Quilt no 27

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24x24"

Bright shapes from hand-dyed fabrics fused and free motion stitched onto a machine pieced scrappy background.

nb: closeup photos were all taken before the black background was quilted

Quilt no 26

Forursula

18x24"

Lutradur, Foil and Acrylic Paints

Quilt no 25

Sew Red

37x45cm (approx 14.5x18")

This quilt features machine-embroidered red work. Machine-sewn and machine-quilted, using cotton thread.

Quilt no 24

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18x18"

Silk flowers are machine appliqued, (raw edge). On cotton fabric, with cut and folded border. It was made for a the APWQ challenge this summer. The background fabric was supplied to all challenge participants, and I made a fantasy koi pond, with flowers drifting down through the moonlight.

Quilt no 23

Snippets

18x18"

Hand quilted with thread a bit thicker than quilting thread.

Quilt no 22

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20.5x19"

I was inspired by Kellie Wulfson of Don't Look Now's exquisite raw edge applique, and Allison Harris of Cluck Cluck Sew's Stash Buster Pillow. Here's a stylized leaf-dropping tree, with shadow quilting. The tree trunk is Indonesian batik, the leaves are from a charm square swap I did several years ago, and the backing fabric is a batik I bought in Antigua almost a decade ago when I was doing Peace Corps service in Dominica.

Quilt no 21

Runaway Chairs

20.5x19.5"

This piece is done in a raw edge applique style using thin strips of multiple fabrics. The background fabric is hand-dyed.

Quilt no 20

Crazy Lizards

24x24"

machine quilted

Quilt no 19

Autumn Equinox

18.5x18.5"

Machine piece using paper piecing, machine quilted using quilting cottons

Quilt no 18

Huckleberry Swirl

18x20"

Machine pieced batik cotton fabrics; Embellished with hand-dyed variegated embroidery floss; Machine quilted with both solid and variegated polyester thread