To obtain a desired effect I will incorporate thread painting, acrylic paint, watercolor, oil paint sticks, permanent markers, Tsukineko inks, water soluble pastels, and even Wite-out. Creating art quilts allows me the freedom to draw on all of my skills.

My art quilts are wall hangings to be viewed as art. They are fixed with a sleeve on the upper back for insertion of a dowel for hanging the quilt on the wall. Curtain clips, stretcher frames, picture frames, and other hanging methods can also be used.

Some of the art quilts featured here are for sale. Others are in personal collections. Commissions are always welcome. Please contact me for availability, prices, and commissions at quiltcookie@yahoo.com

Exhibits

"For the Love of Flowers" exhibition at the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, March 4 - April 23, 2005.

Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative - Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts

Put A Roof Over Our Heads - "Carmisha's House" - The American Alliance of Quilters, traveling show 2006-2007 - quilts will be auctioned at the end of the exhibit

Open Hearts/Helping Hands - Artwalk at the 2006 Lowell Quilt Festival

Doing Small Things: "The Starfish Thrower" - Fiber Arts Connection of Southern California travelling throughout the U.S. 2007-2008

Fibertarts For A Cause - donated numerous postcards as proceeds for cancer research

Reel & Heal: Hooked For Life - donated art quilt for breast cancer research - March 2007

Quiltart:Markings - Spring 2007 PAQA-S (Professional Art Quilters Alliance - South) juried exhibit - Page Walker Museum, Cary, NC - April 2007

Sacred Threads - "The Angel of Grief" - juried exhibit June 2007 - Reynoldsburg, OH

Fabled Fibers - "The Heron and Hummingbird" to open at the 2007 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, October 2007. The show will travel following the opening.

Women's Stories:Quilts is a juried exhibit with the Huron Valley Council of the Arts in Highland, MI - juried exhibit August 2007. "Welcome Sarah" received an Honorable Mention award. Inspiration

My inspiration comes from many places and people, but I am most inspired and excited by architecture, nature, and landscapes. The graceful drape of a willow branch waving in the wind, the dappled sunshine on dogwood leaves in the fall, or a bright red cardinal perched atop a snow-covered branch never cease to intrigue me.

Everything beautiful is not good, but everything good is beautiful. - Anonymous

I am proud to be participating in the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative, a program to raise awareness and fund research for Alzheimer's disease. All proceeds will go to Alzheimer's research. For more info, go to www.AlzQuilts.com.

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