For Allison

 The Gift of Rain

Hand dyed cottons, silk, and commercial stripe. Fused, machine quilted and mounted on painted wood panel. 12x16".

 I used some of my special edition fabrics in this piece and love the wet landscape feel of the colors. It has been raining for days here and that is so much better than snow! My tulips are up. Just waiting for a bit of sun. 

 

1. Rastita 100% Merino, and Souk, 55% silk, 45% wool

2.Rastita and Malabrigo Rios, both 100% Merino wool

3. Lion Brand Amazing, wool and acrylic, and Silk Garden, mohair, silk and wool.

4.Silk Garden and Fibranatura 100% wool

5. Gina, 100% wool and Fibranatura wool

6. Gina (both skeins are the same, just showing the different colors, and Creative Focus superwash wool 

7. Boku, 95% wool, 5% silk, Creative Focus Superwash

8. Casablanca, 60% wool, 20% silk and 20% mohair, and Creative Focus Superwash

9. Pastaza 50% wool, 50% llama, Texas Big Horn 55% Mohair, 45% wool

10. Washable Wool 100% wool, Texas Big Horn

11. Washable Wool and Casablanca Wool, silk and mohair.

Available work

Adding to it

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Harold and Mel

 I've interspersed my four pieces with Harold's paintings. Only one of mine is quilted, but OOOOO is this fun. Of course he did all the discovery, the refinement, the concept, and the color choices.
One of the things I have tried to incorporate is the low contrast of two related colors. Hard to see, but still it's still there.

Putnam 2

 Front and back and the whole body being blocked. Notice I am standing on a stepstool to get the aerial view.