Quotes Quilts
Happiness
Series: Quotes
9 x 12 in
2022
Recycled fabric, lace, and cotton thread. Hand-stitched and embroidered, featuring a quote by Sylvia Plath: 'I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is what it is to be happy.'
Secret Garden
Series: Quotes
10.0 x 10.5 in
2020
Recycled fabric, appliqué, and hand-stitched embroidery using cotton thread. The techniques include fabric layering and intricate embroidery stitches. The quilt features a quote from Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden: 'The secret garden bloomed and bloomed, and every morning revealed new miracles.'
To Live in Fear
Series: Quotes
9 x 13 in
2023
The quilt's layers are made from a variety of recycled fabrics and painted cotton. A range of techniques were used to create this piece, including hand and machine stitching, appliqué, fabric collage, embroidery, and crochet.
Responsive to Change
Series: Quotes
10 x 12 in
2023
Cotton fabric, appliqué, and hand-stitched embroidery using various thread types. The piece features a quote by Charles Darwin, with fabric strips and layered stitching.
Mindbloom
Series: Quotes
10.0 x 7.5 in
2022
Combination of hand-stitched embroidery and acrylic painting on fabric, featuring a nature-inspired design with textual elements.
Flow of Nature
Series: Quotes
10 x 11 in
2023
This piece is created using a combination of fabrics with hand-stitched embroidery and appliqué techniques. It includes a quote from John Muir, lace accents, and various textured elements, forming a composition that integrates text and decorative stitching.
Survive
Series: Quotes
6.25 x 6.00 in
2023
This piece was created using cotton fabric, with hand-stitched embroidery in white and gold threads. The word "survive" is appliquéd onto a black background, surrounded by detailed seed stitching and outlined in a circular gold border, all against a black fabric base.
Patchwork Memories
Series: Quotes
16 x 12 in
2024
Mixed media, lace, and hand-stitched embroidery. This piece incorporates appliqué, yo-yo quilting, crochet doilies, and various textured elements.
I Teach
Series: Quotes
9 x 11 in
2023
This quilt combines hand embroidery, appliqué, patchwork, and vibrant stitching with textual and floral motifs, celebrating teaching as a superpower.
Memoria del Silencio
Series: Quotes
18.5 x 14 in
2025
Cotton and linen with hand embroidery using cotton threads, textile appliqué, and freehand stitched text; hand quilted to integrate composition, relief, and precise artisanal detailing throughout the piece.
Rising Through the Cracks
Series: Quotes
9.5 x 26 in
2025
Cotton linen base with appliquéd fabric book spines, hand-embroidered text, stitched bookshelf, and button-embellished flowers, combining textile collage, embroidery, and mixed-media quilting techniques.
A Prayer in Cloth
Series: Quotes
11 x 14 in
2026
Cotton and linen base with recycled fabrics, paper, buttons, and thread, layered textile collage, hand embroidery, and appliqué. Stitched text and dense surface texture explore memory, repair, and transformation time.
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