Portrait Quilts

Ballerina Megan
25″ x 32″
Photo image enhanced with paint, colored pencils, thread painting, and tulle.

A Girl Who Loved Roses
13″ x 16″
Photo image enhanced with paint, colored pencils, thread painting, and lace

The Greatest of These is LOVE
16″ x 16″
Photo image enhanced with paint, colored pencil and thread painting

Margit Olson ~ Lady of Love
24″ x 36″
Photo image enhanced with paint, colored pencil, thread painting, and featuring Margit’s artwork for the border. Part of HERstory exhibit.

Betty White ~ A Television Legend
24″ x 36″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting. Part of HERstory exhibit. Won best of HERStory exhibit at International Quilt Show in Houston 2018.

Kissing Sisters
15″ x 15″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting. On permanent display at YWCA Green Bay, WI as part of an exhibit honoring women and sisters.

Do No Evil
30″ x 30″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting. Private collection in San Francisco CA. First place Evergreen Quilt Show 2018.

Snow Amigos
30″ x 40″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting. Won 2nd place Wisconsin Quilt Show Challenge 2017.

Becoming Ryleigh
30″ x 40″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting. Part of OURstory exhibit 2018.

Colin’s Pieces
30″ x 40″
Photo image enhanced with paint, colored pencil and thread painting on fused mosaic background

Those Were the Days
45″ x 30″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting

Grace on Point
25″ x 40″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton with thread painting. Won 2nd place at Wisconsin Quilt Show 2018. Included in “It’s All About the Face”.

Baking Up Some Mischeif
30″ x 40″
Pen and ink drawing on cotton, enhanced with paint and colored pencil and thread painting. Won 2nd place Wisconsin Quilt Show Challenge 2018.

Baking Up Some Mischeif details

A Little Tomte Help
30″ x 40″
Fused piecing, photo image enhanced with colored pencil, ink and thread painting.
Mandala Quilts

The Garden
54″ x 48″
Fused applique with black quilting to simulate pen and ink drawing

Butterflies and Blooms
75″ x 64″
Fused applique with black quilting to simulate pen and ink drawing. 1st place Evergreen Quilt Show 2017. 2nd place Wisconsin Quilt Show 2018.

Butterflies and Blooms details

Seasons ~ A Study in Curved Piecing
30″ x 30″
Curved piecing techniques

Elements
24″ x 24″
Fused applique

Let There Be Light
24″ x 24″
Fused applique with beads

Hello, My Name Is
17″ x 17″
Reverse applique

Circle Your Name
17″ x 17″
Fused applique