Celebration Flags

Olivia has had a fever due to teething, we hope, so i neglected to post yesterday.  So…now that Marilyn has called me from Santa Rosa to say her gift arrived, I will show you the entire banner.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
This is not an original idea, but i just had to make one.  Somewhat akin to the [...]

Quilt top made new

This is the kind of work i do for clients.  Yvonne brought this top to me without the borders and with another row of fans.  The top is made of fabrics from around the 1930s and is hand pieced.  There are a few stains and some of the stitching had come loose from a washing, [...]

Healing Heart

Healing Heart: fabric, tie-dyed dinner napkin, yellow linen dyed with natural dye osage-orange sawdust, 8 pointed star quilt patchwork, nest of gold thread,dyed crochet, red wool, enamel pin, paper butterflies, dyed lace flowers, copper wire, beads, hand-stitching.  Size: c. 20″ square
I started this piece last fall while in the early chapters of Julia Cameron’s THE ARTIST’S WAY.  [...]

Healing Art

I find that making art is the best way for me to intuit, bring to the surface, seek understanding, and communicate what is going on inside of me.  The process of creating becomes a meditation on the person, situation, or problem that i am struggling with.  This piece is a gift celebrating the life of [...]

Leaves of Blue and Green

Today this leaf wall hanging went to its new home.  Look how nice the colors photographed when placed on a ‘middle grey’ background.  All cotton and hand-quilted, i hope it will serve to “bring the outdoors in”.  I decided that I would not make another along the same theme until this piece was sold; i [...]

A New Day Finished

This wall hanging is finally finished; ready to hang and ready to list on ETSY…if i only had my store ready!  Diana and I printed these roosters a few years ago to use for potholders…i love using them again.  I hope this hanging will remind me that i can start over every day…especially when the [...]