2022.
String quilting method, cotton fabric.
This was part of a MICA Quilt Club commission from the Reginald F Lewis Museum. The quilt was made using fabrics containing the museum’s colors of red, yellow, and black.
2022
Quilting & Embroidery, Cotton Fabric, Acrylic Paint
Along with others in the MICA Quilt Club, the Reginald F Lewis Museum in Baltimore, MD commissioned 2 quilts to be made commemorating black history in Baltimore & Maryland.
Made for the “Our Endangered Planet Quilt,” as part of the MICA Quilt Club + AAQB project. Made with cotton and silk. Log cabin quilting, freehand embroidery. Part of the piece was made using fabrics dyed from avocado pits, marigold, and fresh indigo. Marigold and fresh indigo are from my garden.
Cicada wings collected ethically off the ground.
Cicada wings collected ethically off the ground.
Cicada wings collected ethically off the ground. Wings left behind after birds had eaten their fill.
Hand sewn using English Paper Piecing method. Cotton fabric used from the sash of a bespoke garment made for my mother in Bermuda, 1969. Completed quilt can be seen here.
Concept drawing and diamonds in progress.
Hand stitched using English Paper Piecing. Made from repurposed flannel and denim.
Cotton Fabric. Hand sewn reverse applique and embroidery techniques.
Concept collage using photography, and the Procreate App.
Bootstrap Fashions custom dress form pattern. Machine sewn. Cotton canvas, batting, foam, cardboard, zippers, and dress form stand.
Customized Merchant and Mills pattern (bust dart adjustment). Cotton ribbing, wool/linen double cloth. Machine sewn.
Improvized pattern. Cotton fabric, machine and hand sewn. Minimal embroidery. Filling contains buckwheat hulls.
Silk fabric. Acid dyes. Wood blocks, clothes pins, clamps. Part of MICA’s Staff Professional Development Day.
Two panels hung and offset. One panel is an abstraction of the body’s skeletal and neurological processes. The other is of a pattern used to evoke vertebral movement through the use of network drafting.
Woven on an eight harness floor loom. Needle felting, embroidery, double cloth pocket, double cloth with pick-up, macrame.
Needle felting, double cloth insert, macrame, embroidery.
Close-up detail of network drafted pattern. Wool.
Network-drafted chart made using the iWeaveIt App. This is an 8 shaft, 8 treadle pattern over 57 ends x 126 picks.
Needle felted. Wool fiber.
Needle felted. Wool fiber.
Wool fibers spun for the weaving.
Yarn spun using a drop spindle. Wool fiber.
Cotton, Procion Dyes
Ink on paper
Cotton yarns.
Linen warp. EL wire, crayons, melted crayon wax, bubble wrap, wire, artist tape.
Original project was to weave a continuous length of fabric, experimenting with weave patterns, different materials, etc. I recreated it into a wall hanging that emphasizes the topography of weaving.
Wool, cotton, silk, steel.
Mask examples of the work I did for the Baltimore Masketeers, and commissions from friends and family. Included filter pockets.
100% Quilters Cotton
Reversible Day-to-Night Wiksten Patterns Haori - Natural washed linen, and silver pigment printed linen. The pigment printed linen was sanded in areas to create a less polished/more distressed look.
Hand and Machine sewn.
Merchant and Mills Jack Tar Bucket Bag Pattern.
Oilcloth. Cotton Canvas. Metal D rings, magnetic closure, rivets. Leather straps.
Modified Grainline Studios Scout Tee Pattern. Cotton Gauze Fabric.
Brooklyn Tweed Skiff Hat Pattern, No pom/brim variation. Wool yarn.
Kate Davies Designs Carbeth Sweater Pattern. Wool.
Merchant and Mills Garment Workbook Pattern. Twill fabric acted like denim. Sized up to wash down to my size, creating a denim-wash look.
Cotton dot dobby twill
Self-drafted hat pattern with brown corners appliqué. Wool yarn. Face paint.
Neon Yellow and Neon Orange DMC embroidery floss & Reflective Yarn.
Purl Soho Pattern. Magic loop toe-up method.
Linen. Hand sewn.
Linen fabric and DMC embroidery floss.
Handmade sweater & firefly hair clip. Used spirit gum to temporarily glue a giant button to my eye. Denim jeggings and docs from 1995.
Self-drafted cut and sew “sweater”, dyed blue and then painted with watered down metallic fabric paint. Leftover CVC jersey knit from office sample room. Got heather effect by dyeing with a reactive dye so the polyester content stayed a grey color. Machine Sewn.
Progress image of sweater before stars were applied.
Wurm Pattern using Wool/Silk blend yarn.
Hand knit. Superwash Merino. Fair Isle pattern drafted in Excel using conditional formatting.
Wool. Hand knit. Improvised knitting pattern, fair isle drafted in Excel using conditional formatting.
Excel screenshot of fair isle pattern.
Hand Knit. Adapted from a Weaver Knits pattern. Superwash merino.
Hand knit Stephen West pattern. Superwash merino.
Shawl detail.
Machine Knit. Wool & Reflective Yarn plated in stripes. Self-drafted and fully fashioned sweater pattern.
Swatch gauge & pattern notes.
Concept Drawing
Commissioned dog sweater design for a small dog named Groucho. The owner wanted to emphasize his love for Troy, NY.
Flat design before making it into a sweater
Fair Isle pattern developed in Excel using conditional formatting.
Lisel Dress pattern by Cocoknits. Linen yarn.
Needle felted wool fiber sculpted into a cocoon like shape, stuffed with polyfill and large individual LED lights taped to watch batteries.
I don’t have an example of the finished pillow, but this was a design for a baby pillow. The concept was a small pillow that had an appliquéd owl on one side, and the head of a Transformer on the other side. The shape happened to work on both sides.
Hand knit glove, completed. Self-drafted pattern.
Example of glove in progress from palm viewpoint
Example of glove in progress, back of hand viewpoint.
Concept piece for architectural studio assignment to make a light. The idea was to make a comfort pillow for children in the event they wake up at night. The soft light and warmth of the pillow was intended to be soothing.
Hand knitted pillow external cover. Light pink wool yarn. Zippered internal sack made up of projection voile and stuffed with fiber fill, plastic bead pellets, and rope light.
Self-drafted hand knitting pattern. Wool. Needle felted heart, eyes and mouth.