Author: Carrie

A girl in a blue silk ball gown embellished with small jewel. She is featured on the tree fabric that inspired my fairy tale theme art quilt series. My favorite part of Cinderella is when she returns home just as the magic is wearing off. She only has memories of the evening and a secret […]

After the Evil Queen picked an apple, it ended up in the hands of Snow White. She could not resist, she barely had a bite when she fell to the ground. Snow White (12” x 16”) This quilt spills past the background as Snow, post bite, lies on the floor. I contemplated a diptych for […]

Most fairy tales have an evil queen or witch that causes the mischief that the heroine and/or hero must overcome (or succumb to if you read some of the original written tales). As such I thought my collection of art quilts warranted such a character, for the evil queens and witches in these stories go […]

A gold ball gown and a rose – those are images I see when I think about Beauty and the Beast. I enjoyed creating the dimensional dress with lots of lace and silk. The sentiment says, ‘She had fallen in love with the Beast.’ Beauty Loves the Beast (13” x 21”)

Creating the princess running away from the frog prince with her golden orb was such fun. The purple and gold fabric played so well with the green frog and the background. The Frog Prince (12” x 16”) The saying a directly from the tale:         the frog called after her, ‘stay princess and take me with […]

When I decided to do fairy tale themed art quilts, I was excited about the Princess and the Pea because I could use so many fabric scraps to make all the mattresses on the bed. I like her sitting up in the bed, hand to head as if she can’t quite figure out why she […]