Brooke Atherton
One Wonders (2008), 62 x 46 in.
Cotton, silk, glass beads, found objects, perle cotton, silk, rayon, and linen weaving twist. Machine pieced and appliquéd, with hand stitching. "I spent this summer asking myself five questions, reassessing my life, laying plans. I stared into the night sky, both thrilled and terrified by the wonder filled possibilities."

Elizabeth Barton
Ferrybridge (2005), 58 x 60 in.
Cotton. Hand-dyed, screen printed, pieced, appliquéd, machine quilted. "Ferrybridge is one of many quilts about memory - reflecting back on driving up North, coming home, the horrible beautiful cooling towers signaling that we were near home."

Karen Bates
Slick: Oil and Water (2008), 39 x 44 in.
Batiks, soysilk fiber, sequins, diamond braid fiber. Free-hand machine quilting, handquilting, beading and couching. "While water is the life force, the colors are reminiscent of an oil spill. This reflection of two highly valued resources signifies their growing scarcity."

Deborah Bein
Ravages Series: The Spoils of War (2008), 61 x 54 in.
Fabric and scrim, wool. Discharge dyed, rust and tannin dyed, frayed, felted, raw-edge and collage pieced, machine-stitched, slashed, burned, assembled. "Reflections on war: Torn, tattered, slashed and burned. When will we ever learn?"

Shelley Brucar
Stormy (2007), 53 x 58 in.
Hand-dyed cotton and silk. Raw-edge appliqué; machine stitched. "My work is inspired by nature, and the tactile quality of fabric is ideal for rendering the natural world. Stormy is a meditation on a threatening sky, contrasting with beautiful colors cast by the setting sun."

Leslie Carabas
Fantasy 3 (2008), 36 x 39 in.
Cotton: Machine pieced, appliquéd and quilted. "Realized through collage and the quilted line, my works are all reflections of my interior needs: emotional balance, surprise, spaciousness, playfulness and challenge."

Beth Carney
Structured Chaos 10 (2006), 37 x 35 in.
Hand dyed cotton. Machine pieced and machine quilted. "Reflecting on the glimpses of spring, barely visible through the heavy gray rain, reminds me that there is always something hopeful to look for in the future."

Jette Clover
Letter Landscape I (2007), 47 x 40 in.
Cotton, organdy, cheese cloth. Hand-dyed, screen-printed, collage, hand & machine quilted. "I am drawn to the spontaneous everyday communication in the city, to the walls with their collages of torn posters, faded signs and scrawled graffiti."

Fenella Davies
Venetian Reflections (2008), 40 x 43 in.
Hand dyed & painted cottons, scrim & antique linens. Raw edge reverse appliqué, appliqué. Machine & hand stitched. "The worn and crumbling walls of old palazzos in Venice reflected in the waters of the canals, with glimpses of the sun shining through."

Chiaki Dosho
Light & Dark (2008), 39 x 46 in. Diptych
Vintage Japanese kimono. Machine stitched. "Light and dark exist in everyone's life, throughout the world, and throughout history. In this work I express my sentiments about light and dark. White and black represent light and dark, and the various colors of thread are used to express the feelings we find in light and dark. I used old kimono fabric to reflect the passage of time."

Eileen Doughty
Moon Dance (2008), 51 x 42 in.
Cotton and lamé fabrics, fabric paint, purchased hand-dyed cotton. Machine pieced, appliquéd, and quilted; painted. Inspired by the song "Moon Dance" by Van Morrison. The light source is mysterious. These are not tame trees.

Bodil Gardner
Springtime on Earth (2007), 43 x 36 in.
Recycled fabrics, mostly cottons. Appliqué, raw edges zig-zagged, lightly quilted. "The Sun is here again! Are there other planets in the universe which can compete with our miracle of Spring?"

Gloria Hansen
Witley Decay (2008), 39.5 x 39 in.
Silk top, cotton back. Digital design based on original photo and drawings, pigment ink and fabric paint on silk, machine pieced, machine quilted. "A reflection of Witley Court, a once great estate in the Midlands, UK, that is now an alluring shell of its former self."

Marie Jensen
The Green Belt (2006), 34 x 42 in.
Cotton duck, paints, rubber stamps. Machine pieced and quilted. "Fewer and fewer untouched green places are left in my town. A green space is like a sigh of relief and a place for reflection."

Pat Kroth
Bits of Gold (2006), 57 X 42 in.
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, silks, polyester fabrics, tulle, silk organza. Words and letters printed on silk organza, trapped threads: wool, silk, cotton, metallic. Machine stitched. "Bits of Gold was created as a reflection on a poem by Kathy Miner, It muses on passage of the seasons as observed in the plumage feathers of gold finches."

