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it is snowing 2015 34"w x 44"h
this quilt is a photo sketch of trees in trinity center, ca. i designed it in photoshop elements, had it printed by spoonflower on linen fabric, then machine quilted it.
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iris 2014 31"w x 36"h
i started with a close up iris photo and applied the colored pencil filter in photoshop? elements. i added mosaic and wave filters to create the checks and blended everything. this is a �creating with pixels� book project. printed by spoonflower on linen fabric, machine quilted.
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mosaic circles 2014 18"w x 32"h
this pixel pals challenge was to use the photoshop? elements polar coordinates filter to make the circles. i also used the mosaic filter to create the background. printed by spoonflower, machine quilted and embellished. linen cotton fabric, beads, ribbons, yarns.
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spectrum 2014 32"w x 42"h
i designed the quilt in photoshop elements using a filter on the angled spectrum layer style, printed it on silk, then machine quilted and embellished it with beads, ribbons and yarns.
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apricot rose 2013 15"w x 20"h
this was a monterey peninsula quilters guild crayon challenge quilt. the challenge was to make a monochromatic quilt using a crayon color selected at random from a paper bag. my crayon color was apricot. i created the design using various filters in photoshop elements, printed it on silk and quilted and embellished it.
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the seasons 2012 32"w x 32"h
i discovered a cool way to make circles in photoshop elements, and created this quilt using the technique. the sonnet theme is the seasons. i chose some of my seasonal photos, spring daffodils in england, summer in idaho, fall in virginia and winter in quebec. the quilt won best of show at art quilt tahoe. printed on silk and quilted.
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embroidery 2012 32"w x 41"h
my mother embroidered flowers and leaves on an apron which was part of her norwegian costume. i scanned some and created a design in photoshop elements, adding some of my flower photos converted to black and white. this is a variation of a design in my book "creating with pixels". i printed the design on silk, then quilted and embellished it.
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joy 2012 16"w x 20"h
i designed the circles in photoshop elements creating many effects by using filters on several poinsettia photos. printed on silk and quilted.
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sunset 2012 16"w x 20"h
i started with one interesting photo taken at asilomar, then used it to create a design with photoshop elements filters and gradients. i added circles, then printed it on silk and quilted it.
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mt. rainer meadows 2012 32"w x 39"h
i created this quilt in photoshop elements as a collage of about 20 photos i took at mt. rainer national park on a very foggy day. i never saw the mountain. i combined them with various bark photos. printed on silk. juried into san jose museum of quilts and textiles 2012 international techstyle art biennial show.
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glass circles 2012 16"w x 19.5"h
this is my "creating with pixels" book cover and a project. you would not know i started with a flower. i applied mosaic and offset filters to the flower in photoshop elements, then added a circle pattern and blended everything together. i printed it on silk, then quilted and embellished it.
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sine waves 2012 14"w x 27"h
i created the design using photoshop elements, then printed it on silk and quilted it. this is a project in my book �creating with pixels�.
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yin yang 2012 16"w x 19.5"h
this is a "creating with pixels" book project. i like curves so i used photoshop elements to design with a partial yin yang shape which i thought would make an interesting pattern. blending with exclusion and luminosity created the complementary colors. i printed it on silk and quilted it.
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yin yang ribbons 2012 16"w x 20.5"h
i created a reverse applique effect by using the photoshop elements pattern stamp tool on the yinyang pattern. a gradient brings out the ribbon effect when blended with the yinyang patterns. this is a "creating with pixels" book project. printed on silk.
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pinwheel 2012 16"w x 16"h
by accident, i discovered that the vertical stripe created with the offset filter on a flower photo creates a spectrum effect when combined with the polar coordinates filter in photoshop elements. this is a "creating with pixels" book project. printed on silk and quilted.
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autumn trees 2012 16"w x 19.5"h
i created the design using photoshop elements, then printed it on silk and
quilted it. this is a project in my book �creating with pixels�.
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mosaic dahlia 2012 16"w x 16"h
i love playing with photoshop? elements, discovering new tools, and combining them to make digital art. when i realized that patterns could have transparent parts, i started creating stencil like patterns and tiling them. about the same time i discovered the magic of blending. this quilt applies the same techniques explained in my book �creating with pixels�, blending a stencil like pattern with one or more photos and/or filtered texture.
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faceted diamond 2012 16"w x 16"h
this is a "creating with pixels" book project. what could i design in photoshop elements with a diamond and several half square triangle patterns? i added hydrangea and fire-works photos, blending to create the interesting effects and colors. i printed it on silk and quilted it.
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curvy landscape 2012 16"w x 20"h
this was my 2012 monterey peninsula quilters guild challenge quilt. i started this design in a gloria loughman workshop. i layered fabrics horizontally on top of batting and backing and quilted the layered fabrics with collaged decorative yarns.
