Gallery 1 shows my interest in historical American quilting designs and techniques
---nine-patch, log cabin, hourglass, and Amish, along with a love for other design traditions
including Turkish prayer and Peruvian pre-Columbian discontinuous warp and weft patterns.


Hourglass 1
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2000, 50.5" x 59.5
Traditional pattern, occasionally turned 90 degrees and 4 colors instead of 2


Peruvian Connection
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1998, 25.5" x 29"
Based on ancient Peruvian discontinuous
warp and weft design


With a Nod to Tradition: Diamond in a Square
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2000, 43" x 43"
Containing both Amish and log-cabin
construction references


Cross and Crown Transformed
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1980's, 45" x 45"
Altered Nine-Patch


Mariturk Prayer Quilt
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1987, 42" x 36.5"
'Mari' = Marimekko fabrics
'Turk' = Turkish prayer rug designs

 

 

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