STORY QUILTS

"Be Good, Be Kind, Be Truthful" Esther Pines, age 96

Inspired by a visit to Miles Van Rensselaer's studio

Inspired by Emily’s elephant tattoo and her love for family

Inspired from a painting, The Jack Pine, by Tom Thompson

“It's all about the stories, Uncle Seedy. More stories, please!”

When my daughter Emily was visiting Israel in 2009, one of the sites she visited was Masada, an isolated rock cliff of palaces and fortifications in the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea.

On a warm winter day, John and I took a walk in the woods by the stream fed from lake runoff.

For my daughter Emily in celebration of her high school graduation in June 2007.

"Once upon a time there was a little wooden house, very close to the East Beach of a quiet little town..."

Intimacy is a study of intimate relationships.

Photo transfer, Machine pieced, Hand appliqué, Machine quilted

Miss Susi, the bead lady, has been a great friend of mine for many years now.

This quilt was made to celebrate Sheila's growth both as a runner and as an adult.

This quilt celebrates my daughter Emily's Bat Mitzvah, March 16, 2002.

She Did The Right Thing celebrates my 12-year-old daughter's strength of character.

This quilt celebrates Kara's high school graduation and commemorates her successful treatment of Rhabdomyosarcoma of the middle ear.

Friday was designed by my daughter, Emily, when she was 11 years old.

My brother Steven committed suicide in October 1982. Rather than deal with my feelings, I buried them.

Emily and the Night Sky was designed from a photograph of 2-year-old Emily looking out the living room window at her first snow.