Rose of Sharon quilt top completed December 2024 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending It was inspired by several triangular leftover pieces from Aprés Le Sueur that I wanted to utilize. Once completed, searching for a title, I noticed the flower like medallion shapes that emerged, and love the richness of symbolic meaning associated […]
Read MoreSummer’s End quilt top completed October 2024 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending It was inspired by the colors of my favorite season, Autumn.
Read MoreApres Le Sueur quilt top completed August 2024 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by French artist Eustache Le Sueur’s painting, Meekness, currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Read MoreLincoln Slept Here (And Other Specious Claims) quilt top completed January 2024 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by an overshot woven blanket design as seen at the President Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site (Springfield, Illinois) the summer of 2023.
Read MoreHoundstooth quilt top completed October 2023 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by learning that the houndstooth pattern has been found in textiles dating as far back as the Bronze Age from the Hallstatt Celtic Salt Mine, Austria, 1500-1200 BC.
Read MoreMonarch quilt top completed January 2023 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by 2nd-3rd century AD Syrian tile from art collection at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Read MoreWater quilt top completed December 2021 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by weaving design. This quilt is third in the series New Harmony: Earth, Fire, Water.
Read MoreFire quilt top completed October 2021 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by weaving design. This quilt is second in the series New Harmony: Earth, Fire, Water.
Read MoreEarth quilt top completed September 2021 ~ 90 x 90 inches Amish hand quilting pending Inspired by weaving design. This quilt is the first in the series New Harmony: Earth, Fire, Water.
Read MoreMy college education began at a conservative Lutheran pre-seminary program at Concordia College in River Forest, Illinois. After a disappointing experience in high school geometry, I abandoned my dream to be an architect, and my singular focus became what we called “the ministry.” From 2nd to 8th grade, I attended a day school of the […]
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