Pretty in Pink
12" x 12"
While I seldom wear pink clothing, I love pink nail polish and nail polish names. This piece has a background with a variety of polish names with a sheer over it printed with bottles of polish, then colored with water color pencils.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Streaming Blue
12" x 12"
Shibori is so much fun to do and Streaming Blue was no exception. I started with white fabric, stitched it, painted it black, and then dyed it blue. I put in some little white dots at the beginning of the process to keep some white in the picture.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Energy Flow
12" x 12"
I took a class in disperse dye shortly before this challenge came up, and I ended with a piece of fabric the exact colors of the challenge. I pressed it to make little mountain peaks and hand stitched in the flora of the area.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Kyoto Revisited
12" x 12"
This was my color choice and I started with a piece of deconstructed screen print I had. When I started laying the yellow and purple strips on it, I saw an Asian landscape come to life.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
The Dancer
12" x 12"
This is one of the few pieces where I just started pulling out colors to see where they would take me. I must have been influenced by the Cuban musicians I like to listen to, because I saw this dancer immediately.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Blue Moon
12" x 12"
This piece was made using fabric I rusted with a piece metal grating I had found somewhere. I used that for the top, and some large rusted washers for the bottom piece. I had previously dyed some of the rust fabric this aqua blue color, and used a sheer I had rusted along with the washers.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Line Study
12" x 12"
Nobody could guess this was mine, it being very out of character. I searched around for a design I liked and decided to go back to the basics using simple lines.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Line Study #2
12" x 12"
This is another piece where I decided to use basic lines to see if I could make something I liked. I used some paper lamination which is one of my favorite processes.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Chartreuse Line Study
12" x 12"
I continued on with the line studies in this piece, using monoprinting to create the initial line. The black and green needed a contrast, and red worked perfectly.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Savoring India
12" x 12"
I've used this technique involving wool felt as a batting in the past, and find it adds a lot of texture to the piece. I'm never sure what I will end up with, and in this case it was spice seeds.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Study in Gray
12" x 12"
This work came out of a Dorothy Caldwell class where we used incense to burn holes in fabric. I wanted gray to be the predominant color with just a hint of yellow and red.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
Orange
12" x 12"
Before I was invited to be part of the Twelve by Twelve group, I made a series of small pieces using lots of painted interfacing, cheesecloth, and stitching. I decided to go back to this for my final Twelve Colorplay work.
Part of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Project
