One of my favorite subjects, the redwood forest. This one is small and is in the mosaic style that I enjoy.
19″ x 23″
Sequoia Trail
Archives: Quilts
Midnight Sparkle
Nice lap quilt made with batik fabrics. Bright and charming. Original pattern.
ready to quilt and backing showing.
Midnight Sparkle 48″ x 60″
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.
Thomsen Barn J
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. 35″ wide x 27″ tall
12 years later she asked me to do another one for her brother. See Thomsen Barn T
Crescent View
One of our favorite views along the north coast of California is as you travel north, just before topping the hill into Crescent City – you get a view of the harbor. This shot was taken by my husband from a pull out on a road near there. He likes to frame his photos with a couple of trees or something. I’ve loved this view. So as always, I think, I’ll just make a quilt using this scene.
43″ wide 71″ tall
The sky is woven, the rest of the scene is collage from printed fabrics. There is an overlay of tulle which adds some texture. There is a binding with tiny piping on the edges.
2nd place, Redwood Arts Assn. Eureka, CA – 09/21