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Karen's quilts
Glacier 2 (2020) 60x40
Piece two in a series depicting glaciers in a modern style. Background fabrics are all hand-dyes with machine appliqued commercial white cotton. Two layers of wool batting.
Trippy (2019) 36x51
Turning my pencil sketch into this brightly colored quilt was a task as I am more muted with my color choices. The bright colors remind me of the 70's black light posters with the black velvet.
Andromeda Crossing (2018) 83x83
An original pattern using my own ice-dyed mandalas. Background/border fabrics are commercial cottons. My friend said they looked like nebulas. I found a photo of Andromeda... which was spectacular and had the same purple and browns.
Dance in the Rain (2018) 65x65
Center medallion is a deconstructed kaleidoscope quilt. Applique and borders are my own design. 9-level gradation of hand-dyed fabric with commercial cotton background. Hand-dyed custom backing piece. Two layers of batting - Hobbs 80/20 topped with Quilters Dream wool.
That Night at First Avenue (2018) 20x20
Cherrywood Challenge Finalist - PRINCE challenge
Orecchio (2017) 20x20
Cherrywood Challenge Finalist - VAN GOGH challenge
Glacier 1 (2017) 60x44
My first modern piece (a challenge from a friend) -- improvisational piecing using Cherrywood hand-dyed fabrics. Piece one in a series depiciting glaciers in a modern style.
Gods Eye (2017) 36x36
A purchased hand-dyed Armani silk reminded me of the Gods Eye yarn crafts I did at camp. I designed a wholecloth pattern to match the dye lines. One layer Hobbs 80/20 topped with Quilters Dream wool, poly threads, couched metallic Candelight thread to accentuate the design.
Words on a Whim (2017) 54x38
This was a fun piece - lots of couching using various types of yarns and specialty threads. Background fill is my special ADHD style of quilting.
Trenton Makes (2017) 60x35
My art groups Bridge Challenge - machine applique, painted fabrics, background and hand-dyed water fabrics. Original photo by Robert Bruschini Images LLC used with permission.
Panache (2016) 20x20
Cherrywood Challenge Finalist - LION KING
Elphie (2015) 20x20
Cherrywood Challenge Finalist - WICKED
Just the Two of Us (2015) 50x33
Inspired by a photo I took of two brown pelicans on a fishing dock. Top is constructed entirely of silk dupioni, painted with shiva paintstiks, invisble machine applique. Quilters Dream wool batting.
Lucy (2015) 43x53
I had wanted to make a Lucille Ball quilt for some time and knew she would be perfect for my art group challenge. She is constructed entirely of six gradations of cotton Cherrywood Hand Dyed fabrics. The pieces were raw-edge fused applique using Misty Fuse. Two layers of Quilters Dream wool batting and various poly threads.
True Colors (aka White Lines) (2014) 68x68
The center is a mexican pinwheel from Marsha McCloskey's book Feathered Star Quilt Blocks I - Really Hard Blocks That Take a Long Time to Make. The remained of the quilt is my own design. I call it the quilt that refused to be finished because it had given me so many difficult trials. Pinwheel is pieced, all other elements (including center lemoyne star) are machine and hand appliqued.
The Thing with Feathers (2014) 69x59
The dark, sorrowful hand. Although it is full of fear, sorrow, pain, etc., it still has hope (feathers and swirls stitched in dark charcoal thread). The hand is reaching for HOPE (the thing with feathers), in its reaching it is emitting more hope -- the quilted feathers. The feathers, as well as the swirls behind the birds, are a pastel variegated thread (little glimmers of hope). And although the sky is dark and dismal, there is so much movement, the singing.
Thought Process (2014) 34x35
A purchased hand-dyed square. I added curved borders, used a splatter bleach technique, glitter paint to accentuate the quilting, and added additional detail. This is a great representation of how I think.
Down the Rabbit Hole (2013) 37x37
An original design for my guilds black and white challenge. Over 80 hours of inking the design. 100% cotton fabric, poly thread, two layers of Quilters Dream wool.
Outta the Loop (2013) 74x75
Collaboration piece with Eyvonne Smith. Modified "Elements of Nature" pattern by Jacqueline de Jonge. Enlarged pattern and added various elements. Additional stars and flying geese in the quilting crate movement and add interest. A true collaboration between friends.
Drops (2013) 43x56 - SOLD
Inspired by an Adam Hart-Davis photograph (used with permission). Made entirely of satin and using shiva paintstiks for the water droplet appliques.
Flies and Weeds (2013) 73x73
The appliques were created over hours and hours of sitting in parent pick-up lines. This quilt spent quite awhile as a UFO until finally finishing it for an article in the May 2013 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited.
Bend (2012) 40x37
My guild had a scrappy challenge. I'm not the best at scrappy, so I decided to keep it as the background. The quote comes from my high school creative writing teacher. The quote is inked and machine appliqué of the tree and leaves.
Wonderlust (2011) 57x57
An original design that had been brewing in my mind for some time. It was sketched out early in 2009 and I began the fabric form in 2010. I finally finished the construction and original quilting design late in 2011. Invisible machine appliqué, batik, cotton, sateen fabrics, metallic thread, and around 2000 crystals were used.
Stella Luminosa (2011) 33x33
Original design for the 2011 MCQG Star Challenge. The challenge was stars, and you were required to use at least one lame fabric. Constructed of sateen, silk, and lame fabrics.
The Choice (2011) 36x40
My art group held a door challenge. After hours of looking through door photographs, I decided to drawn my own. The floor, walls, and archway are painted white fabric. The doors are painted/stained brown muslin. Shiva paintstiks, Inktense pencils, decorative metallic threads.
Clouds in my Latte (2011) 56x74
This was initially planned as an everyday quilt until I came up with the quilting design -- which turned everyday into spectacular.
Oliver (2010) 31x43
The owl, tree branches, and background are painted/shaded with Shiva paintstiks and invisible appliqued. Oliver was a year in the making and was a wonderful journey!
Iron Acanthus (2007) 75x75
My first original wholecloth. Color trapunto using black wool.