Title: The Quilt of Tortoises Media: velvet, hand-painted silk, thread, acrylic paint, studs Dimensions: 13" by 9.5" Date: 2009 This quilt is now in a private collection.
I make art quilts out of just about anything I can get my hands on. I have a goal of not letting anything be left behind, whether it's a sketch, a photo, a random thing I found on the sidewalk, or a scrap of fabric from the trash at work.