Ice Dyed Fabric

Ice dyeing seems to be trendy these days, so I thought I'd give it a go. I soaked some fabric in soda ash and water for about 30 minutes, and let it drip so that it was almost dry.  Next I put the fabric on a plastic screen that was elevated in a large plastic container, put a mound of ice on top, then sprinkled dye over the ice.  It took a long time for the ice to melt. I left it alone until the next day, rinsed it out and put in the washing machine.
 I like the unpredictability of the process.   

Shalom Star Quilt

This quilt has a pieced background, and is machine appliqued and machine quilted.  I used commercial and hand painted fabrics.

This photo was taken before the piece was quilted.   I like how the light is coming from behind to give it a stained glass affect.

Portal Quilt

During my photography days in art school, I created unique images and textures by burning slides with a match – the results were always surprising…

My quilt “Portal” uses one of these images creating what looks like an opening, or a passageway.

The main piece was quilted first and couched with yarn; then, I created the separate photo-image quilt and appliquéd it to the main piece. 

New Fabric Postcard and Greeting Card

Aerial View

Aerial View was created with silk, and cotton hand dyed and commercial fabric; fused raw- edge applique, and machine quilting using decorative thread.  I couched yarn on to the quilt surface.  The edges were bound with a zigzag stitch.

Tea Time

My “Tea Time” quilt was created with used tea bag paper as the background.  I made some photo images on the tea bag paper for the letters and the tea strainer.  The lemons are also photo images.  The tea cup and teapot were created by putting yarn, thread, and roving between two pieces of water soluble stabilizer, and free motion quilting on top.  I also created stencils with freezer paper for the leaves on the background, and binding, which is cheesecloth.

New Floral Postcards