Emerald Treasures

Emerald Treasures was inspired from a trip to South Carolina and conceived by painting a whole cloth background to simulate the ocean and its coral reefs. The mother turtle was needle felted and heavily beaded. Her body is composed of multiple layers of batting to add dimension. She is accompanied by two smaller individuals that seem to follow her wherever she goes. Their heads and appendages were painted and machine stitched in a low relief trapunto style. A painted background shows the water stitched with metallic thread and the coral outlined with trilobal polyester thread and painted with 3 dimensional paint.

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Title: Emerald Treasures
Dimension: 33” X 31”
Date Completed: September 30, 2008
Materials: Commercial and Hand Painted Fabrics, Dyed Cheesecloth, Wool Roving, Beads
Techniques: Painted with Acrylics, Needle Felted and Hand Beaded; Machine 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

Awards and Honors:
2009: Third Place in the American Legacy Quilt Show: Creating Tomorrow’s Treasures in Tifton, Georgia sponsored by the Georgia Agrirama Foundation.
2010: Voted Second Place in People’s Choice Austin Fiber Artists Show and Sale in Dripping Springs, Texas

Price: $2200 Available at the Coppershade Tree Gallery. Please visit http://coppershadetree.com/ for more information.