- PEACE
- PULSE
- PINK BRACELET
- BRONZE BLOOM
I’ve been hard at work creating almost a dozen new pieces of quilt art. When I was in San Carlos in May I was asked by the Bellas Arte Gallery , San Carlos to have a show there. I accepted. Since that very day I have been very focused and working. A wonderful thing happened as a result! I found that the more I worked the more inspired I became and I found myself working on several pieces at once. …Of course I have also been maintaining my real estate business, have taken on management of an HOA and am today writing this from my lunch period at real estate broker school. The cost of all this has been neglect of my blogging and social networking . I am sorry.
and have carried the guilt with me as I work, but i hope it doesn’t show in my work.
The pictures above are just a sampling of what I have been doing. I use many techniques and materials in my projects. The determining factor comes from the art showing me a vision and my skill determining what I need to do to achieve that vision. You can click on each photo to see more detail and description.
I often begin with white muslin and create my own fabrics but will use proprietary fabrics if they are called for. Many of the pieces this summer have begun with batik. It’s been a very exciting change, as my work in the past has not included this.
I use appliqué, patchwork and whole cloth piecing . My quilting is sometimes done with my feed dogs down and freehand, other times more traditionally. I’ve included hand and machine embroidery, bead and sequin details and even painting directly a detail. These are done in no particular order. Sometimes I find myself painting on something that is almost complete otherwise. I do try to use my skills well and do not skimp on any process or design element just to get past it. I don’t add beads just because I want to, I add them because they are integral. (btw it is relaxing to sew beads
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My show begins November 18th , 2009. Come to lovely san Carlos, check out my work and have some fun.

































Below are some photos of the drawings I have done lately.



















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