Art Quilts

A fellow artist challenged me to make a quilt of a guy fishing on the Kenai. It’s salmon fishing season here in Alaska, so there have been lots of photos to inspire some quilts. Since I can’t make just one quilt at a time, I created two dip net fishing quilts. Each is 12” x […]

I have several scrap bags from Denyse Schmidt that I opened to make some new quilts. i like the colors and patterns in her scraps; they’re often not things I would think to use otherwise. She enjoys hiking adventures (5.5” x 11”)

This girl is based on sticker. I like her hair blowing in the wind. She seeks adventure everyday (8” x 10”)

The backs of some pieces are just so pretty and felt is great for doodling with thread. After stitching and coloring the girls on Play, Make More Fun, Remember and Bloom. I was momentarily stumped as to how to finish these pieces. Using bias tapes didn’t seem like it would provide the right weight for […]

Yesterday was windy and I wished for a kite. Near my childhood home, there was a large empty lot a block away that was perfect for playing kickball and flying kites. Kite + wind = happy day (8” x 10”)

Hello happy – blue skies and sunny A skirt embellished with decorative stitches and I finally found a pice for this tiny scrap of elephant print fabric She welcomes joy (6” x 12”)

It is sunny and beautiful here and I find myself outside more often than in my studio stitching. I’m trying not to freak out that my to-do list isn’t decreasing and have been focused on enjoying the green leaves and grass, blooming flowers and bright blue skies. She loves being in the sun (7” x […]