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Mandala CLVI
(Above:Â Mandala CLVI. Custom framed: 18" x 18". Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: A clear button on a vintage Spotlight Coffee lid; four antique, shell...
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Patchwork, a brand new and growing series!
(Above: Patchwork, a new series. Twenty-nine individual pieces of assorted sizes. Click on any image to enlarge.)Ever since I started stitching my Found Object Mandalas, I've had a mental dilemma...
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Sue's Thank You Notes
 (Above: Sue's Thank You Notes, a series of twenty-four altered Sun Bonnet Sue quilt blocks. Click on any image to enlarge.)Believe it or not, another Sun Bonnet Sue quilt top found its way into my...
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Mandala CLVII
(Above: Mandala CLVII. Custom framed: 33 1/2" x 33 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: A red citrus juicer; a metal trivet; artificial leaves...
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Entwined: A Group Exhibition of Textile and Fiber Art
(Above: Installation photo of Entwined: A Group Exhibition of Textile and Fiber Art at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art in Georgia. Click on any of Brian Weaver's provided images.)I've been fortunate...
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Mandala CLVIII
(Above: Mandala CLVIII. Framed: 21 1/2" x 21 1/2". Found objects hand-stitched to a block of an antique quilt. Found objects include: An antique ambrotype of an anonymous lady; chess pieces; old...
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After a week of work
(Above: Mandala CLIX. Custom framed: 22 1/4" x 22 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found Objects include: A fly wheel on which a toy motorcycle wheel was...
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Toronto !
(Above: Me ... during my Power Point presentation!)Months ago, I learned that my presentation was accepted for the SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) annual conference. This international group...
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Mandala CLX, the COVID-19 Rapid Test Mandala
(Above: Mandala CLX. Custom picture framed: 35 1/2" x 35 1/2" when hung as a square; 50 1/2" x 5- 1/2" when hung as a diamond. Expired COVID-19 Rapid tests hand-stitched to a section of a vintage...
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Mandala CLXI
(Above: Mandala CLXI. Custom framed: 12" x 12". Found objects hand-stitched to a quilt block. Objects include: A pink pin container; miniature scissors; a quilt show button; needle threaders;...
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Trip to DC and NYC
(Above: Selfie with Steve inside the 360-degree video enclosure (think, an aluminum igloo!) by Stan VanDerBeek called Movie-Drome (1964–65). Part of Signals: How Video Transformed the World at MoMA....
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Trip to Wilmington, NC for an invitational fiber show
(Above: Selfie on the day after the art reception! Click on any image to enlarge.)Recently I was selected to take part in a national, invitational fiber exhibit curated by Susan Kranyik. Our...
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Mandala CLXI and the Patchwork Installation Continues
(Above: Mandala CLXI. Custom framed: 25 1/4" x 25 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Objects include: A trivet made from Popsicle sticks and beads; two different...
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More pieces for my Patchwork Installation
(Above and below: Individual units for my Patchwork Installation. Click on any image to enlarge.)Although this is the week when summer officially starts, autumn and September will be here before I...
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Mandala CLXIII, Spinning Out of Control
(Above: Mandala CLXIII. Custom framed: 40" x 40". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: Mahjong tiles; dominoes; clear, plastic candle holders for a...
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More Pieces for my Patchwork Installation
(Above: Tacking the pieces to previously black-painted frames. The work above measures 18" x 23". Click on any image to enlarge.)Not all the pieces for my Patchwork Installation are as large as the...
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Passing My Goal for 100 Pieces!
(Above: The Patchwork Installation, in boxes and waiting for my solo show at the Imperial Centre Art Gallery in Rocky Mount, NC. Click on any image to enlarge.)I'm busy ... and excited ... ahead of...
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Retirement and a move to a new location.
 For several years I've been telling Steve that I wanted to retire from custom picture framing to live in a giant warehouse that would function as my home and studio. It was a dream. I never thought...
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Found Object Tidal Wave
 (Above: Found Object Tidal Wave. Custom framed: 40" x 40". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Too many object to include in a description! Click on any image to...
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Anonymous Ancestors at the Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage
 (Above: Anonymous Ancestors at the Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage. Click on any image to enlarge.) Today was the eighth time Steve and I have installed my solo show Anonymous Ancestors. Each...
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