton; appliqué embroidery; silk and metallic thread
Aquila: Eagle Constellation Quiltlet
![26 appliqueed profiles randomly facing right and left on quilt](images/tellme-8.png)
Tell Me (June 2020)
13"w x 20"h
Hand-dyed cotton; hand stitching with cotton sashiko thread; machine quilted
What Is the Question? Tell Me: Quiltlet
![appliqueed faces on quilt with vertical lines sewn across them](images/aboutface-8.png)
About Face (June 2020)
19"w x 22"h
Hand-dyed cotton; hand stitching with cotton sashiko thread; machine quilted
About Face: Quiltlet
![small scrap quilt with word fragments and variety of colored triangles that form flying geese pattern](images/somebirdsfly-8.png)
Some Birds Fly (June 2020)
19"w x 25.5"h
Scrap cotton, letterpress printed from wood type on cotton, cotton sashiko thread; hand quilted
Some Birds Fly: Quiltlet
SOLD
![quilt in long panels with line down center](images/backbone-8.png)
Backbone (May 2020)
19.25"w x 45.5"h
Vintage quilt fragment; stencil, hand-dyed muslin, velvet, cotton, cotton sashiko thread; hand and machine quilted
Backbone: Art Quilt
![long narrow quilt with multicolored centipede](images/centipede-8.png)
Centipede (May 2020)
approx. 30"w x 12"h
Variety of cotton printed scraps, hand-dyed cotton; appliqué; machine quilted; ribbon
For Gideon
Centipede: Quilt-Toy for a Tot
![checkerboard quilt with numbers like a calendar and tie dye like trees interspersed with photos of warning signs](images/repetition-8.png)
Repetition of Days (May 2020)
42.5"w x 39"h
Tie dyed and solar printed from original photographs on cotton; hand-quilted with embroidery and cotton sashiko thread
Repetition of Days: Art Quilt
![tiled quilt with pavement pattern embroidered and poem that reads from both sides](images/six-feet-over-8.png)
Six Feet Over (May 2020)
71"w x 14"h
Painted and stenciled cotton, denim, other cotton, sashiko pattern and embroidered text quilting
Six-Feet Over: an Art Quilt
![falling fabric eucalyptus leaves from a few at the top to many at the bottom](images/sanctuary-8.png)
Sanctuary (May 2020)
22"w x 30"h
Hand-dyed cotton appliquéd leaves with machine quilting in continuous and freeform bird outlines
For Dianne Ayres
Sanctuary: a Tabletop Quilt
![small randomly pieced quilt with wavy embroidered quilting and embroidered outlines of eyes](images/blueskyeyes-8.png)
Blue Sky Eyes (April 2020)
25"w x 17.5"h
Hand-dyed, suminagashi, and commercial cotton scraps with cotton sashiko-style quilting (rising steam pattern) and silk-embroidered eyes
Blue Sky Eyes: a Tabletop Quilt
![small randomly pieced quilt with embroidered text and sewn crossed circles with leaflike pattern](images/solitary-8.png)
Solitary (April 2020)
17.5"w x 18.5"h
Cotton and synthetic scraps with cotton sashiko-style quilting and embroidered text
Solitary: a Tabletop Quilt
![quilt with vertical bars and a little bird pattern with embroidered text](images/cagey-8.png)
Cagey (April 2020)
19"w x 42"h
Cotton scraps with hand quilting and embroidered text
Cagey: an Art Quilt
![small colorful pieced quilt with variety of scraps and a few words](images/heard-8.png)
Heard Mentality (April 2020)
18"w x 27.25"h
Variety of hand-dyed and commercially made fabric scraps with letterpress printed wood type
Heard Mentality: a Tabletop Quilt
![colorful pieced quilt with three photos of docked cruise ship from a distance](images/luxury-8.png)
It Was Supposed to Be a Luxury (April 2020)
28.25"w x 40.25"h
Variety of hand-dyed and commercially made fabric scraps with three inkjet prints on treated cotton from altered original photos
It Was Supposed to Be a Luxury: Art Quilt
![pieced quilt with colored patched surrounded by black and two photos of empty New York City subway cars](images/social-distance-8.png)
Social Distance (March 2020)
34.5"w x 47"h
Cotton and velvet with two image transfers from altered original photos
Social Distance, the Art Quilt
![appliqueed quilt of magnolia petals falling](images/magnolia-8.png)
Magnolia (March 2020)
32"w x 42"h
Ice-dyed cotton, letterpress printing from wood type, machine and hand-quilting
Magnolia: an Art Quilt
![pieced quilt with velvet](images/joy-8.png)
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
