Vigilant

Vigilant  20"x23"    DONATED to Historic Arkansas Museum Auction

This quilt is made of many pieces that are assembled like a jigsaw puzzle.  Focusing on light and dark sections of the fabric gives the face interest and dimension.

It is probably evident that I enjoy faces.  I like people and I especially like the way their personalities shine forth in their faces - and especially their eyes.  When I choose a face to make into a quilt, I prefer intense faces.  Do you think this guy is intense?  Not scary - but very focused - on something.  I wonder what?

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Alyssa

Alyssa  21"x34"   SOLD

Ah Alyssa!  The first quilt I made in this style.  Named after my nephew's precious wife Alyssa.  Not because it looks like her (she is quite beautiful) but because when I made this quilt, Alyssa was moving frequently and the houses on the figure's head made me think of her.

Houses on Alyssa's head

The background fabric on this quilt is one of my all time favorites and you will see it in several of the quilts in the UWW show.  The gradual color change by increasing the proximity of dots seems almost magical to me.

The technique for this portrait uses small pieces of fabric attached to the background with tiny little dots of glue.  Then the whole thing is fused down and each and every little piece is sewn down. 

There are two other portraits in a similar style in the show.  See if you can find them in future posts.

Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations 14"x15"   $500.00

Some people that you meet just vibrate with wonderful energy and life. This is the first of a series of portraits of my friend Elizabeth.

Flirting

Flirting  38"x20"   $150.00

When these two characters appeared in my sketch pad, I just knew they needed to meet.  But I never suspected that heart shaped balloons would be involved.  There is an obvious attraction - at least for one of them!

Once again, my favorite fabric.  Do you remember seeing it on other quilts in this collection?

Caught in the Branches

Caught in the Branches  28"x28"   Not for Sale

You may have noticed as you look at my blog that I have two very different styles.  One is somewhat realistic portraits of somewhat realistic people.  And the other is whimsical portraits of imaginary creatures.

Well, last year I decided to try to combine the two styles into one quilt.  And this is the result of that experiment.

Now all of my more realistic quilts are also full of imagination - and some would say strangeness.

Yup.  I like this style a lot.

Pink Lady

Pink Lady    28" x 33"    $500.00

This lovely lady makes me smile.  She is bedazzled with many many beads and other sparkly bits.  And she has the most beautiful necklace.

When she was developing her personality and things were starting to surround her head.... the designs within the fabric itself dictated what shapes should surround her face.  Sometimes I am just plain surprised by what my quilts become.

Bags Galore

I recently started making bags for a guild project and found that I not only enjoy the pattern for the bag itself, but I really like adding little mini quilts to make the bag a "work of art".  Here are some of the bags that I have made so far.....

I am going to start carrying them around town and see if they capture anyone's attention.  This should be fun.  I'll report back!