ART QUILTS - Meant to be hung

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Preposterous Plaid

This began as 3 yards of hand-dyes that were sliced and stitched before being cut and laid out in the current design. The skinny slices were added by unsewing and stitching in a contrasting 1" strip. The colors were selected for "Primary Colors" by Alexander Theroux. The "preposterous plaid' was a challenge from my Art Quilt Group. 

48" x 48"

Drunkard's Eye

The challenge from my Art Quilt Group was to create a quilt inspired by page 125.  I was currently reading "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn.  " . . . as red as a drinker's eye." At the same time I was inspired by "Primary Colors" by Alexander Theroux for my Cover to Cover Book Club Quilters. This eyeball was made using a 10º wedge ruler. 

55" x 55"

Thriving on Chaos

 It started with a collection of hand-painted fabrics from the scrap bin at Marta’s Boat in Kauai.  The scraps were randomly pieced together and then hand-stitched.  I really enjoy the slow process of hand stitching each unique fabric.  The best part was it required a whole new set of supplies:  a new thimble, heavy-weight threads in glorious colors, and a bin to store the threads

Hoochy Mama Garden

59" x 47"

Inspired by the novel "Prayers for Sale" by Sandra Dallas.  Nit was drawen to the sign at Hennie's.  Made using designs from "Flower Power" by Mary Lou Weidman.  

A Veiled Affair

Inspired by "The Personal Librarian" by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Belle da Costa was the librarian for JP Morgan.

Idaho Graffiti

18" x 24"

Inspired by a "colorful graffiti" challenge in my Dixie Chick group. Did you know “graffiti” is from the Italian word “graffiato” meaning “scratched”? I was pretty darned excited when I realized I could use alphabet letters to “scratch” out my Idaho home. The background was made by creating nine 9-patch wonky blocks. The bold letters were initially attached to the background

A Song in My Heart

Inspired by the Cherrywood Fabrics "Prince" challenge. 

20" x 20"

These three look great hanging together.

A Knot in My Belly

Made with leftover strata from "A Song in My Heart."

20" x 20"

Leftover Body Parts

Made with leftover quilted pieces from "A Song in My Heart" and "A Knot in My Stomach."

20" x 20"

Hyrushus: Swedish Apartment

Inspired by "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry" by Fredrick Backman. 

Tula 10x10

60" x 60"

All the blocks are from Tula Pink’s “100 Modern Quilt Blocks” with my unique setting. Ribbons in each corner connect the blocks.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

43" x 20"

Inspired by "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. 

Modern Geometry

35" x 24"

A rectangle, a square, a triangle, and a curve. Loved this challenge. 

Six Blocks

Inspired by “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. It represents the small area of Marie-Laure’s existence. As a blind French girl in World War II, her world was as far as she could walk in her neighborhood without getting lost. This piece was started in a class with Jean Wells. 

20" x 35"

Who Done It?

The initial design for this piece began as paper in a Rosalie Dace class is Sisters in July of 2014.  When I curved the turquoise and black blocks, I realized I could create a question mark.  “Not a Girl Detective” is a “who-done-it” mystery book. 

38" x 64"

"Purple Squares"

24" x 40"

"Wabi Sabi"

42" x 34"

"Dragonflies"

21" x 21"

"Nuetrality"

30" x 30"

"Montefalco Scarti di Tessulo:  Italian Scraps"

33" x 32"

Fifty (Inches - Zero) Shades of Gray

50" x 44"

KP Leftovers

This piece was made from the leftovers in a class I took with Katie Pedersen. Wasn't it lucky to find the perfect border piece in my stash.

41" x 43"