Mom-to-Bea

Personal image on chiffon, commercial fabrics, machine stitched

33.25" H x 21" W

July 2018

$3000

My mom Bea when she was pregnant with my oldest brother Bill. Another print on chiffon. I love her smile.

Joe in the Roses

Personal image on chiffon, commercial fabrics, machine stitched

51.5" H x 26" W

June 2018

$7000

My appaloosa horse High Hand Joe. Great photo of him, he really taught me how to show a horse so I have a soft spot for him in my heart. I had this printed on chiffon and added the commercial fabrics underneath. Lots of stitching and it is a stunner. People ask, how did you do that?

Turning the Third

Personal printed image machine stitched

59" H x 49" W

August 2018

$7000

Juried into Quilt National 2019

This is a photo I took in the mid seventies, I always liked the yin and yang of the blurred rider and the stationary barrel. The effect of the shattered image and concentric stitching adds to the effect.

Great Uncle Harry's Great Overcoat

Personal printed image, commercial fabrics,
buttons, machine stitched

40.5" H x 33" W

July 2018

$2000

I found this photo in a flea market, he must have been very proud of this magnificent overcoat!

Waiting on the Call: Horse Drag at the Lorain County Fair

I took this photo in the early 70s at the fair and always loved the feel of it. I finally figured out what todo with it. It begged to be large and so it is. 42"tall  x 70" long.

detail of stitching

Joe in the Garden of Eating

Personal image, machine stitched
39.5" W x 32" H.
May 2017
$3000

My horse High Hand Joe, my first good show horse, he was an appaloosa. I took him to Clark Bradley's adult horse camp for a 3 day weekend, there were 56 quarter horses, 2 paints and Joe, the lone appaloosa. Funny enough he had some great quarter horse blood in him. He liked to pretend he was a saddlebred from time to time and do some fancy gaits, only at a show though. He was used to winning and would try to get out the gate of the show ring first. Unfortunately until I got to be a better rider we didn't win, much to his disgust.

There is a ton of stitching in different colored thread on this quilt.

The Boy Who loved Flowers

Personal image, commercial fabrics, machine stitched
29" H x 28.5" W
February 2017
$2000

My younger brother Mickey who is a great gardener. He is retired and has a vegetable stand White Tree Farm in Columbia Station, Ohio.