Olive Art Quilt

Olive Oil mini quilt, 10 X 10 inches. Painted and tea stained fabric, applique, machine stitch and hand embroidery.

Micro Bird

Stitching fun in miniature, micro bird is a tiny stuffed softie, 2 cm (0.8 inches) long. He's a sweet green bird, the tiniest member of the soft sculpture flock.

Hand Embroidered Fiber Art Quilt

Featured in the Summer 2013 issue of Art Quilting Studio magazine, Vista is an art quilt covered in hand stitching. The quilt combines multiple fabrics and fibers from wool to synthetics.

Tangerine Fiber Art Bird

Tangerine Tanager Soft Sculpture, is a bird softie in shades of tangerine orange and turquoise blues. Stitched by hand and covered in wool fibers, it's a cheery addition to the fiber art flock.

Wooly Bluebird

Greetings from Wooly Bluebird. Handmade with love, it's a fiber art bird inspired by bluebirds, jays, buntings, flycatchers and blue tits.

Blue Bird Red Bird

 

One in turquoise blue, one in deep red, these monochromatic fabric birds are two of a kind. Stitched and embroidered by hand, they are stuffed until beautifully plump.

At about 3 1/2 inches tall and 5 1/2 inches long, they are a mated for life pair, the best of friends.

Soft Fabric Bird

 Perched on my painting table is a new stitched bird soft sculpture. His name is Mister J.

Made of fabric with hand embroidery stitches in topaz, copper and ecru, Mr. J is 5 1/2 inches long and 4 inches tall. Here he is braving the wet weather for a quick snapshot.

Hand Stitched Lavender Bird

A stitched bird in lavender and teal has joined the flock. With raw and frayed edges she is covered in hand embroidery.

Doing Nothing

A bit of Latin: nihil agere delectat - It is pleasant to do nothing.

Painting in acrylic with hand embroidery lettering, 8 X 10 inches on canvas. 

From Painting to Art Quilt

Galactic art quilt (16 X 16 inches) is inspired by my abstract paintings. The challenge was to translate the texture and lines that can be achieved in acrylic paint to soft fabrics and machine stitch.

The base fabric is batik with three additional layers of hand painted fabric. The aim was to create depth & texture with raw unraveling edges, meandering stitches and couched lines. The addition of the roundness of tortoiseshell buttons and tiger's eye beads was a balancing counterpoint to the raw edge cutwork of the lines.

As an exploration of surface design and a rendering of acrylic painting to fabric art, this was a fantastic, fun & interesting challenge.