Falling Leaves/Leaves Falling was constructed using discontinued drapery samples on their way to the dumpster. I used one sample line with 3 different color ways. On some sections I did heavy machine stitchery using glossy threads. The leaves came from another group of drapery samples in different colors. Made in winter of 2007. 21w by 22h Life's Stories/Connecting Threads is a quilt I did for a show in Sequim Washington in 2007. I had been given a bag of antique handmade lace and I wanted to honor the anonymous maker of this beautiful lace. I had seen a vest made using the small "pillows" and thought that concept would be perfect for creating different "stories". I lashed each square together with ribbon which is the "connecting threads". There is tatted lace and knitted lace by an unknown person and I used this beautiful work to tell a story. There are many Chinese icons, broken jewelry, and even a tatting shuttle with a bobbin of thread (on blue pillow) which is still attached to the piece of tatted lace at the top of the quilt. The 2 small pieces of lace on the bottom pillow are at least 100 years old. 28w by 23 h WISH YOU WERE HERE Postcard Show : "Fun in the Desert Sun"  This was made by making a copy of the original collage on cotton then embroidering specific areas. It was then backed with a heavy fabric. It was sent to a show in Tohona Chul Park in Tucson, Arizona as a postcard through the USPS with stamp and everything. The show runs Sept to November 16th, 2009. Visit    www.tohonochulpark.org     to see post cards.

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