Nature Scenes

I recently made a small quilt for friends. It's a barn of the past. The boughs on the tree are constructed of Superior thread, using a water soluble stabilizer, and a layer of tulle.  I enjoy using this method to  make the boughs look more...

This quilt was made using a photo of an overblown artichoke as inspiration.  It was dried up and left over from last years garden.  It caught my eye and I decided to use it as I experimented painting on silk.  The result was a fun...

One of my favorite subjects, the redwood forest.  This one is small and is in the mosaic style that I enjoy.

This tiny quilt was made for a Studio Art Quilt Assn challenge.  It was a scene found in the Arcata Redwood Forest. This tiny quilt was a photo transfer onto silk fabric and then heavily machine quilted. I was honored to have the National Quilt...

One thing you will notice if you visit a redwood forest...the people will all look up.  You can't resist, they are just amazing.  This is done in my mosaic method with heavy quilting and sun rays  highlighted. This quilt was juried into and displayed at...

The scene for the Guardian was set at Stone Lagoon. The sky is woven, with collaged fabrics for the rest of the picture - except for the buck.  He was painted on ultra suede - detail below. Displayed and Humboldt Arts Council Show November 2019

Commissioned for a friend who grew up in the redwoods of California. As girls we ran and played in the forests, hence my love, (and hers) of this area. I used my Mosaic piecing for the foreground and then collaged the remaining scene.  The edge...

Karen on the Blue River is a lovely scene of my friend's granddaughter. Many techniques were used to achieve the desired look. This is the quilt as finished before we decided cut the rock to make it a rectangle. Detail below and then part of...

The second quilt made of this round barn for my friend.  I enjoyed having the opportunity to do another one. The whole adventure of traveling to take pictures with my husband and seeing the barn after 12 years was fun. The sad part is that...

My friend's grandparents owned this barn during her childhood.  This quilt was made as an honor to that memory.  I used Mosaic foreground, painted barn image with heavy threadwork and embroidered trees. 12 years later she asked me to do another one for her brother....