Valentine Bouquet 8"h x 11"w x 2"d © July 2002 For Sale contact clvquilts@yahoo.com. Update 3/11/03: featured on The Quilter Community

"Valentine Bouquet" hung in the Alexander Place in London and the Royal Dublin Society, in Ireland with "Quilt 2002"! Techniques: acrylic on commerical fabric, embroidery, embellishment, trapunto, quilting, and ribbon work. Materials: cotton fabric, metal, plastic, various threads, silk ribbon, beads, and glass Judge's Comments: Wonderful use of printed fabric. surface embellishments add dimension. Charms on cording work well. Edge finish very well done. Extra trapunto very effective. - Sandra Dorrbecker, NQA Judge "Quilts Along the Bay 2002" 2nd Place in Other Technique

A commercial print was inspiration for this very small art quilt. Within it, I saw a heart shaped outline of red and pink roses. Over 200 hours of needlework went into the creation of "Valentine Bouquet". To achieve the three-dimensional effect of the roses and leaves, I developed a special technique called 'double trapunto'. During the first quilting phase, each individual rose petal was contoured. After adding metallic embroidery and embellishments, a second extra thick layer of batting, a piece of foamcore, and a second backing where added. Then I quilted only at the edges roses to make them round forward. Satin cording adorned with metal and glass leaves are gathered up in silk ribbons hang freely from the base of the bouquet. Final touches of iridescent acrylics bring the flowers to life.

Exhibitions:

• "Fiber Revolution: Sewing the Seeds of Spring" Crafts For Living, Philadelphia, PA April 2005
• "Fiber Revolution: Quilts As Art" Town & Country Women’s Club, Hartford, CT March 03
• "Quilts Along the Bay"Historical Society Barnegat, NJ September 2002 2nd Place
• "Quilt 2002" Alexander Place London, England October 2002
• "Quilt 2002" Royal Dublin Society Dublin, Ireland November 2002
• "Quilt 2002" The International Hall Harrogate, England November 2002

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