Inside Stories

These hand embroideries tell tales of the thoughts, feelings, and memories of a textile artist. In her inner life, she dreams of being a master gardener and an expert ukulele player (ha!). She has a strong affinity for the tools of her trade. And she celebrates the act of creating art with her hands. These inside stories tell of her wishes and desires that are best expressed as textile art.

Yellow Chair

Yellow Chair

6.5″ W x 9″ H (14.5″ W x16.5″ H framed)

Yellow Chair depicts the first piece of furniture I was given as a child to fix up, a wooden chair with no seat and a coating of gray paint. Spending a summer removing the paint with a pocket knife, I later wove the seat out of bailing twine. My chair has traveled with me from home to home and always reminds me fondly of my first home in Colorado.

Yellow Chair is an improvisational design created with wool fabric and hand-embroidered with cotton threads dyed by the artist.

Musical Chair

Musical Chair

11.5″ W x 13.5″ H

In this music room, my ukulele is ready to play a rousing rendition of the tune stitched on the wallpaper, Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight.

Musical Chair is an improvisational design created with wool fabric and hand-embroidered with cotton threads dyed by the artist.

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Arm Chair Gardener Embroidery

Armchair Gardener Embroidery

9″ W x 9″ H

SOLD

When winter arrives I sit in my blue chair and daydream about what I’ll plant next Spring in the garden. A garden gives you hope for the future.

Arm Chair Gardener Embroidery is a free-form embroidery stitched on wool fabric using cotton threads dyed by the artist and attached to a cotton border.

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