from the Heart

satin appique with beads and embroidery on velvet

beaded cart

Vintage shower curtain, made into a dress, then beaded.

Dress was taken apart and now this piece is ready for a new life.

embroidery from photo

original photograph

embroidered version on a dresser blank
with stamped design (that is how the rose entered the scene)

embroidery with paint

satin pieced pillow detail

painted dress with embroidered vines and ribs etc. on organdy curtain.

Needlework

Original needlepoint designs for chair seats. One chair was accidently destroyed by Michael in the Refuzor (Seattle punk rock super band) era, the other was lonely. The chairs were sold for garden arts.

altered book

"Species on the Verge" altered book
This is a real book fabric with stitched illustrations sewn to pages.

fabric and paper