![pieced quilt with raven black tie-dye and sunburst stitching](images/wavelength-8.png)
Wavelength (January 2020)
28.75"w x 47"h
Hand-dyed cotton, hand-embroidered quilting with ice-dyed cotton edges
Wavelength: New Art Quilt
![pieced quilt with frayed edges and triangular mirrors](images/fray-8.png)
Rhymes with Fray (November 2019)
57"w x 79"h
Hand-dyed cotton, hand-embroidered quilting, 50 triangular sewn mirrors, hand-stenciled, with cotton edges
New Art Quilt: Rhymes with Fray
![quilt with small painting of nasturtiums and lots of stitching](images/resilience-8.png)
Resilience (September 2019)
22"w x 26.5"h
Eco-dyed cotton, watercolor on watercolor ground, hand-embroidered quilting, cotton edges
Resilience: a New Quiltlet
![quilt with stenciled crow feathers and night fabric](images/dont-look-behind-you-8.png)
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
![quilt with hundreds of embroidered dandelions](images/turbtrav-8.png)
Turbulent Travels (June 2019)
35.5"w x 42.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton with hand-embroidered quilting, denim edges
Turbulent Travels: a New Art Quilt
![quilt with marbled fabric and stitched concentric circles](images/music-8.png)
Water Music (April 2019)
39.5"w x 41.5"h
Cotton, hand-marbled cotton with variations on classical European style, with embroidery thread hand-quilting
Water Music: a Quilt with Marbled Fabric
![postcard-sized quilt with letterpress poem fragment and French knots](images/picking-cherries-8.png)
Picking Cherries (April 2019)
6"w x 4"h
A postcard quiltlet. Letterpress printing and embroidery on machine-pieced cotton with eco-printed silk dyed with cherries
Exhibit & Postcard-Sized Quilt: Picking Cherries
Accepted for Berkeley Public Library 38th Annual Quilt Show, May 6, 2019 to June 29, 2019.
![quilt with embroidered poem and mixed stitching](images/temporary-8.png)
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
![quilt with embroidered lace lichen hanging from tree](images/lichen-8.png)
They Must Agree (November 2018)
9.5"w x 14"h
Embroidery on machine-pieced cotton
Lichen, Moss, Art, Writing, and a Little Quilt
Accepted for Berkeley Public Library 38th Annual Quilt Show, May 6, 2019 to June 29, 2019.
![quilt with fragments of text and stitching like topographic map](images/undersea-8.png)
Undersea Colonies (November 2018)
43.5"w x 60"h
Letterpress from wood type, hand-dyed, eco-dyed, and printed cotton, machine pieced, and hand quilted with linen and embroidery threads
New Work: Undersea Colonies
Accepted for SAQA exhibition, Convergence in Cloth: Shifting Tides; a traveling exhibition, April 19, 2019 through September 30, 2021. Venues: Works/San Jose; Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum (La Conner, WA); Chehalem Cultural Center (Newburg, OR); CityScape Community Artspace (North Vancouver, B.C.) [closed]: Wailoa Center [closed]; International Gallery of Contemporary Art (Anchorage, Alaska); Pratt Museum (Kachemek Bay, Alaska); Visions Art Museum (San Diego, CA); Olive Hyde Art Gallery (Fremont, CA) virtual gallery here; Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (CA)
![quilt of multicolored rectangles connected with silver threads and embroidered text](images/bridge-8.png)
You Can Build a Bridge If You Can See the Other Side (October 2018)
33"w x 41"h
Cotton, hand-dyed and printed cotton, appliqué, machine sewn and handstitched text with sashiko thread
You Can Build a Bridge If You Can See the Other Side: New Quilt
![Japanese-style patchwork jacket, front](images/homejacket1-8.png)
![Japanese-style patchwork jacket, back](images/homejacket2-8.png)
Where Is My Home When My Home Turns Against Me? (October 2018)
62"w x 43.5"h
Letterpress from wood type, solar printed images from original photos, cotton, muslin, eco-dyed cotton, machine sewn and handstitched with linen thread
Form and New Work: Where Is My Home When My Home Turns Against Me?
Accepted for California Society of Printmakers exhibition, "Perception of Place: Works by the California Society of Printmakers & Monterey Peninsula College Printmakers Club" at Pacific Grove Art Center. September 6 - October 25, 2019. Juried by Marianne McGrath.
