Fabric Art

Some of my collages are created with fabric. I make both wearable and non-wearable fabric art.

Tea Party Jacket
Tea Party Jacket back
Egyptian Jacket
Egyptian Jacket back
Egyptian Shoes
Symphony Jacket
Purple Fairy
The Blue Flag in the Bog
Suit-Un-Common
Suit-Un-Common close up
Yin Yang
Steampunk Cuffs
Brown Steampunk cuff
Steampunk Cuff
Born to Catch Dragons
The Old Gumbie Cat
In the Spring of the Year
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Tea Party Jacket

Tea Party Jacket

This jacket consists of layers of fabric with a tea party theme. Cups, saucers, tea pots, sweet treats, doilies, etc. overlap with heavy quilting. Pins made from tea bags and spoons are accents.

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Tea Party Jacket back

Tea Party Jacket back

This shows the cat (heavily quilted to mimic fur) and some of the doilies and treats.

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Egyptian Jacket

Egyptian Jacket

This piece uses Egyptian motif fabrics for the collage and is heavily quilted with gold thread. It uses a scarab pin.

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Egyptian Jacket back

Egyptian Jacket back

This is the back of the jacket and shows more of the Egyptian themed fabrics. It takes about 25-30 fabrics to do a good design.

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Egyptian Shoes

Egyptian Shoes

The left over Egyptian fabric was collaged to leather shoes. To be worn with the Egyptian jacket.

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Symphony Jacket

Symphony Jacket

This is a simple jacket which just uses rectangular shapes. The edges are left unhemmed so it will fray.

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Purple Fairy

Purple Fairy

This purple fairy is a special little lady. She now lives in California where she is very happy. Her skirt is netting filled with flowers and her hair is curling ribbon

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The Blue Flag in the Bog

The Blue Flag in the Bog

I love this Edna St. Vincent Millay poem and wanted to illustrate it in fabric. The burning earth is at the bottom with the blue flag iris; the road to Heaven with the people walking upward, and the poem is printed on silk and sewn at the left side.

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Suit-Un-Common

Suit-Un-Common

This Egyptian boy king was created with the same Egyptian fabrics that I used on my jacket and shoes. He is heavily collaged and has golden ear rings.

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Suit-Un-Common close up

Suit-Un-Common close up

I printed an Egyptian death mask on silk to use for the face.

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Yin Yang

Yin Yang

This is a quilted panel with two beta fish in a yin yang circle. The red fish is sewn with gold metallic thread and the blue fish uses silver.

21"H x 21"W

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Steampunk Cuffs

Steampunk Cuffs

I started making Steampunk cuffs with chains, watch parts, vintage jewelry and lace.

5"H x 10"W

$25 - contact for availability

Brown Steampunk cuff

Brown Steampunk cuff

This fabric cuff has vintage watch parts and chain.

5"H x 10"W

$25 - contact for availability

Steampunk Cuff

Steampunk Cuff

This cuff is made with a black kid leather overlay which holds 3 vials and a key.

5"H x 10"W

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Born to Catch Dragons

Born to Catch Dragons

Hand embroidered dragon on batik background; side panels are watercolor strips alternating with covered cords; branch bar is wrapped with gold wire covered with faux gems and gold mini beads; finished with a variety of ribbons.

36"H x 36"W

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The Old Gumbie Cat

The Old Gumbie Cat

The old Gumbie Cat from the T. S. Eliot poem is sitting while the mice are playing.

30"H x 18"W

&250

In the Spring of the Year

In the Spring of the Year

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem is the theme for this fabric wall hanging. The illustrations for each stanza are done in watercolor.

36"H x 24"W

$250