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paths 2011 35"w x 46"h
the drunkard's path quilt block inspired this design in photoshop elements. i created several filtered layers and a drunkard's path pattern layer, then blended them different ways to create different blocks. this is in the "creating with pixels" book gallery. printed on silk noil.
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roger's quilt 2010 30"w x 36"h
i designed this quilt in photoshop elements for my grandson, roger talley chatterton, born 12/11/2009, printed it on cotton fabric and quilted it. the photos are of his father"s family and favorite pets.
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kaleidoscope ribbons 2010 39"w x 50"h
i used kaleidoscope kreater 3 software to create the kaleidoscope shapes. i painted silk panels, and photographed them. i combined the kaleidoscope shapes and the painted fabric images and printed them on silk. i pieced everything together and quilted and embellished it.
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wind 2010 32"w x 38"h
i created the right half of the quilt in a melody johnson class; collaging fused silk and cotton fabric. i took a photo of it, manipulated it in photoshop elements, and printed the left side and border on silk fabric, then pieced everything together and quilted it. the sashing and binding are my hand painted silk ribbon.
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ocean lines triptych 2010 72"w x 35"h
i combined photoshop elements cookie cutter shapes and filters with photos from ocean road, australia, maui and asilomar and printed the 3 quilts on silk fabric. the quilts use techniques from our book "piecing with pixels". juried into san jose museum of quilts and textiles 2010 international techstyle art biennial show.
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asilomar 2010 30"w x 35"h
sandy hart and i designed a 2"x2" image in photoshop using photos we had taken at asilomar for the 2007 empty spools conference brochure when we taught there. this started our collaboration on our "piecing with pixels" book. we also both made quilts. i made this second larger quilt, printing it on silk.
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iris digital challenge 2010 12"w x 16"h
this is my pixel pals digital challenge. the pixel pals group meets monthly to play with
adobe photoshop elements. everyone chose one or more flower photos, then designed their digital
quilts using photoshop elements, printed them on
fabric and quilted them.
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circle waves 2009 39"w x 49"h
i created photoshop elements patterns from cookie cutter shapes and arranged them to make the digital quilt. this started my exploration of patterns which led to my "creating with pixels" book. the quilt is in the book gallery. i printed the quilt on silk fabric in sections and pieced, then quilted it.
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hearts 2009 36"w x 43"h
this quilt uses a combination of the techniques used in several quilts in our "piecing with pixels" book, rotating hearts in a circle and dividing them in half diagonally and re-combining them to create an interesting overall design.
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ocean road 2009 32"w x 40"h
this is a "piecing with pixels" book project quilt. start with one interesting photo, then use it to create a variety of photoshop elements filters (wave, offset, tiles, glass, liquefy). combine the filters and the photo in different blocks and add cookie cutter shapes on top. the photo was taken at ocean road, australia.
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poppy 2009 36"w x 42"h
poppy is a variation of the ocean roads quilt from our "piecing with pixels" book. start with one interesting flower photo, and use it to create a variety of photoshop elements filters. combine the filters and the photo in different blocks and add cookie cutter shapes on top.
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bubbles, 2008
bubbles is an abstract design contrasting brightly colored circles with graphic black and white stripes in the background.
i used elements halftone filters to create the stripes patterns and block background. circle frame cookie cutter shapes are arranged on top and colored with paint bucket patterns. the book includes instructions for making this quilt.
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striped bubbles, 2008
this quilt, a variation of the bubbles quilt block, combines various size blocks and adds more stripes. the border is an enlarged copy of the top.
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floral beauty, 2008
i made a version of the "piecing with pixels" book california beauty quilt but in a more free-form way than the original. the spikes extend beyond arcs or are placed on top of the background, rather than imitating paper-pieced new york beauty arcs. i also created a border with filtered photos.
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dog biscuits, 2008
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i cropped photos of my dog fifi and rotated them around an octagon shape in photoshop elements. i arranged them in combination with other pictures to create a themed quilt. "the piecing with pixels" book includes instructions for making this quilt.
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glowing checkerboard, 2008 32"w x 40"h
i created the layered checker-board effects in photoshop elements with a pink and green flower photo and shapes. i copied and rotated the blocks and applied the glowing edges filter to change the colors. this is a �piecing with pixels� book variation. printed on silk.
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how the sun was made, 2008
several photos of ayers rock, australia are combined with digital stash created from the photos in a free form variation of the ocean roads quilt. this quilt uses techniques in the "piecing with pixels" book. it was included in a exhibit of quilts based on aborigine legends and exhibited at the aqs knoxville show.
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pacific grove sudoku 2008 36"w x 36"h
i used the photoshop elements frame shape to create the grid, and replaced the numbers with pacific grove area photos.
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stacked hulas, 2007
i cut cookie cutter shapes out of four floral photographs i took in hawaii, then merged the blocks into columns, and stacked them on a leaf background. i printed the design on silk fabric, then free- motion quilted and beaded it.
