String Theory

size : 76” x 69”

materials : 100% silk top (dupioni, habotai and shantung), 100% dupioni silk back, binding and hanging sleeve, 100% wool batting, 100% silk thread

techniques : machine pieced and free-motion quilted, stippling and parallel lines motifs, hanging sleeve and double-fold binding meticulously hand-stitched to the back for a smooth, tailored finish

 

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Silken pleasures

Traditional patchwork with embroidered silk in golden tones.  The white silk panels on the reverse side are joined by a pieced column of  embroidered silks in blue and copper.

size : 60” x 72”

materials : 100% shantung silk top, 100% silk back and binding, 100% wool batting, assembled with Gütermann 100% cotton thread, quilted in Madeira 100% polyester thread

techniques : free-motion quilted by machine, feathers motif, double-fold binding meticulously hand-stitched to the back for a smooth, tailored finish

 

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Midnight garden

A thread play study of bright neons on black and white silk.

size : 40” x 32”

materials : 100% black dupioni silk top, 100% white silk back and binding, 100% wool batting, Madeira 100% polyester thread

techniques : free-motion quilted by machine, the Gammill work station made the flowers and the rest of the design was free-hand quilted; double-fold binding meticulously hand-stitched to the back for a smooth, tailored finish

 

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Moonstone

size : 52” x 72”

materials : 100% dupioni silk top and binding, back 100% shantung silk, 100% wool batting, Gütermann and YLI 100% silk thread

techniques : free-motion machine quilting, big circles motif, double-fold binding meticulously hand-stitched to the back for a smooth, tailored finish

 

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