New Idea

New drawing for an embroidered piece.

Flowers and Leaves

After buying fabulous fabric to make a duvet cover- I decided that I needed new pillows for the bed. The damask was so subdued I wanted to make my design for the pillows more graphic but still organic. I used various silks and left over fabric from the curtains I had made.

Flower Vines

A few years ago I made this pillow for our living room. There were vines that had grown over the windows- I think that influenced this design.

Wedding Dress

I was very nervous doing this one! I drew the design on the lining of the dress so I could make sure everything would be symmetrical.

Pillow Detail

This is a detail of an embroidered pillow. Awhile back I went crazy embroidering on patterned fabric.

Black and White Purse

Purses..... anyone need purses?? Just let me know.

Purse

When I finished college and no longer had a darkroom or space to make stained glass pieces I began to work with textiles. I designed, embroidered, appliqued, and beaded boxes full of squares. The squares eventually turned into purses and pillows.

Lake Rug

Several years ago I hooked this rug for my parents- or one that is very similar. They had just retired and moved to Smith Mountain Lake. Philip and I got married at the lake so I ended up hooking one for us too.

Felted Purse

This was a crazy embellishment experiment!

Green Baby Sweater

I have made what seems like thousands of baby sweaters. They are fun to do because you can try out new things on a small scale. This is the first one I tried and when I was finished it looked too plain and boring. I thought embroidery would add some excitement.

Bunny Slippers

One can never have too many rabbits, or rabbit related items. These little bunny slippers were knitted then felted. I made two pairs and couldn't part with either.

Flower Rug

I designed this rug in March. After several months of hooking- and reworking the design in order to use up my stash- it is done and in use!

Birds

I used scrap yarn for these felted birds- then embroidered and beaded them.

Baby Sweater

Yet another baby sweater finished. This Debbie Bliss pattern took me more than a year to complete due to the 12 other projects started in the meantime.

Beatrice Rex

Beatrice relaxing on her new rabbit rug.