These small pieces are my playground—quick bursts of curiosity where ideas, experiments, and leftover materials all find a second life. Some began as watercolor or embroidery studies; others happened simply because I felt like making something. Each has a machine-stitched background tying them together, but beyond that, there are no rules—just exploration, texture, and the joy of seeing what happens next.
Please note: colors may vary slightly due to lighting, photography, and individual monitor settings. Each piece is represented as accurately as possible.
Price: $125 USD each
0824-5
Soft and restrained, this piece feels like a breath caught between sky and water. The watercolor-painted fabric and stabilizer layers create gentle tonal shifts, stitched together with quiet precision. A band of lace draws the eye upward while a metal butterfly, luminous and openwork, hovers at the center—its wings surrounded by delicate hand embroidery that suggests motion or the faint trace of air. It’s a small meditation on balance: fragility meeting structure.
Techniques / Materials: machine stitching, watercolor-painted background, watercolor-painted stabilizer, lace, hand embroidery, metal butterfly charm.
0824-6
Energy radiates from this piece—color, texture, and structure colliding in controlled chaos. A painted paper-cast face anchors the center, its coral tones echoing through the stitched watercolor background. Two batik patches, edged with colorful hand stitching, hold geometric coral beads that seem to guard the central figure. The combination of vivid hues and tactile layering turns this small work into a study in contrast: boldness and vulnerability sharing the same frame.
Techniques / Materials: machine stitching, watercolor-painted background, batik fabric on Timtex, coral beads, watercolor-painted paper cast face.
0824-7
This piece is a dialogue between texture and reflection. The batik background, stitched in fine vertical lines, forms the stage for two distinct circles: one grounded, one radiant. At the top, a lace motif—painted and set over painted tissue on felt—shimmers softly in gold tones, its stitched grid holding it in place like a relic. Below it, a painted metal charm, all wire and tension, glints against the dark field. Together they echo structure and spontaneity—two sides of the same creative impulse.
Techniques / Materials: machine stitching, batik fabric, painted tissue on felt, painted lace motif, painted metal charm.
0824-8
This composition plays in layers of transparency and texture. The painted and stenciled watercolor background shifts between chartreuse and deep green, stitched in vertical rhythm. Across it lies a grid of netted ribbon, each strand dotted with tiny embroidered knots that catch the light. At the center, a hand-painted paper cast—dark, organic, and sculptural—seems to rise from the surface like something unearthed. A quiet tension runs through the piece, where delicacy and roughness coexist.
Techniques / Materials: machine stitching, painted and stenciled watercolor background, hand embroidery on netted ribbon, hand-painted paper cast.
0824-9
Movement and rhythm define this piece—a tangle of loops, textures, and color that feels alive on the surface. The stenciled and watercolor-painted background provides a quiet pulse beneath the layered stitching. A hand-painted paper cast in deep violet anchors one side, punctuated with small French knots that catch the light. Across from it, heavy couched threads twist and overlap, forming pathways of motion that invite the eye to wander and the hand to imagine touch.
Techniques / Materials: machine stitching, watercolor-painted and stenciled background, hand-painted paper cast with French knots, couched heavyweight thread.
0824-10
This work balances structure and spontaneity—geometry meeting intuition. A watercolor-painted and stitched background in layered blues and greens sets the tone, calm yet shifting. A hand-dyed silk rod runs vertically, anchoring glass beads and a single brass infinity charm that nods to continuity. On the right, blue paperclips bent into spirals add a touch of wit and motion, their industrial edge contrasting the softness of fiber and paint.
Techniques / Materials: machine stitching, watercolor-painted background, hand-dyed silk rod, beading, metal charms, repurposed paperclips.