Sewing comforters, quilts and wall hangings can be a most creative and satisfying endeavor. Various threads, fibers and colors are the palette. Dyeing pillow cases, sheets, shirts and fabric gives magical results.
Happy Mushrooms, Fabric Wall Hanging 18x24
Bow Tie King Quilt, Cotton top & back, bamboo batting, 104x110
Mushroom Quilt, Cotton with Hand Embroidery, 42x50
Fabric Forest, 18x20
Raw Silk Yardage, Hand Dyed with Procion Dyes
Eco-Dye, with local plants, Sumac, Onion skins, Rose hips, Native geranium leaves, Madder root, Walnut hulls
Dupioni Silk
Dupioni Silk, Eco-dye
Indigo Shibori Cotton Pillowcase 2
Pillowcase, Eco-Dye with rusty iron bits 2
Pillowcase, Cotton, Marigold, Osage-orange, Indigo
Procion Dye Leggings
Eco-Dye Long Sleeve Tee 1, Madder, Osage-orange, Indigo
Migration Quilt, Cotton with Cotton back and batting, 38x52
Bow Tie Quilt Close up
Bow Tie Quilt, King, made from my Dad’s Bow Ties
Fabric Mushroom
Shibori Resist Indigo Dye, Cotton Yardage
Silk Scarves
Dupioni Silk
Dupioni Silk, Eco-Dye, Madder Root, Iron, Fabric Yardage
Indigo Shibori Cotton Pillowcase 1
Pillowcase, Eco-Dye with rusty iron bits 1
Pillowcase Close up
Procion Dye Long Sleeve Tee 2
Eco-Dye Tee Shirt, Osage-orange (hedge apple) shavings
Dye Soup. Sharon Kilfoyle, Suzy Farren, me and Cathy Wyss