Just a few days left to shop my pop-up!
Check out my hand-embroidered artwork in the American Craft Council Online Pop-up Marketplace! Ends this Sunday! Continue reading Just a few days left to shop my pop-up!
Tag: fiber art
Creating a Wildlife Haven, One Plant and One Stitch at a time
This is the first of a series of small quilts I am making as part of my Extinct 23 Redwork Project. As you may recall, I am stitching all 23 species delisted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2021. However, I wish to balance that act of grief with an exploration of future-oriented action and celebration in a series of quilts, also done in redwork, based on the native plants I’m growing in my yard. Continue reading Creating a Wildlife Haven, One Plant and One Stitch at a time
The Flat Pigtoe Mussel and the Plight of Freshwater Mussels
This stitched illustration of the Flat Pigtoe Mussel is the latest block completed for my “Extinct 23” redwork quilt project. Continue reading The Flat Pigtoe Mussel and the Plight of Freshwater Mussels
Redwork Quilt Block: The Hawaiian Po’ouli
My most recent redwork block. This is the Hawaiian Po’ouli, a honey creeper from the rainforests of Mount Haleakalā. Its story is an especially sad one, partly because it was gone so recently and there were frantic efforts to save it in recent years. Discovered in the 1970s, it was estimated then that there were 200 left in the wild. By 1997, there were only … Continue reading Redwork Quilt Block: The Hawaiian Po’ouli
Join Me for American Craft Made Baltimore March 3-5!
Announcing American Craft Made in Baltimore from March 3-5! I will have hoop embroideries for sale, patches, patterns, and more. Come see me in booth 832! Continue reading Join Me for American Craft Made Baltimore March 3-5!
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