My quilting mother, Dorothea Bowling, was working on this white on white hand quilted lap quilt when she passed away. I took it and hand embroidered/beaded one of my signature brains on it. A very fitting last collaboration between us.
I credit my mom with my sense of color and my ability to freestyle hand embroidery. She gave me my first encyclopedia of embroidery stitches when I was in High School and my first sewing machine while I was in college back in the 1970’s. She raised me to be fearless with whatever craft I wanted to attempt as I grew up watching her do everything from mosaics to enamels, knitting and more. She found her favorite medium in quilting when she was 50, and I have more than 10 quilts in my possession that she made. She would be absolutely delighted that I chose to use one of her quilts in creating a new neuro art piece and she’ll be tickled to have it hanging in your home or office.
I followed the pattern of the hand quilting while embroidering and beading the piece, using all of our favorite colors. I’ve included a photo of us and you can see mom even took a stab at hand embroidering one of my rainbow brain kits which you can see hanging behind us on the wall.
My quilting mother, Dorothea Bowling, was working on this white on white hand quilted lap quilt when she passed away. I took it and hand embroidered/beaded one of my signature brains on it. A very fitting last collaboration between us.
I credit my mom with my sense of color and my ability to freestyle hand embroidery. She gave me my first encyclopedia of embroidery stitches when I was in High School and my first sewing machine while I was in college back in the 1970’s. She raised me to be fearless with whatever craft I wanted to attempt as I grew up watching her do everything from mosaics to enamels, knitting and more. She found her favorite medium in quilting when she was 50, and I have more than 10 quilts in my possession that she made. She would be absolutely delighted that I chose to use one of her quilts in creating a new neuro art piece and she’ll be tickled to have it hanging in your home or office.
I followed the pattern of the hand quilting while embroidering and beading the piece, using all of our favorite colors. I’ve included a photo of us and you can see mom even took a stab at hand embroidering one of my rainbow brain kits which you can see hanging behind us on the wall.
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