The tiny decorative stitching is often my favorite part of these quilts. This time though, it’s the tilt of their heads leaning toward each other. Are they sharing a secret or just leaning on each other for support? Either way it is a symbol of their friendship. Friends forever (5.5†x 9â€) There’s still time […]
With the arrival of more hand-dyed marble fabrics I wanted to see how all the colors would work for hair. Imagine daily (9†x 11â€) The blue/green/purple hair with the mint green shirt is bit over the top on spring-like. Maybe the day I putting this together, I was wishing for spring.
“Hope†is stitched into this wavy quilting of this background and a decorative scallop stitching adorns the bottom of this dress. Hopeful heart (5.5†x 9â€) I’ve been having fun experimenting with different skin tones, though I am struggling to find the right balance of text and color for all sizes of quilts. This “skinâ€
The winter 2016 issue of Art Quilting Studio has an article about my girls in dimensional dresses. I sent 3 of my favorite larger art quilts to the publisher and as always they did an amazing job photographing them. I love the staging with the cupcake baker and my Downton Abbey inspired quilt looks amazing.
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The stitched words on this girl with the pennant background makes me think ‘let your freak flag fly’ whenever I see this mini quilt. Be you (5.5†x 9â€) It’s been cold here lately so I’ve been wearing my hat everywhere – it has a giant blue fuzz ball on top. It makes me ridiculously
The latest issue of Sew Somerset is out and my stitched cards have made the cover! I am honored to have my art on the cover – I just keep shaking my head in surprise and smiling. As with each issue, the publisher does a amazing job photographing and displaying the art. Inside this Winter
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The decorative stitching on this guy’s shirt is my favorite detail. It’s combination cool and Charlie Brown to me. They enjoy adventures (5.5†x 9â€) When I paired this girl and boy, I thought of myself and my husband. We do enjoy adventures, even mundane ones like driving around the city to plan out a
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There’s snow on the ground here, but I keep being drawn to green grass like this dog with his friend. Happy together outside (5.5†x 12â€)
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as this little ballerina posed to have her photo taken, the kitty joined in on the fun Her magic wand ready to grant wishes or just make the world bloom with love She believes in love (9†x 12â€) My favorite element is how the cat’s tail seems to be poised like a magic wand
I had a lot of fun adding 2 or more people to my latest batch mini art quilts. Creating couples was a fun task – mixing their outfits and hair colors with the backgrounds. I like that his hands are in his front pockets and I envision she is being a bit cheeky and grabbing
