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This Was Meant to Last Forever
(Above: This Was Meant to Last Forever, The Wall of Ancestors. 10 1/4" x 8 3/4". Original Daguerreotype with words clipped from a late 19th Bible and a pressed, four-leaf clover in an antique frame....
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New Large "In Box" Series pieces for the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
(Above: In Box CCCLIX, detail. Layers of polyester stretch velvet fused to recycled black industrial felt with self-guided, free-motion embroidery and unique melting techniques. Click on any image to...
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He Said, She Said, a commissioned artist book
(Above: He Said, She Said, an artist book. Shut: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Click on any image to enlarge.)A client in NYC challenged me to create "something erotic". While this at first seemed more than a...
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Plenty of new work!
(Above: Me with some of the recently finished and framed pieces. Click on any image to enlarge.)I've been busy! During this past week nine "Window Series" pieces were created in addition to four,...
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Last Words at the Caldwell Arts Council
(Above: Last Words, a solo installation at the Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC. Click on any image to enlarge.)Yesterday was spent in the upstairs gallery at the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir,...
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Ornaments!
(Above: Some of the recently finished Christmas Ornaments that will be going to the upcoming Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Click on any image to enlarge.)For weeks and weeks, I've been in...
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Second Marriage
(Above: Second Marriage, 46" x 57". Antique double wedding ring quilt section altered with acrylics, staples, metal washers and nails. Click on any image to enlarge.)No! I am definitely NOT leaving...
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Espanola Fibre Festival 2019
(Above: Steve and me outside our charming cabin at Agnew Lake Lodge. Click on any image to enlarge.)For the last week, Steve and I have been on an incredible adventure to northern Ontario, Canada for...
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Catching Up before Going Out-of-Town Again!
(Above: My work in the current issue of Fiber Art Now Magazine.)Since returning from Espanola, Canada, Steve and I have been working like crazy people! There's so much to do, especially since we...
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Back in Town ... Only to Leave Again!
(Above: An assortment of fiber vessels made before the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Click on any image to enlarge.)During late October ... if I had even five or ten minutes of "free time"...
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The Phhiladelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, the 701 CCA South Carolina...
(Above: In Box CCCLXVII, detail. Click on any image to enlarge. The photo of the entire artwork is further below, the last picture in this blog post. Just scroll down!)It's hard for me to realize...
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Massachusetts!
(Above: The interior courtyard at the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston. Click on any image to enlarge.)My husband Steve and I just returned from a fantastic trip to the Boston area. I've only been...
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Finished! Lots of small pieces!
(Above: Relics made in the recent workshop for Quilters' Connection outside Boston. Click on any image to enlarge.)Every time I conduct a workshop, I challenge myself to finish, frame, price, and...
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Persistence and Resilience
(Above: Persistence, digital image on fabric with hand and machine stitching, beading, and trapunto. Framed: 25 1/2" x 17 3/4". Click on any image to enlarge.)Last December I embarked on a fiber...
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New fiber vessels
(Assorted fiber vessels. The five blue vessels and two orange ones are each $65. The purple vessel is $95. The two smaller ones are each $45. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last month during the...
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Franklinton Cemetery, a grave rubbing art quilt
(Above: Franklinton Cemetery, a Grave Rubbing Art Quilt. 17" x 21". Crayon on silk grave rubbing with both free motion machine and hand stitching, buttons. Click on any image to enlarge.)I pride...
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Blessed Sleep in Blue
(Above: Blessed Sleep in Blue, detail. Click on any image to enlarge.)On Monday I posted Franklinton Cemetery, a grave rubbing art quilt started as a demonstration while conducting a workshop last...
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Anonymous Ancestors Going to Lander University
(Above: In Our Day, We Were Fashionable and Were First to Own Every Modern Gadget for The Wall of Ancestors. 18" x 12". Click on either image to enlarge.)At the end of October when my solo...
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Heart of Gold
(Above: Heart of Gold, Digital image on fabric with free-motion machine embroidery, dense hand stitching, beading, and trapunto. Framed: 29" x 20"; unframed: 22" x 13". Inventory #4644. $250 framed....
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South Carolina Sites
(Above: Halftime at Mangiamo's Pizza on Hilton Head Island. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last month Steve and I had so much fun at Mangiamo's watching our beloved Ohio State Buckeye football team...
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