Janet Kurjan
Mystery I (2005), 45 X 55 in.
Hand-dyed cotton fabric, cotton batting, cotton thread. Machine pieced and quilted. "To me, this piece evokes the mystery of a deep forest."

Andrea Limmer
A Walk in the Woods (2008), 39.5 x 35.5 in.
Purchased hand dyed fabrics, digital photographs, prisma pencils, markers. Raw-edge machine appliqued, machine embroidered and quilted. "By a reflecting stream in a quiet wood, I reflect on nature and dare to imagine a peaceful world."

Denise Linet
Squam Lake - Early Autumn (2008), 40 x 53 in.
Commercial and hand-dyed cotton and silk organza. Machine pieced, hand and machine stitched, fused, raw edge appliqué, shaped resist, monoprint, Xerox lithography. "Squam Lake - Early Autumn is my attempt to celebrate the beauty of autumn as reflected in the lake - the maples turning a bright orange against a bright blue sky."

Alison Muir
Oil on Troubled Water (2006), 55 x 39 in.,
Commercial and hand made felt. Hand dyed and fused appliqué and machine quilting. "Part of the water series reflecting on the environment and the beauty of destructive forces."

Dominie Nash
Stills from a Life 10 (2003), 48 x 49 in.
Cotton, silk organza. Machine appliquéd and quilted, multiple surface design processes. "The reflection in a mirror isn't always what we expect to see."

Kathy Nida
Loosely Wound (2008), 46 x 45 in.
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons. Machine appliquéd and quilted. "A spiral is female, from outer consciousness to a deeper inner consciousness."

Mirjam Pet-Jacobs
Eternal Enigma (2008), 50 x 52 in.
Silk, cotton. Reverse appliqué, screen printing, stamping, stenciling. "'What do I think, what do I feel, what do I want - reflections each human being comes across occasionally. One is a complicated bundle of thoughts and emotions."

Marti Plager
PAGES #14: Notes from Giverny (2008), 35 x 41 in.
Cotton fabric: dyed, over dyed, screen printed with discharge agent. Machine stitched. "The PAGES series continues to utilize a thermofax screen that hints at the lined page. The colors reflect Monet's painting and passion for his water lily pond."

Judith Plotner
Adirondack Love Affair (2006), 45 x 36 in.
Hand dyed and monoprinted cotton. Machine pieced and appliquéd, machine and hand quilted, Xerox. "Using the contour lines of a map, text, and color, I created my inner feelings about a hike in the Adirondack mountains."

C. J. Pressma
Cumberland Burial Site (2007), 60 x 59 in.
Cotton. Artist made photographs, designed in Photoshop, and inkjet printed on cotton. Quilted on long arm machine.

Elaine Quehl
Reach (2008), 37 x 50 in.
Hand-dyed fabrics by artist and commercial batiks. Fusible appliqué. Heavily free-motion machine quilted. "The highlights and shadows that fall upon unfurling foliage in spring are a source of endless fascination. Inspired by a photograph of tulip foliage."

Robin Robboy
Meditation (2008), 37.5 x 37.5 in.
Hand dyed fabrics - cotton, upholstery cotton, rayon, and silk; commercial batik fabrics. Layering of sheers over hand dyed fabrics, curved and inset piecing, free motion quilting. "My goal was to illustrate with cloth and stitch what the act of reflection feels like to me - peaceful, flowing, simple, serene, with sparkling illumination."

Deborah Snider
Encrustaceans I (2008), 40 x 40 in.
Free-motion quilting and Swarovski crystals. "Fabric construction reflects the oceans in which sea creatures are being overharvested by man."

Joan Sowada
Plainsong (2008), 43 x 44 in.
Muslin, marker, paint. Reverse appliqué, stitching and appliqué. "This piece is about contemplation and our ever changing reality. Dots represent fleeting moments."

Carol Taylor
Raindrop Reflections (2008), 37 x 37 in.
Velvets, suedes, organzas, brocades, glitzy-shiny fabrics, feathers, multicolored threads and ribbons and dyed silk cording. Circles ("arcs") are couched. "The black and white tile floor background shows the splatter of sparkly raindrop reflections of many sizes of metallic, suede, and cotton ribbon floss circles."

Grietje van der Veen
Good Morning Amsterdam (2007), 39 x 39 in.
Linen, silk cotton, acrylic paint. Printed, machine appliquéd, machine quilted. "Whenever I am in Amsterdam, I admire the atmosphere of the fog floating over the water of the canals in the morning."

Elly van Steenbeek
Notes on Happiness (2008), 53 x 37 in.
Self painted cotton. Screen printing, embellished threads, machine stitched. "Some of my friends are not happy at the moment. That's why I made this quilt with notes and statements about happiness."