![quilt with crow photos and text](images/crowcon-8.png)
Crows and Cons (July 2018)
42"w x 80"h
Letterpress from wood type, solar printed images from original photos on cotton and cheesecloth, denim, machine quilted and hand quilted with sashiko thread
Crows and Cons: New Quilt
SOLD
![crazy quilt made of denim shapes and stenciled with echinacea flowers with faces](images/drought-8.png)
When in Drought (June 2018)
17.5"w x 19.5"h
Letterpress from photopolymer plate, stencils on denim, sashiko thread
When in Drought
![curtain quilt made of organza and house images](images/there-8.png)
There Goes the Neighborhood (May 2018)
32"w x 74"h
Solar prints on silk organza, cotton
There Goes the Neighborhood: new work
NFS
![quilt of cats](images/cats-8.jpg)
Mirror Mirror: Two Black Cats (April 2018)
40"w x 68"h
Solar prints, sashiko thread, family clothes, cotton, velvet; hand and machine quilted
For MRB
Mirror Mirror: Two Black Cats Quilt
![quilt of words: freedom, north, liberty, moses](images/freedom-8.png)
They Know Which Way to Go (March 2018)
21"w x 50"h
Letterpress printing from wood type, embroidery thread; hand quilted
New Art Quilt: They Know Which Way to Go
Exhibited: Richmond Art Center Members' Show, 2018
![quilt of cherries and poem](images/cherry-8.png)
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
![quilt of pleated cloth](images/conversation-8.png)
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)
![quilt of watch parts and ears](images/becoming2-8.png)
What Are We Becoming (February 2018)
26.5"w x 59.75"h
Letterpress printing from wood type and linoleum cut in various colors, embroidery thread, cotton; hand quilted
New Art Quilt: What Are We Becoming
![quilt of gears and ears](images/becoming-8.png)
Becoming (January 2018)
30"w x 62"h
Letterpress printing from linoleum reduction cut; hand quilted
New Art Quilt: Becoming
![strip quilt like ocean waves](images/nightlights-8.png)
Nightlights on the Bay (December 2017)
31"w x 51"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; sashiko-style hand quilting. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Golden Gate Audubon Society.
New Art Quilt: Nightlights on the Bay
![strip quilt like a wing](images/when-birds-sleep-8.png)
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 Audubon Society.
New Art Quilt/Open Book: When Birds Sleep
![quilt with whirley crane in the center](images/sod-8.png)
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 Audubon Society.
New Art Quilt/Open Book: Sweet Osprey Dreams
Exhibited: California Society of Printmakers show at Bridge ArtSpace, 2018
![quilt with words and images taken from a passport with stitching of faces](images/passport-8.png)
Where Is My Passport? (October 2017)
31"w x 48"h
Letterpress printing from wood type, hand-dyed solar prints, linoleum block, machine stitched drawing, embroidery thread
New Art Quilt/Open Book: Where Is My Passport?
![quilt of many hands in the shape of pistols](images/gun-8.png)
Hand Gun (September 2017)
45.5"w x 39"h
Letterpress printing from wood type, hand-dyed solar prints, embroidery thread
New Art Quilt/Open Book: Hand Gun
Included in SAQA exhibition, juried by Vicky A. Clark, Guns: Loaded Conversations
Exhibited: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (Apr. 28-July 15, 2018); New England Quilt Museum (Jan. 15-Apr. 27, 2019); University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University (Jan. 15-Feb. 28, 2020); [cancelled due to pandemic: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England (July 30-August 2, 2020)] Purchased by University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, 2020
![strip quilt with embroidered poem and imaginary angels](images/seraph-8.png)
Seraph (the Holy Quilt) (August 2017)
40" x 68"
Letterpress printing from wood type, photopolymer plates, and linoleum blocks, embroidery thread
New Art Quilt/Open Book: Seraph (the Holy quilt)
![block quilt with each letter of the words hope rants](images/hoperants-8.png)
Hope Rants (August 2017)
43.5"w x 69.5"h
Cyanotype, letterpress printing from wood type and linoleum blocks, embroidery thread
A Quilt as an Open Book: Hope Rants
Accepted for exhibition and for show card image, Regional Collective, at the Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico; Spring 2019
![quilt made from denim with stitched ripples](images/ripples-8.png)
Water & Power: Ripples (June 2017)
49.5"w x 69.5"h
Family jeans, letterpress printing from photopolymer plates, embroidery thread
Piece-Quilt-Bind—Water & Power: Ripples
![quilt made from denim with pipeline shapes](images/pipeline-8.png)
Water & Power: Pipeline (May 2016)
51" x 72"
Family jeans and pants, embroidery of "pipeline" and "river" Orienteering symbols
Pipeline: A New Quilt
![block quilt with various prints of trees and people](images/edges-8.png)
72"w x 48"h
Letterpress printing from linoleum blocks and collagraph on cotton cloth, embroidery thread
Let Us Reach for the Edges: Art Quilt #2
![block quilt with various prints of hands and people](images/strength-8.png)
Strength (October 2015)
44"w x 66"h
Letterpress printing from linoleum blocks on tea-dyed cotton cloth, embroidery thread
An Art Quilt Called Strength
![quilt with words and people](images/actnow-8.png)
Act Now (2012/2015)
29"w x 27.5"h
Gesso stenciled imagery on canvas dropcloth, linen pants, sherry sack, flannel sheet, linen thread
A Quilt for the Letterpress
![quilt with layers of fabric that are torn and stitched with a poem printed on them](images/undone-8.png)
Undone (2008)
25"w x 36.5"h
Letterpress printing from handset metal type on dyed cotton cloth, velvet, linen thread
mentioned in: An Art Quilt Called Strength
Also see felted quiltworks at prints and more
© 2018-2024 Alisa Golden, never mind the press