Pure Country Quilts - Dye Painted/Painted

	Native Lady, 28”x28” This quilt was done using a dye painting process and was heavily quilted using rayon threads.
	Mixed Fruit, 32”x32” This is also a dye painted quilt. The goal here was to take a 2 dimensional piece and make it 3 dimensional using the thread embellishment. The neon thread highlights help greatly in achieving this goal.
	Regal Elk, 28”x38” This quilt was created using acrylic paints and was an auction item at a National Bowhunters Association national convention fund raising event.
	Resting Place, 36”x 45” Bob Shepherd of Ovando, MT, took the photo that was the inspiration for this piece. Bob was hiking in the mountains near his home when he looked up and saw this mountain lion resting in a tree not 12’ from him.
	Diana, 28”x 35” I took the photo that served as the inspiration for this quilt at a local Pow Wow in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. From the Northern Cheyenne tribe out of Lame Deer, MT, Diana, then 3 years old, and her family were here to join in the celebration and to dance. The children played with our Dalmatian, Cheyenne, when they were not dancing.
	Mountain Spirits, We Were There, 36”x45” This quilt was made as a tribute to the ancestors and animals who were here before us. The mountain lion’s face is hand-layered appliqué, the image just below that is of a Native American, and the bottom of the quilt features silhouette appliqués of 2 lions on a ledge overlooking a lake. Private Collection of Terry Ryan, Hamilton, MT.
	Red Arm Panther, 40”X50” The inspiration photo for this piece was taken by a post photographer at an Army post in the 1800s. Red Arm Panther was a member of the Cheyenne tribe and was an Army scout at the time of the photo. This is painted with water based acrylic paints.
	Winter Refuge, 36”x 30” A very old calendar photo was the inspiration for this quilt. The photographer and the date the photo was taken were not available.
	Racehorse, 30”x28” This quilt was painted by one of my students. Due to failing eyesight, she was unable to quilt it so I finished for her. She and her husband use to raise and run racehorses, and I am just happy that she now has her quilt.

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