INVITATIONAL QUILTS

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Orange Poppies 23" x 19", 1998 $300 Made for the Quilts in Bloom invitational traveling exhibit, initiated by Diana Leone. I have always admired the work of Georgia O'Keefe and am particularly fond of her "Red Poppy". I saw this invitation as an opportunity to portray my interpretation of poppies - in orange - one of my favorite colors. Hand dyed cottons, reverse machine appliqued and quilted. Cotton batt.

xxxooo (Hugs and Kisses) 18" x 24", 1998 $400 An invited quilt for Rachel Rogel's Kiss Series. Cotton fabric with glow in the dark lips, embellished with trapunto, sequins, beads, machine embroidery, silk screen, fringe, and glitter.

Big Blue Colander - Beaded - At Dawn, 1998 $600 Made for the Colander Girls invitational. This piece is in honor of Ruth Reynolds, who was the inspiration. My interpretation of the invitation to make a quilt that contained a colander is a big blue one, like the Big Blue Marble -- Earth. I had received a beaded colander as a gift, so I beaded this one, then put it rising in an orange sky at dawn (Ruth's inspiration was an orange colander). There are three constellations in the sky: Taurus - mine, Libra - my husband's, and Orion's Belt, in memory of a friend. Commercial cottons, painted, "poked", sheer overlay, machine quilted, beaded. Cotton batt, cotton lining.

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