"Reaching For Autumn"
- Won Third Place in the Creative category in the annual Peddler's Village Quilt Competition, January, 2003.

Machine pieced & free-motion quilted, fused applique, monofilament and metallic threads.

This piece began with a desire for fall to come quickly, as we were in the middle of yet another hot summer with a drought. I started only with the idea of creating a narrow wall hanging with two-tone leaves. From there it grew to include the random rectilinear backgrounds, adding the tree branches toward the end, which added a necessary and unusual dimensional touch.

Here's a closeup of the detail on a leaf that shows the metallic veins.