It All Began With a Leaf   Joan R. Barker   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT As a child, we spent summers at our cabin in the redwoods of Northern California.  In addition, we had a large [...]

  Onion   Jean Renli Jurgenson   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT Who knew that the lowly onion could be so beautiful - so graceful? (And so appropriate for this format!). This image, as well as any representational [...]

  Spring Greens   Cathy Miranker   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT Among the challenges of a truly monochromatic palette is achieving contrast and drama without using a different color. So, fabric choices are crucial. In Spring Greens, [...]

  Bias Tape Beauty   Jane Hanson Haworth   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT I took a series of photos of these Aeonium succulents outside the lobby of the Monterey Plaza Hotel in downtown Monterey, California. They were [...]

  Keep Oregon Green   Gerrie Congdon   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT This piece was one of the first ones where I experimented with translucent, airy works. Drawings of dyed strings were arranged next to fabric cuttings [...]

  Chartreuse Village   Susan Murillo Helmer   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT A posting on Facebook gave me the inspiration for the subject matter of my quilt. The photo of an Iranian village carved into a hillside [...]

  Sunshine City   Geri Patterson-Kutras   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT As a city dweller, the theme of my work revolves around ideas that reflect on our relations to the place where we live, around urban life. [...]

  Yellow Submarine   Deb Cashatt   45 x 15 inches ARTIST STATEMENT My art quilts send messages, inviting discovery and analysis. By stitching bits of fabric together, I create intricate, puzzle-like shapes reminiscent of graphics used in both [...]