This section of the web site is dedicated to artwork other than quilted art. Such work may include, fabric manipulation, felted wool and silk fibers, decorative threadwork, specialty yarns, hand-made paper, weaving, scrumbling, fiber beads, dyeing, wool whole-cloth, and embroidery.

The pieces may be free hanging or framed under glass.

Bobbinwork Sampler

Freemotion bobbin work with pearl cotton in the bobbin, hand-painted background fabric.
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Blue Cocoon - felted work

Dyed silk cocoon and waste, hand-made wool felt, polymer clay, ruched hand-painted burlap, decorative yarns and specialty thread, hand-painted cotton background fabric.
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Threadwork Sample

Interlocked thread and decorative yarns - sewn only to each other, "lacelike" without fabric - metallic stars on tulle circles, matted and framed between two panes of glass.
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Orange Spider Felt - felted work

Hand-made wool felt, glass beads, manipulated painted cheese cloth, decorative yarns and specialty thread, hand-painted cotton background fabric.
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Spider Felt On Orange - felted work

Hand-made wool felt, glass beads and cabachons, decorative yarns and specialty thread, hand-painted cheese cloth, linen, hand-painted cotton background fabric.
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In The Garden - Fabric Collage

Commercially printed fabrics, acrylic medium.
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Twig Web - Mixed Media

It might be a stretch to call this fiber art but here you go. Woven twigs, silver and gold wire, steel sheet metal background, heavy copper foil, brass butterfly, rayon yarn, star sequins, spider (copper/glass).
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Quilting - Paper/Beeswax Collage

Torn paper (mostly magazines), beeswax coating.
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Quiltmaking - Paper/Beeswax Collage

Torn paper (mostly magazines), beeswax coating.
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Wisdom - Paper/Beeswax Collage

Torn paper (mostly magazines), beeswax coating.
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Ten Ten - Paper/Beeswax Collage

Torn paper (mostly magazines), beeswax coating.
Have you ever noticed most clocks printed in magazines and other literature are shown with the time at 10:10 ? What was very odd is that when I finished this collage and looked up, it was 10:10 PM. Freaked out a friend who was with me at the time.
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