Night in the Forest (80″x80″) is my interpretation of the 2012 Asheville Cotton Company’s Quilt Club project. Part of the learning and challenge for me on these projects is deciding how to assemble and finish the quilt once the individual blocks have been made. In this case, that decision...
Hababy’s Christmas Eve Book
Hababy’s Christmas Eve: An illustrated holiday story was written by Jamie Farr & Joy Farr and was the first full-color children’s book I illustrated. Originally published in 2003, it was reissued in 2010, and converted to an eBook version in 2012, complete with an audio recording of Jamie reading the...
Sweater for Emilia with Roller Skate Buttons
Knitting while listening to a book on tape is one of my favorite relaxing activities. My favorite things to knit are baby gifts. For Emilia I decided to make a color block sweater as I had some single balls in really wonderful colors of an amazingly soft washable wool. I...
Rainbow Quilt
Color, color, color. There is something very rewarding about selecting fabric for and creating a quilt that is all about color and transitions between colors. The design shown here is simple – strips of fabric – but the execution took some time, most of that spent in fabric selection....
Kristina & Ben’s Wedding Invitation
It is a great pleasure to create illustrations specifically for the wedding invitations of good friends. For Kristina & Ben’s invitation, a main illustration was the focus on the front, with smaller elements pulled to decorate the inside and accompanying pieces — Save the Date, RSVP, Directions, Ceremony Program...