Title: "Vital Patterns (Talisman Quilt #7)"
Materials: various commercial fabrics, upholstery fabric, hand-dyed cotton, laminated imagery, fake leaves, found objects, beads, oil paint stick, perle cotton, metallic yarn
Dimensions: 13" Diameter
Date: 2013
Title: "An Alchemy of Spaces, Empty and Full (Talisman Quilt #8)"
Materials: various commercial fabrics, upholstery fabric, hand-dyed cotton, inkjet printed cotton, glass vessels, metal jewelry findings, acrylic hemispheres, Swarovski crystals, metal prong settings, crystal cup chain, Shrinky Dinks, beads, yarn, fabric pen
Dimensions: 13" Diameter
Date: 2013
Title: "Certainty"
Materials: brocade fabric, commercial cotton, inkjet printed cotton, fabric paint, decorative thread, monofilament, acrylic paint
Dimensions: 17.25" x 12.75"
Date: 2012
Title: "The Art of Inclusion #5"
Materials: various commercial fabrics, inkjet printed cotton, laminated text and images, metal eyelets, beads, press-on sequins, acrylic paint, buttons, embroidery floss, jewelry pieces
Dimensions: 15" by 15"
Date: 2012
Title: "Unafraid of Secret Things"
Materials: various commercial fabrics, inkjet printed cotton, laminated glitter and imagery, Swarovski crystals, metal prong settings, beads, acrylic paint, fabric pastel, embroidery floss
Dimensions: 9" by 12"
Date: 2012
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Title: "Monster Portrait: Reginald"
Materials: various commercial fabrics, inkjet printed cotton, acrylic paint, laminated imagery, metal eyelets, embroidery floss, buttons
Dimensions: 8" by 10"
Date: 2012
Title: I Had a Dream Like That Once
Materials: brocade, sheer fabric, commercial cotton, inkjet printed cotton, laminated images, iron on foil, watercolor paint, plastic leaves, embroidery floss, permanent marker
Dimensions: 10" by 10"
Date: 2012
Title: Some of My Favorite Lines
Materials: fabric, laminated images, confetti, plywood, inkjet, acrylic paint, fabric transfer crayon
Dimensions: 13" by 9.5"
Date: 2012
Title: An Oasis for Orphaned Tresure
Media: Half of a dollar store place mat, found objects, jewelry, beads, laminated images, various fabrics, embroidery floss, eyelets, shrinkable plastic, acrylic paint
Dimensions: 13" by 9.5"
Date: 2010
Title: If You Open Fifty Six Dimensional Portals, The Things that Come Out of Them May Well Find True Love
Media: Metallic fabric, sheer sabric, inkjet printable cotton, laminated images, ink, shrinkable plastic, eyelets, beads, plastic baubles, swarovski crystals
Dimensions: 13" by 9.5"
Date: 2010
This quilt appeared in the "2011 VACI Partners Open Exhibition."
Title: More than the Usual Unfinished Business
Media: polyester, sheer fabric, fabric paint, fabric transfer crayon, laminated images, jewelry, embroidery floss, brass chain, photography
Dimensions: 13.25" by 9.5"
Date: 2009
This quilt contains a fortune reading, "It's time to complete some unfinished business."
Title: The Lineup
Media: cotton fabric, sheer fabric, lace, iron-on transfers, acrylic paint
Dimensions: 13" by 9.5"
Date: 2009
Title: It Turns Out the Materials Employed in the Telling of the Tale Are Identical to Those Used in Its Original Construction
Media: inkjet printable cotton, various fabrics, laminated images, found embridered rose, wood, acrylic paint, candy wrappers, Swarovski crystals, embroidery floss
Dimensions: 9.5" by 13"
Date: 2008
Title: Falling Girl #2
Media: cotton fabric, iron-on transfers, acrylic paint
Dimensions: 7" by 7"
Date: 2000
Title: Falling Girl #1
Media: cotton fabric, iron-on transfers
Dimensions: 7" by 7"
Date: 2000
Title: Fatal Glitter Overdose
Media: velvet, iron-on transfer, vintage ribbon, lace, silk, laminated holographic paper, safety pin, embroidery floss
Dimensions: 9" by 7.5"
Date: 2006
Title: The Same Old Adventure, But It Never Gets Boring
Media: cotton, laminated images, sheer fabric, confetti, embroidered handkerchief, miniature doily, acrylic paint, pencil
Dimensions: 13" by 9.5"
Date: 2008
The talk bubbles read:
"You'll have to wait and see, doctor... ...trust me."
and
"Well anyway, try to stay out of trouble."
Title: The Only Rational Explanation
Media: inkjet printable cotton, various fabrics & ribbon, laminated images, colored pencil, talk bubbles from comics, spoon handles
Dimensions: 9.5" by 13"
Date: November 2008
The two talk bubbles in this quilt read:
"Was I hurled deep into space by a magnetic wind?" and
"I should hope so."