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clouds, 2006
i designed the quilt using photoshop elements. i used the extrude and shear filters on a cloud image, and changed the hue and saturation on four copies.
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petrified forest 2007 23"w x 30"h
i combined, printed photos of the petrified forest in arizona with hand painted silk and cotton fabrics, and embellished with threads and ribbon. the brown trees are commercial fabric.
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flowers and stars, 2007
flowers and stars was the design for sandy hart and my article in the january 2008 issue of american quilter magazine. i applied photoshop elements filters to 3 photos (leaves, tree bark, and a flower). i created the blocks by layering shapes cut from this stash with the elements cookie cutter tool. the templates are available on our website.
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cookie delight, 2007
my first attempt at creating a quilt using a photo and combining it with photoshop elements cookie cutter shapes and filters, this quilt started my exploration of cookie cutter shapes, which led to the book.
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alex, 2007
i used photoshop elements to create this quilt for alex, my first step great grandson. it contains photos from the monterey peninsula added to the storm at sea block.
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asilomar sunset, 2006
i designed the quilt using photoshop elements. i used filters on a sunset image, gradient for the stripes, and changed the hue and saturation on four copies.
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imaginary yellowstone, 2006 23"w x 30"h
i started this quilt in a cynthia corbin class at empty spools where i met sandy hart. i printed photographs i took at yellowstone on various silk and cotton fabrics. to create texture, i knitted with cotton fabric and silk ribbon. this quilt is included in the "innovative fabric imagery for quilts" book and was displayed at the houston quilt festival.
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flower challenge, 2006 23"w x 30"h
this quilt was juried into the pacific international quilt show in 2006. sheer fabric is layered over a machine pieced background and flowers are hand appliqued on top. it is machine quilted and embellished with beads.
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hearts and flowers, 2006 32"w x 32"h
i collected heart and flower fabric, beads and buttons for serveral years before completing this quilt. machine piecing, applique, and quilting, embroidery, beads, silk ribbon flowers.
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fourth world, 2005 31"w x 39"h
i used computer graphics software to create the silk circles from one photograph of a glass shop window. i painted the silk background and silk ribbon, pieced, appliqued,quilted and embellished with ribbons and beads. this quilt won best of show non-traditional at the 2006 monterey peninsula quilters guild quilt show.
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it is raining twins, 2004 33"w x 43"h
i created this quilt from a photo of my twin grand-daughters. i added their dog.
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isn"t it grand, 2004 44.5"w x 34"h
created from a photo i took of the grand canyon. i worked on it in ruth mcdowell and judy sisneros workshops. soft edge machine appliqued and quilted and embellished with yarns and beads. part of upper canyon fabric created by printing on fabric with inkjet printer.
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life interrupted, 2003 41"w x 27"h
juried into the monterey museum of art 2004 remaking traditions contemporary art quilts exhibition, and pacific international quilt show in 2003, the blue and yellow wave fabric inspired the design started in a class by roberta horton. the gold fabric is gold leaf ironed onto fabric with fusible web.
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cosmic ribbons, 2003 83.5"w x 93.5"h
i designed this quilt using excel for the monterey peninsula quilters guild 2004 opportunity quilt. the quilt is included in the book "circle play" by reynola pakusich and based on her block. i hand painted and silk screened some of the fabric. guild members appliqued and pieced the quilt, and kathy sandbach machine quilted it.
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reflections, 2003 22"w x 28"h
my design from a slide i took of a mountain lake was started in a judith baker montano class. techniques include machine piecing (crazy quilt pattern), burnt edge applique with hand stitching, fabric layering (the water) fabric painting (i painted the sky and the background for the water) embroidery (the trees) embellishment, beads, lace, embroidery, etc, the bottom shore.
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mindscape, 2003 24"w x 33.5"h
i created this quilt for a college art design class project using machine applique and piecing. i painted the tree and waterfall fabric to enhance it, couched the leaves and used burnt edge applique on the canyon.
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father sun, mother earth and baby cat, 2002 23"w x 31"h
juried into the monterey museum of art 2004 remaking traditions contemporary art quilts exhibition, my original design started on the computer and several of the blocks are loosely based on classes by reynola pakusich and rebecca rohrcast. machine piecing, applique, and quilting, some fabric painting on commercial fabric. i embroidered around some of the circles and added buttons.
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barreling along, 2002 29"w x 20.5"h
this quilt won an art quilt magazine participants award at alegre retreat, santa fe 2002. my original design, started in a katie pasquini masopust class, is from a barrel cactus photo i took at boyce thompson arboretum in arizona. i added a color wash across the quilt and darker or lighter circles.
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out of the box, 2002 24.5"w x 31"h
my first original art quilt design started in a katie pasquini masopust class. i made this quilt to help me think creatively, "out of the box". i started this design on the computer; the arrows are from powerpoint. machine applique, piecing and quilting.
