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Recent Work:

Cyclea Peltata

30" x 30"

Made for a special commission for the University of Michigan Cancer Center.

This quilt was inspired by a photo taken by Dr. Eby Abraham, an Ayurvedic doctor who lives with his family in Kerala, India. Dr. Abraham says of Kerala, "This place, gifted by god, is very beautiful, with lot of Medicinal plants. But nowadays, destructive activities in the name of development and urbanization almost destroyed this treasure and people here are not at all aware of this, due to ignorance, and greed." For more information, please check Dr. Abraham's website at www.ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com. I am most grateful for his permission to use his photo for this quilt!

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Identity Crisis Special Exhibit.

Our Lady of Bling

18" x 60"

One exciting thing to do with fiber art is to take something traditional, such as an image, or a fabric, or a design, and change it so that what was ordinary becomes different and new. I used to only use cotton fabrics in my art work, in my prior comfort zone. Only recently, a good friend encouraged me to explore my growing passion for shiny, sparkly fabric. This piece was created joyfully with a collection of exuberant colors, lively prints and a wide variety of fabrics. It is machine and hand-pieced and abundantly embellished.

Original design; class on Lazy Landscape with fused piecing technique by Lisa Ellis at The Quilt Patch.

Lazy Seascape Lazy Seascape

24" x 19.5"

Petal Flurries Petal Flurries

23" x 16"

Basted Turkey Basted Turkey

26 1/2" x 15 1/4"

Pink Meandering Pink Meandering

14" x 22"

November Hush

15 1/2" x 28"

2007 Journal Quilt

"Nestled"

Exhibited in Houston at the Internal Quilt Festival. Click on the thumbnail to read my Artist Statement.

What's the Frequency Kenneth?47" x 40 1/2"

Commercial cottons used in design depicting radio frequency spectrum charts used by my husband who is a telecommunications attorney. Displayed at the Washington, DC office of Wiley & Rein.

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Kahala Twilight

28 1/2" x 27"

Inspired by a recent trip back to Hawaii. Machine pieced and free-motion quilted, raw-edge appliquéd.

Kilauea Fiddlehead

16 1/2" x 16"

Photo transfer from picture I took at the Kilauea Volcano Park. Machine pieced and free-motion quilted, beaded with glass beads and coral, couched fibers.

Blue Inchies #1

11" x 22"

Three-layered "inchies" assembled onto three-layer base. All done by hand.

Nest Eggs Postcard

6" x 4"

Migraine

21 1/2" x 24"

This piece proved that it's impossible to create something beautiful with a migraine.

Other Work:

Disconnect: 38 1/2" x 39 1/2"

Embellished with various metal and glass beads, also alphabet beads spelling out "Can you hear me now".

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Fujiblossom Postcard: 4" x 6"

Class Projects and/or Patterns:

Jewels of the Nile

40 1/2" x 41"

Paper-pieced in a class taught by Annabel Ebersole. Pattern by Linda Sullivan for Linderella.

Doug's Turtles

27 1/2" x 13"

Raw-edge appliquéd and machine-stitched with beaded embellishments. From pattern purchased at Kilauea Kreations in Hawaii.

Solar Swirl

35" x 36"

Partially paper-pieced and adapted from a class taken with Betty Dietz.

Kaleidaloha

50" x 47"

I very recently took a class from the method described in the One Block Wonder book, taught by Jackie Thompson. It was so amazing to see how different all of the quilts turned out, depending on the fabric chosen.

Works in Progress:

Purple Cone Flower Challenge:

24" x 22"

Raw silks and commercial cotton, raw-edge appliquéd, embellished with various threads and embroidery. Part of a fractured quilt challenge through the Quilt Art Digest.

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