New Horizons Duo (face), 2022, 91.5″ x 62″ each, Free-motion stitching and multi-immersion hand dyework on cotton flannel. Hand-stitched bindings.Land of Many Suns, 2022, 9′ x 30′, latex paint and ballpoint pen on cotton canvas. Five panels; varying sizes; each approximately 6′ x 9′, hemstitched edges; grommets at corners.Ancestor’s Challenge (face), 2022, 122-135″ x 135-141,” free-motion stitching and assorted cottons, linens, rayons, and felts on cotton canvas.Ancestor’s Challenge (reverse), 2022, 122-135″ x 135-141,” acrylic paint and Isacord thread on cotton canvas. Hand painting and free-motion embroidery. Wedding Quilt (as of 2023), 2020-ongoing, 91″ x 103″, Assorted fabrics, assorted yarns, and Isacord thread on linen chambray, exposed wool batting. Hand embroidery, machine applique, free motion embroidery, free-motion quilting.Reverse of Wedding Quilt (as of 2023), 2020-ongoing, 91″ x 103″, Isacord thread on linen chambray, exposed wool batting. Hand embroidery, free motion embroidery, free-motion quilting.Community Quilt, 2021, 90″ x 106,” assorted cottons, linens, and rayons, Procion Mx chemical dye, Isacord thread. Improvisational piecework, immersion dyeing, free-motion quilting, free-motion embroidery, assorted hand-stitched labels, hand-stitched binding.
I facilitated this community collaboration with my textile students in my Quiltmaking, Contemporary Improvisation course at the University of Kansas. My students and I each student contributed hand-dyed and improvisationally-pieced blocks, which I composed, quilted, and bound in unity. Special thanks to my students, who will be forever with me. Cathedral, 2020, 40.5″ x 64.5″, Procion Mx chemical dye and Isacord thread on cotton, linen chambray binding. Screen printing and hand-painting, free-motion embroidery, hand-stitched binding.Night Wonderings, 2020, 39″ x 53″, Posca Pen on Denim. Star Bear, 2019, 62.5″ x 53″, Isacord thread on salvaged upholstery fabric. Free-motion quilting and free-motion embroidery. Supported by wall-mounted custom armature.Fragment, 2019, 59″ x 30″, salvaged thread on felt. Free-motion embroidery. Supported by wall-mounted custom armature. Galaxy Window, 2018, 91″ x 32.5″, Procion Mx chemical dye and Iscaord thread on linen-cotton chambray, cotton sateen, and salvaged fabric. Multi-immersion dyework, machine piecework, free-motion quilting, free-motion embroidery, hand-stitched binding. Interior Landscapes, 2017, 11.5″ X 59″ each, cotton canvas on stretchers, Procion MX chemical dye, Isacord thread, assorted yarns. Multi-immersion dyework, free motion couching, free motion quilting, and free motion embroidery. Nothing New Under the Sun, 2017, 69″ x 77″, cottons and linens, Procion MX chemical dye, Isacord thread. Multi-immersion dyework, piecework, free motion quilting, hand-stitched binding. Southwest Stripe, 2017, 88″ x 110″, assorted cottons, linens, and salvaged fabrics, Procion MX chemical dye, Isacord thread. Multi-immersion dyework, free-motion quilting, hand-stitched binding. Locust King, 2017, 52″ x 68″, Procion Mx chemical dye and Isacord thread on cotton canvas. Multi-immersion dyework, free-motion embroidery. Purple Wonder, 2017, Procion Mx chemical dye, cotton, linen-cotton chambray, Isacord thread. Multi-immersion dyework, free-motion quilting, hand-stitched binding.Wild Goose Chase, 2015, 63.5″ x 52″, assorted cottons and batiks. One-seam curved-press geese construction. Machine piecework and quilting; hand-stitched binding.
