Echinacea
This series started with a walk through my garden.
I was finishing up pieces for a solo show
at the Virginia Quilt Museum
and I needed to fill a big space.
The form of the echinacea standing tall throughout my yard said ‘Make Me!’.
Now I can’t stop. Each is set on a concrete form decorated to match the flower.
Echinacea paradoxa VI: Kismet Yellow
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton & polyester textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
Echinacea purpurea VII: Pixie Meadowbrite
This piece has found its forever home.
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton & polyester textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
Echinacea purpurea XI: Silver on my Mother-in-law’s tablecloth
I use many reclaimed textiles in my work. The petals for this piece are made from a tablecloth from my Mother-in-law. It was well-used and had faded to a soft patina. Lined with batting and heavily machine-quilted with a center wire for shape. The seeds are made from tight weave Dutch wax prints, stuffed hard and hand-sewn together
Method:
Machine quilted, machine quilted , hand & machine constructed
Materials:
cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.
Echinacea purpurea XII: Industria
This piece is traveling with a SAQA Global Exhibition until the end of 2029
For purchase inquiries, please contact William Reker, Director of Global Exhibitions at exhibitions@saqa.art or 937-912-5009.
Method:
Machine quilted, machine quilted , hand & machine constructed
Materials:
cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.
Rudbeckia hirta On the Way to the Emerald City
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton & polyester textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
Echinacea purpurea IX: Ifigenia
Method:
Machine quilted, machine quilted , hand & machine constructed
Materials:
cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.
Echinacea purpurea I
Echinacea purpurea II
SOLD
Echinacea purpurea III
Method:
Machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed
Materials:
Cotton textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing
