a quilter’s journey
Posted in Wearable Art on Jan 23rd, 2008
Living in Washington State, every Spring and Fall, I get to observe lots of migrating birds. Most likely to see are Canada Geese, which form a gracious V while flying, they also navigate at night along the stars. All of this gave me the basic inspiration for my Jacket. 2. Place 2006 ,- Quilt Extravaganza [...]
Posted in Art Quilts, Work in progress on Jan 23rd, 2008
Two days of work. Still not even the blocks finished. One-hundred of them, 2 1/2 inches finished. Curved piecing in miniature. It seems to take for ever. The whole quilt won’t exeed 25 x 25 inches, that’s my goal. All fabric is scraps of either commercial batiks or hand dyes. It started with a 5 x [...]
Posted in Art Quilts on Jan 23rd, 2008
Currently shown at Zarzuela: http://www.spokane.net/stay_connected/PressReleases.aspx?prid=1283 A small glimpse into “Alice in Wonderland” –gardens. It all started as a challenge: A while ago, “Simply Quilts” challenged 3 artists to make a Scrap-Bag-Quilt. The results got the CQA- program chair started to hand out brown bags with odd fabrics, also a set of rules: At least [...]
Posted in Art Quilts on Jan 23rd, 2008
Everytime we come back from the Olympic Peninsula via Bainbridge Ferry, the skyline of Seattle sparkles in the evening light. Especially Fall brings out the glow of our northwest nature and lights up the city. 49″ x 49″ Machine pieced, comercial cotton batiks, cotton lamé, Hand and machine quilted This quilt was juried in to APNQ [...]
