From my sketchbook:

“Extending the joy of color beyond the quilt”

“The painted frames reach back to my days painting avon boxes as an only child growing up and the crafts done with my own children during the pandemic.”

About Framed Quilts: After moving to Minnesota in 2023, I took an intentional pause with clay while I figured out my new surroundings. But I still had to make. I had a revelation with the quilt “It is ok to go slow, to be bold, and push through the hard times.” when I made a custom binding that extended the patchwork beyond the main quilt. I began experimenting with smaller quilts and built frames that I could paint to look like the binding I’d made on the larger quilt.