Life’s a Beach

Life’s A Beach is inspired from a photograph of my youngest daughter with her father.
At this age, kids loved to have tea parties and pretend to talk on the phone.

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Title: Life’s A Beach
Dimension: 26” X 30”
Date Completed: January 26, 2009
Materials: Commercial and Hand Dyed/Painted Fabrics
Techniques: Painted, Heat Distressed, Machine Pieced, Appliquéd and Quilted
Exhibits and Venues:
2009: American Legacy Quilt Show: Creating Tomorrow’s Treasures in Tifton, Georgia sponsored by the Georgia Agrirama Foundation
2009-2010: International Quilt Festival West Coast Wonders (Juried) Travelling Exhibit in Long Beach, California, Houston, Texas and Chicago, Illinois

2011: Texas Lone Stars III Special Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas

Awards and Honors:
2009: Second Place in the American Legacy Quilt Show: Creating Tomorrow’s Treasures in Tifton, Georgia sponsored by the Georgia Agrirama Foundation

Publications:
2009: Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Portfolio 16
2011: Lone Stars III: Texas Quilts Today by Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes

Artist’s Private Collection