"Mountain Storm" 2003

Mountain Storm was a challenge quilt that I made for my
Austin quilt guild.  The quilt had to incorporate a lightening
bolt somewhere in the quilt.  If you look closely, you will see
the lightning bolt appears as the far distant mountain range
in light blue. 

2007 Quilts

"CLEMATIS"

Flying geese made from hand-dyed fabrics (the colors).

Flowers and vines are hand appliqued.

"Clematis" back

"PEACE"

hand appliqued Japanese crest designs.

The four kanji symbols represent

peace, destiny, beauty, and destiny

Pounded Leaf Quilts

Pounding leaves on fabric is an old Cherokee Indian technique,

used for decorating wearing apparel. It was resurrected by quilter,

Iris Aycock of Alabama.

The Fabric is first prepared by soaking in an alum and soda ash

solution to prepare the fibers to accept the dye that is in the leaves.

Once the fabric is dried, a fresh leaf is laid out on the fabric, then taped

down with a masking tape. The leaf is then pounded with a hammer until

the chlorophyll in the leaf leaves an impression in the fabric. The fabric

is then "fixed" and dried. In the process of fixing the image, it usually

turns a nutmeg brown color.

Red Bud

Sweet Gum Leaves

Christmas Ferns

 Tulip Poplar Leaves

Cottonwood

Sassafras

2006 Quilts

Asian Elegance

Hand appliqued and beaded.

The pattern comes from the book Artful Applique'

by Jane Townswick

Blue Sky Compass

This is a mariner's compass design from

Mariner's Compass Quilts by

Judy Mathieson

2005 - "Summer Sunrise"

"Summer Sunrise" was made in memory of my mother, Jean Pugh Valentine deTarnowsky who died June, 2005.  The quilt patterns are taken from the bookNew York Beauty Quilts by Karen Stone.

Block detail

"Grannie"

This is a quilt portrait of my grandmother, Jean Baird Pugh, 1891-1991.  She was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana.   It appears in the book, Lonestar Quilts: 1985-2011 published by the University of Texas press.   "Grannie" also was part of the International Quilt Festival traveling exhibition "I Remember Mama."








The quilt was created from a charcoal drawing of my grandmother when she was 80 years old.  She was not happy to be sitting for the portrait, hence her rather unhappy expression. 





"Grannie," which is about 24" X 30" was done while taking an online class through Quilt University by Marilyn Belford. 

2004 - "Christ Church"

This quilt was made from photographs I took of the historic Episcopal church in Napoleonville, LA.  On the national register of historical places, Christ Church was built in 1850.  Two of its founding members were my great, great grandparents: William Whitmel Hill Pugh and his wife, Josephine Nicholls Pugh. 

The quilt, Christ Church was entered in the Tactile Architecture of the Houston International Quilt Show in 2004.