#72. Lost and Found. 62" x 62" if laid flat. Made from synthetics, silks, cotton. Lost in the move to St. Louis, it was started in 2023 and finished in 2026. Hawaiian orchids in warp and weft mesh together to finish the flowers in the border, shared with Scandinavian style leaves. My sister in law gave me the Hawaiian fabric samples from a store that was closing in Honolulu. The vibrant African fabric with birds surround the interior elements of American flags and Japanese design.

 

#71. UPDATE: American Crazy Quilt with Dorothy. @24" x 60" x 12". 2026. Instead of weaving from the center out this woven quilt has one rectangular segment leading to the next segment haphazardly but carefully not bleeding colors into each other. Taken to a farm field it is then torn with shotgun blasts and knife slashes. NFS

#71. Renamed: 'American Crazy Quilt with Dorothy' (2026). Formerly named 'Untitled 2025' (American Crazy Quilt) Previously @52" x 40". Shotgun holes from 2025 were slashed open with a serrated steak knife in 2026. Now hangs @ 60" x 42" depending on the drape. N/S

 

#71. 'Untitled 2025' (American Crazy Quilt) approx. 52" x 40". Made of left over strips from previous projects and a thrift store prom dress.

Cartridge shot tears through both side, no matter if it is blue warp on one side or red warp on the other.

This crazy quilt morphs organically as I add on one section after another. Reusing fabric and story residues from previous quilts mish mash together. The warp is red on one side and blue on the other.  They weave everything together. When the shotgun blasts through one side the other side is equally affected. America.

Finds from Found By The Pound, a thrift store in N. County of STL, 

and left over fabric woven into 'Untitled 2025'. Sort of like stir-frying Chop Suey.

 

Baby's Square Footage. See the difference? Now Adi won't lie down!

 

The show 'Awakening the Senses: Art that Invites Interaction' is at the Racine Art Museum (RAM). My 'Rorschach Puzzle (Mikey Mouse, Cowboys and Indians)' is part of their exhibit where visitors are invited to touch, handle, fondle the art work! Go be more than a viewer. June 11 - August 9, 2025.

GO SCRUNCH IT UP. LOL.

 

#70 Rorschach Puzzle (Mickey Mouse, Cowboys and Indians). 38" x 41". 2025.4 Is this a child's toy or is something deeper going on? NFS

How do you make sense of this? Is it menacing or entertaining? Is it for children? Is it for adults? Is the shape, a monster, an eagle, dancers? On the other side do your eyes pick out the pieces of shadowy cowboys, vibrant Indians? Would your eyes search for the pictures without any clues? 

 

#69. 'American Weave / Japanese Boro'. 2025.2. 65.5" x 61.5". Thrift store fabrics, both Japanese and American. Silk, Synthetics, Cotton. NFS

    

Tweaking the traditional quilt and weaving designs of Japan and America. 

I used small bits of Japanese fabrics. They look like they are placed by chance. But no, I learned randomness in design is never random. 

American fabric printed to look like already made traditional quilts are torn apart loosing their quilt designs only to be woven into a Madras plaid. Below are pictures of the fabrics I tore into 1" widths. They lost all their individual designs but kept their colors in the madras plaid weave. I did not keep them in order but purposely mixed up the strips, choosing placement based on color. Keeping colors just enough apart to distinguish a pattern.

 Pineapple design 

 Yo-Yo quilt

 Pieced quilt

Pattern made of one inch squares make a useful sizing background for a growing baby! (#43. Water Bubbles/Lava Knits)

 

#68. Young Marimekko / Old Granny. 1/2025. 25" x 32.5" Marimekko scraps, flannel dots, synthetic and cotton. Gifted.

Young Marimekko

Old Granny

Small people need small blankies. Gifted to friend Tina and her new grandkid.

You know you're working when you get "pinned". 'Japan / America Quilts'. Still unfinished due to life's distractions.

 

I finally have a wall to display on, stand back and view. Finally the renovation is almost done...over a year later. From working in a bedroom to a studio.

2022: working on the floor of a bedroom, with a dresser and bed crowding me 

and wearing a headlamp for lighting.

2024: my basement studio. With a wall to hang and actually see the work without having to climb a ladder and look down on it. 

 Wedding Syzygy. 72" x 70".  Sun, Moon and Earth.

And a wall to pin to...

Infinity Baby Blanket 36.5 x 39"

#67. 'Infinity Baby Blanket'. 2024.8 36.5" x 39" when laid flat. A weave of fuzzy flannel with slippery synthetic fabric. Bordered with a "made for baby" flannel binding tape that I found. I discovered that I had just enough! Gifted at a baby shower.

Close up.

Both sides are shown in these two photos.

 

  

#66. Wedding Syzygy. 72" x 70" Made between 3.2023 - 3.2024, with Tutuvi remnants and thrift store fabrics. A syzygy is when two is linked by a third. When the Earth, Moon and Sun allign in an eclipse, that is a syzygy. When two are wedded by an officiate, that is a syzygy. 1,000.

WARNING there's a bear in there! 'Waltzing With Bears / Uncle Walter' is shipping to SF from St. Louis, MO. SOLD 11/2023.

 

It's been a not too brief respite from daily living. Whittling down possessions was harder and longer than expected. Once the renovation is finally completed the unpacking begins. I expect more paring down. But for now I enjoy a nice respite driving 5 hours with a carload and Mr. Ti plant and friends. Peace.

 

#58 'Appalachian Moose / Plastic Lei' is in the 'Fiber Art Now' Fall 2023 edition. It will be in the 'Texas Quilt Museum', La Grange, Texas. May-August 2024. 51" x 41" 2021.6 $900.00

Below is the back side of the moose, it's a plastic lei, as artificial as the Moose.