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A River Runs Through

A River Runs Through
38″W x 43 1/2″H
$500

Undercover Quilters show 2023: 1st Art Quilt, NACQJ Award for Excellence and Design
Pieced, machine quilted, 100% cotton

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Pieced, raw edge applique, machine quilted, 100% cotton.
Undercover Quilters show 2021: Best Interpretation of Theme, 2nd Art Quilt
2023-24 Main Line Quilters Special Exhibit on tour with Mancuso shows.

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Sliced and Diced

Sliced and Diced
44″W x 44 1/2″H
$400

Fabrics randomly pieced, cut apart, pieced again. Machine quilted, 100% cotton

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Whirligigs on a Summer Day

Whirligigs on a Summer Day
33 1/4W x 47 3/4″H
$400

Triangles pieced together to make kaleidoscopes. Machine quilted, 100% cotton

The Reluctant Triangle

The Reluctant Triangle
31 1/2″W x 43″H
$600

Sometimes the triangles just don’t want to set in their place.
Pieced, raw edge applique, machine quilted.

Undercover Quilters 2021, 2nd prize Modern Quilt, Accepted in Quilt Fest New England, 2023

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Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset (wall hanging)
35 1/4″W x 4o”H
$350

Pieced, machine quilted, 100% cotton.

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Zig-Zag

Zig-Zag
40 3/4″W x 46 3/4″H
$400

Pieced, machine quilted, 100% cotton.
Started cutting my leftover fabrics into strips and playing with color. Added some
prairie points to extend the design.

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Blueberry Lime Sherbet Surprise

Blueberry Lime Sherbet Surprise
34 1/4 W x 43 3/4″ H
$400

Pieced triangles to make Kaleidoscopes, machine quilted, 100% cotton.

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Fossil Crinoid, Sterling Pendant 432

Fossil Crinoid, Sterling PEN432
1 1/8 x 2 1/2″
$165

Crinoids were sea animals forming 300 million years before dinosaurs.

Chinese Writing Stone, Sterling Earrings E301

Chinese Writing Stone (my cut), Sterling Earrings E301
3/4 x 1 1/8″ (posts)
Sold

Kyanite, Sterling Earrings E250

E250 Kyanite, Sterling Earrings (posts)
5/8 x 1 5/8″
$110

Sugalite, Garnet, Sterling Pendant 425

Sugalite, Garnet, Sterling Pendant 425

Sugalite is relatively rare and is one of the few stones with such a very rich reddish purple color.

7/8 x 1 5/8″
$165

Malawi Blue Agate, Opal, Sterling Pendant 424

Malawi Blue Agate, Opal, Sterling Pendant 424

This stone surface is botryoidal meaning it has naturally formed rounded bumps.

1 3/8 x 1 1/2″
$165

Grape Agate Druzy Sterling Pendant 421

Grape Agate Druzy Sterling Pendant 421

This delightful stone is a form of quartz and if you want to see some pictures of amazing clusters take a look here: https://www.geologyin.com/2019/04/what-is-grape-agate.html

1 1/4 x 2″
Sold

Larimar, Topaz, Pearl, Sterling Pendant 420

Larimar, Topaz, Pearl, Sterling Pendant 420

Larimar is a rare blue stone and found only in the Dominican Republic. I couldn’t resist setting it with a sea blue Topaz.

7/8 x 1 3/4″
$200

Ocean Jasper,Sterling Pendant 419

Ocean Jasper (my cut), Agate and Sterling Pendant 419

Ocean Jasper from Madagascar is almost totally mined out and difficult to find. I left a little bit of the natural druzy in this landscape piece when I cut it.

1 1/4 x 2 1/8″
$165

Deschuttes Jasper Sterling Pendant 418

Deschuttes Jasper (my cut) Sterling Pendant 418

This is one of the great picture jaspers from Oregon. It is found in a small deposit (now closed to mining) near the Deschuttes River.

1 5/8 x 2 1/2″
$175

Mookaite, Moonstone, Sterling Pendant 415

Mookaite, (my cut) Moonstone, Sterling Pendant 415

A dynamic abstract pattern in Australian Mookaite without the usual red and yellow coloring.

1 1/4 x 2 1/2″
Sold

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper, Sterling, Gold, Pendant 417

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper, (my cut) Sterling, Gold Pendant 417

I love picture stones and it is difficult to find good landscapes within the slices of rock that I cut. But this slab presented 4 “treescapes” to be turned into unique pendants. This jasper comes from Mexico.

A 14k gold sun adds to the design.

1 1/4 x 2″
$175

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper, Sterling Pendant 416

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper (my cut) and Sterling Pendant 416

1 1/4 x 2″
$165

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper, Carnelian, Sterling Pendant 414

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper, (my cut) Carnelian and Sterling Pendant 414

2 x 1 1/2″
$165

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper, Carnelian, Sterling Pendant 413

Sonoran Dendritic Jasper (my cut), Carnelian and Sterling Pendant 413

1 1/2 x 2 1/8″
$165

Blue Opal Petrified Wood Sterling Pendant 409

Indonesian Blue Opal Petrified Wood Sterling Pendant 409

This stone is found one place in the world–on the side of an extinct volcano in Indonesia

1 1/8 x 1 5/8″

$165

Montana Agate, Citrine Druzy, Sterling Pendant 407

Montana Agate, Citrine Druzy, Carnelian, Sterling Pendant 407

with chain and a magnetic clasp
1 1/2 x 2 1/8″
$250

Laguna Agate Sterling Pendant 405

Laguna Agate (my cut) Sterling Pendant 405

1 3/8 x 2 1/8″
$175

Onyx Druzy Sterling Pendant 404

Onyx Druzy Sterling Pendant 404

1 1/8 x 1 7/8″
$ 150

Fossil Coral Sterling Pendant 402

Fossil Coral (my cut) and Sterling Pendant 402

2 x 2 1/8″
$165

Blue Topaz, Quartz Druzy Sterling Earrings 248

Sterling, Blue Topaz and Quarts Druzy Earrings 248 (lever backs)

3/4 x 1 3/4″

$150

Spiny Oyster Sterling Earrings 240

Sterling and Spiny Oyster Earrings 240 (posts)

3/4 x 1 1/2″
$85

Onyx Sterling Earrings 235

Sterling Onyx Earrings 235 (posts) 3/8 x 1 3/4″ Sold

Twist and Shout

I had some favorite blocks left over from an earlier quilt. Their abstract pattern led to this which won 3rd Modern Quilt at 2019 Undercover Quilters Show.

26.25 x 43.5 ” (including drop) Wall Hanging

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$300

I Always Wanted a Red Quilt

Having collected red fabrics for about 20 years, I just had to start putting them together. This won 1st Large Pieced Wall Quilt 2017 at Undercover Quilters Show.

54.5 ” W x 60″ H Wall Hanging or Lap quilt