Memory of our staycation when our kids visited from the Midwest. This is the backyard of our vacation rental.
The quilt has a hanging sleeve on the top back for ease of hanging.
On exhibit at the Humboldt County Regional Airport
37″ x 56″
Quilt Category: Nature Scenes
Thomas Barn
I recently made a small quilt for friends. It’s a barn of the past.
22″ wide x 16″ tall
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 realistic.
Artichoke
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 project – of an unusual flower.
The use of silk has resulted in a very “light weight” feeling quilt.
It was displayed at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in 2021. Also at the Redwood Art Assn. Feb. 2022 (given Honorable Mention)
33″ x 38″
Sequoia Trail
One of my favorite subjects, the redwood forest. This one is small and is in the mosaic style that I enjoy.
19″ x 23″
Day in the Forest
This tiny quilt was made for a Studio Art Quilt Assn challenge. It was a scene found in the Arcata Redwood Forest. 7″ x 9″
This tiny quilt was a photo transfer onto silk fabric and then heavily machine quilted.
I was honored to have the National Quilt Museum choose it for their Miniature quilt display–and then to feature it on March 14, 2021 #quiltmuseum30th
Tall Trees
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.
31″ wide x 44″ tall
This quilt was juried into and displayed at Pacific Int’l Quilt Festival in 2018
The Guardian
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. 39″ wide x 32″
Displayed and Humboldt Arts Council Show November 2019
Will be hanging in the Redwood Arts Assn Fall Exhibit Aug-Sept 2025
Redwood Memories
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 is finished with tiny piping, with a double corner treatment. (as shown during construction)
24″ wide x 51″ tall
Karen on the Blue River
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.
40″wide x 33″ tall
Detail below and then part of the process I used to build the little girl.
Thomsen Barn T
The second quilt made of this round barn for my friend. This one is a different angle of the scene. 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 the barn had collapsed in the interim. Thankfully we had pictures from the earlier time at a different angle so that this quilt would be a little different.
45″ wide x 32″ tall
Below you see the painted barn with thread being applied for texture. then the fence which was the last touch, couched over the quilted piece.
