Peninsula Fiber Artists

Barbara Ramsey
Port Townsend
$850

I made this quilt as an example for a class I teach on improvisational piecing. I challenged myself to use as many pieces of indigo-dyed fabric as I could. It includes indigos I dyed myself as well as some from Senegal, Guinea, China, Japan, India, and Indonesia.

Technique: Machine piecing, machine quilting, hand finished binding
Material: Cotton fabrics, cotton batting

Susanne Scott
Sequim
$156.00

A doorway to . . .

Technique: Assemblage
Material: Birch panel, plaster with imprint, acrylic and watercolor paint, textiles, and found materials

Susanne Scott
Sequim
$345.00

Who determines how things should be in your Life?

Technique: Assemblage
Material: Wrapped canvas, wood, paper, Kantha cloth, silk, metal brads

Nora Shapiro
Port Townsend
NFS

Weaving fabric and then making wearable clothing connects me with my weaving ancestors. Making this jacket was a challenge for a few reasons. The end result is warm and cozy, and next time I’ll weave a little more fabric.

Technique: Woven in broken twill, variegated hand dyed warp yarns
Material: Hand dyed wool, wool boucle, mohair

Mary Tyler
Chimacum
|$1,000

Technique: Various resist techniques
Material: Hand-dyed cotton, discharged, over dyed cotton

Mary Tyler
Chimacum
$1,000

Technique: Discharged over dyed cotton along with various resist methods.
Material: Hand dyed cotton, discharged and overdyed cotton

Marla Varner
Sequim
$525

Vibrant hand-dyed cottons were cut freehand and pieced into colorful units. These were stacked to create a joyful composition surrounded by a field of yarn-dyed linen.

Technique: Hand-dyed, cut freehand, improvisational piecing, machine quilted
Material: Hand-dyed cottons, yarn-dyed linen

Marla Varner
Sequim
$2,700

When I began hand dyeing fabrics, I felt like a kid again with a new box of crayons. This quilt was created using each and every hand dyed fabric in my stash. The quarter log cabin units were improvised, using free form cutting techniques. Each quadrant was machine quilted with straight lines and 90-degree angles.

Technique: Hand-dyed, cut freehand, improvisational piecing, machine quilted
Material: Hand-dyed cottons

Cathie Wier
Port Townsend
$500

Swooping cornices and icicles. The forests are suddenly transformed into a winter wonderland. Snow and ice sparkling in the sun.

Technique: Hand woven tubes, manipulated after they were removed from the loom.
Material: Silk, monofilament, thread, armature wire, beads

Joyce Wilkerson
Port Townsend
$500

Inspired during a walk at low tide, I took photographs of amazing patterns of sand and seaweed left behind by the receding water. In this piece I’m seeking to enhance the textures in the image by drawing and stitching over the photograph. The vertical stitched lines refer to a woven grid, and in my mind add structure and order.

Technique: Drawing and stitching on a photograph by the artist
Material: Pencil, ink, oil pastel, colored pencil, bamboo yarn and cotton thread on paper

Joyce Wilkerson
Port Townsend
$500

An abstract photograph of stitches becomes the background for a textile fragment with vertical and horizontal elements. A stitched diagonal grid attaches the cloth to the surface of the paper. The stitching casts tiny shadows and creates a layer that hovers slightly in front of the photograph.

Technique: Combining handwoven fabric with stitching and painting on a photograph by the artist
Material: Textile of linen, rayon, and bamboo by the artist; waxed linen on paper; paint