Fallen , 2001

Close-up View

49" x 38"

$1,500

I love the look of a wash of colour moving from light to dark values across the surface of a quilt. I have tried to capture the feeling in autumn where the trees almost seem to glow. Inspired by a random-pieced autumn quilt called "Autumn Alternatives" by Bonnie Tinling, in Joen Wolfrom's Color Play, 2000. I started playing and created my own blocks. I used my backing fabric, which features autumn leaves, as the pattern for my free-motion machine quilting. Quilted back-to-front

Birches at Pink Lake, 2001

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22" x 26"

$500.00

Inspired by a photograph I took at Pink Lake, in Gatineau Park, on an October weekend. I found the perfect fabrics in my stash to interpret the picture. Using small snippets of fabric with a tulle overlay I created the glowing golden leaves worn by birch trees in autumn.

Before They Fall, 2000

40" x 39"

$1,600

I wanted to create an impressionist type landscape of my favorite season. The colourwash technique seemed a perfect choice. Colourwash involves cutting up many patterned fabrics into small squares and working on a design wall to create a picture. Imagine yourself walking along a path with brightly-coloured autumn leaves hanging overhead, and you are looking across at hills of red, gold and orange.

Last Tango, 2001

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68" x 86"

$1,500

Leaves perform one last dance in the wind before falling to the ground. Inspired by Debbie Wertmann's quilt, "Fall Folly, in Joen Wolfrom's book "Make Any Block Any Size".