Autumn Lady

After meeting Larkin Van Horn in person and teaching from her new book, I was inspired to create this little beaded picture. The face was purchased from Raven's journey while I was at Houston, IQA Market this past Fall. There are freshwater pearls, garnets, citrine, and other gemstones in her roots. The piece is beaded on a piece of dupioni silk.

Celtic Maze!

Now that Christmas has past and the recipient of this quilt has been gifted, I can share this fun quilt on my blog! This is the reason I haven't posted in so long. I finished the quilt long before the holidays but couldn't risk her seeing it before she actually received it! This is a Celtic maze quilt made from three values of green and blue. Molly, the quilt's new owner, was the first niece to receive a quilt upon their first birthday in 1992. Back then I was using commercial fabrics and was new to machine quilting..poor Molly suffered the learning curve..her Irish Chain lap quilt was poorly executed and lacked almost everything I put into my quilts today. This quilt is a full size topper with over 115 different fabrics from hand dyes to batiks and was quilted on Eileen, my temperamental long arm! If you flip the quilt to the back you can trace the maze. Molly is a sophomore in high school and can use her new quilt to keep her warm on late nights while studying! An enjoyable pattern with lots of movement!