Off to Chicago

I have sold my house here in Los Angeles and am off to Chicago for 2 weeks to look for a house with a good studio space. I hope my husband stays with this ad agency for a LONG time, cause I can't imagine a better place for an art quilter to live these days. So many great art quilters in the area and an IQA show every spring, yipee.

IQA Auction

This is my piece for the IQA silent auction in Houston this year. It is painted hand dyed silk. 17" x 17"

Quilters Newsletter Magazine

Wooo hooo! Tree of Life is going to be in the September issue of QNM, in the Readers Quilt Show section. "The human form gets interpretted in patchwork and applique." Technically this quilt is neither since it is painted, but I won't argue that point. I guess a naked Martian smoking a cigar wouldn't qualify for this theme, huh?

New Work

The way I am organizing my blog is to post my work chronologically. My most recent piece is Primordial Sea so it is at the top of my blog. As I have time I am continuing to add other quilts that I have made over the years, by placing them between the quilts that I have posted so far. This way there is a logical progression of work, or regression as you go down the page. So if you happen to check back on my blog and the page looks exactly the same, it might not be. Just scroll down. This probably seems to be counter to how blogging is supposed to go, but I don't like to do things so traditionally. Just like quilting, I want to do it my way :-)

Agave

The air quality in Los Angeles, when I lived there, was less than desirable. But it did make for intensely colorful sunset walks. Surreal shades of crimson and ocher would wash over the trails and agave rosettes dotting the hillsides near my canyon residence. This quilt was inspired by one particular agave plant that seemed to capture the setting light in a way that made it glow with a regal luminance.

Hand dyed cotton, machine appliqued, machine quilted. 2006
56" x 47"

Stem Cells

Stem cell research is getting amazing results in a number of areas in the medical field. I am frustrated by the belief system of this administration when it comes to stem cell research. At the present time fertilization clinics dispose of unused eggs. Why is it more humane and Holy to throw away embryos than donate them to research that could potentially save lives?

Painted cotton batting, hand dyed cotton, machine quilted. 2006
18" x 15"

Primordial Sea

While living in Texas fossils fascinated my children, and we spent many happy days in the creek beds of Austin searching for evidence that North America was once under the sea. This quilt is what I like to imagine a Primordial Sea, abundant in jewel toned marine life would look like.

this quilt is whole cloth hand dyed silk painted with textile paints 89" x 62" 2005

This quilt won 1st place Innovative at Pacific International Quilt Festival 2006 and 2nd place Painted Surface at IQF World of Beauty 2005

If you would like to see how this quilt was made look in the May Archives.