Flood Lines
My first quilt for Cloth in Common, prompt – LINES. I thought about lines of communication; lining up for warm school milk as a small child; the myriad lines that define us; life written on our faces in lines and wrinkles as we age, stretch marks, the repair lines on
Bent and Reflected
Lines get more interested when bent and reflected.
Line Dancing
I went WHIMSICAL with this quilt. I began by pulling out several of my collection of shirts, skirts, and dresses that had stripes or lines on them. I chose lots of light neutrals for background and then limited the colors of the darker pieces. Laying out some shapes, I began seeing
Climate Change
It’s all around us. Drought. Floods. Hotter. Colder. It affects people, but it also affects trees, and trees make a difference. From the National Wildlife Federation’s web page: Trees are a truly beautiful part of the natural environment, but they are also amazingly efficient machines—constantly working to make Earth a
Land engulfed in flames
The rising temperature of the earth causes climate change and is progressing to the point where it can no longer be ignored. Heavy rains, severe droughts, powerful typhoons and tornadoes, large-scale forest fires, and other types of disasters threaten human life. Among them, this work was inspired by massive forest
Red List
The red list is an officially established list of plants that are known as threatening in the Netherlands. Since 1950, nearly 500 of the 1536 native wild plant species in the Netherlands have declined in number. More than 40 species are already extinct. ( according to Wikipedia) A similar list
After the Storm
The prompt “Climate Change” could not have come at a more poignant moment for me. Just the weekend before, on September 24, post-tropical storm “Fiona” had devastated our region with hurricane-strength winds. In Atlantic Canada, there was torrential rainfall, winds up to 179 km/h, flooding, washed-out streets and houses, and
Climate Change + Structures = Green Roofs
The prompts Structure plus Climate Change inspired the idea of Green Roofs.