Quilts

  Inspired by photo taken by my husband in Yakima, WA.  We enjoyed visiting our friends and their abundant orchard. Painted background and leaves. Commercial fabrics for appliqued cherries.   Heavily quilted. All wall quilts have a sleeve at the top back for ease of hanging.

The "Old Round Barn" in Loleta, CA measures 28" tall x 38" wide. I made one prior project for my friend that was fun.  I decided to make this smaller version for myself.  The sky is painted.  The barn is as well and then thread...

I enjoyed making this small quilt and adding it to a wrapped canvas painting. The quilt is mosaic picture pieced with an overlay of nylon tulle, Tiny piping and binding complete the quilt edge. The edges of the canvas are painted to extend the scene...

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.

A landmark building in Eureka Ca.  I just wanted to honor the memories in this painted whole cloth piece.  I chose to use a vintage film that was shown there with redwoods in the theme. The small quilt is machine quilted.   displayed at the...

This has been a fun project, and I've needed to make multiples, hence the (3). Painted image with lots of thread sewn to enhance the "fur". Machine quilted.

I enjoyed painting this little scene we found while traveling.  I then used it as the cover of my second book called: "Fabric + Paint + Thread = Fabulous" It's been a favorite of mine.

This scene of the Trinidad Lighthouse was done using a picture before it was moved.  I loved the background of the Bay.

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...