It starts with a seed, an idea, a snippet, seen something somewhere…

Freezer Paper Template

 …a little sprout pushes upwards and after some time…

Pieced together

…colorful matter unfolds…

Slicing strips and stitching it back together

…until it reveals all the beauty nature has to offer.

Plant Life

More plant matter in form of lots of stitching

Plant Life (detail)

Credit:
 ”Plant Life” is loosely based on the book “Convergence Quilts” by Ricky Tims.

Water, wind and fog, passing by. Or are we the passerby's?

The reception is Saturday,

March 13, 2010 

 2:00 – 4:00 pm
I hope many of you will come.

Detail in hand stitching and beading

 Beyond Convention

This spring, CQA offered the opportunity to make a quilt based on a poem, written by cancer survivors at Cancer Lifeline Seattle. Being a cancer surviver myself, out of about hundred poems this poem by Jean Joder is my personal favorite:

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A poet writing, rewriting!
Sweeping up life’s energies;
Recording the breath of time.

A poet steeped in language.
Which language?
It makes no difference.
Words and images flow
From the artist into the world.

Can I see, hear, taste or touch?
Everything moves;
Nothing is the same.

When I first read this poem, the words …writing and rewriting …remained lingering in my mind, also …language, which doesn’t make a difference…
My work started with cutting and recutting fabric, sewing it back together, working with abstract text and old German hand writing.

QA Challenge 2004

Every city has its reputation. Seattle is well-known for its rainy days.

In 2007, a group of quilters organized a connection to the Fabric of Life organization. During a CQA meeting, we had the opportunity to buy hand-dyed fabric from Mali/Africa. This quilt is my contribution for the fundraiser auction for Fabric of Life, soon to be held (more info on this a.s.a.p.).

The title reflects how I see fire, water, earth and air, – the 4 elements-, interacting. I strongly believe, life needs a bit of every one to keep a balanced sum of all.

I’m pleased to announce the CQA show “Gathering” at the UpFront Gallery, 48 Front St. N, Issaquah, WA

Artwork will be shown from April 4 – 26th, 2008

Opening at the Issaquah Art Walk, April 4th, 6 – 9 pm, 2008

I will be present at the evening reception.

25″ x 25″      -      finished block: 2 1/2 inches. A quarter of the size of Earth, Wind and Fire.
The top of this year’s challenge quilt is pieced.  All scraps in hand-dyes or batiks.
Now, it’s all about the quilting. Again: Ship? What ship? Wat I wasn’t expecting, I truly enjoy to play with the word or motive, coming from this piece of ugly and old fabric I had to use.

I decided to use the motive again, very subtil, sure not in a matter of the visible print.

Deadlines, deadlines, they sneak up so fast, tomorrow is another one: at CQA, – for a Small Quilts show in April at Up Front in Issaquah. Well, I’ll see if this quilt is going to make the move, it still has to run thru the jury process.

I love the layers and circles, which look just as I imagine molecules of fragrances. It reminds me of how the sense of smell can bring back experiences from long ago in an instant

Serendipity is my contribution to the APNQ Traveling exhibit 2006-08

It will be auctioned off at the APNQ Quiltfest Gala evening in August 2008.
Anyone can bid on this quilt, check out the APNQ website.

Looking for hours at the diverse greenery, and over and over again thru hundreds of my traveling daughters pictures, the title Nature’s Lace just fits. It is a small glimpse into the world of tropical rainforests, – this one is north of Cairns/Australia, where this kind of palmtree is native to. What’s missing on the image, the sounds of the rainforest.
 

 Living Colour will have it’s debut at the APNQ Quiltfest in August 2008.