This quilt was originally created as an entry in Ricky Tims Miracle Fabric Challenge 2014, and it won the contest. After the contest I added 3-dimensional rosemary leaves and modified a few features to make the quilt even more interesting. Ricky Tims asked us to create an original quilt design no smaller than 24” on each side using his hand…
Artist Statement: Wonderful memories of the past captured in an old family photograph. Inspiration strikes on a hot summer day! What better use for an old metal water trough along a country road alongside the river. An old, over-exposed and poorly developed B&W family photograph taken in the summer of 1959 inspired this fiber art piece. My family was on…
As part of their 2014 fund-raising efforts, the Quilt Alliance sponsored their Inspired By contest. Quilters were asked to choose a quilt from the Quilt Alliance’s Quilt Index and design and create a quilt inspired by it. I chose a quilt made in 1951 by a woman in Arizona with appliqued children and chickens on it. Then, I used a…
Original fiber artwork by Rhonda Denney. 25" x 36", 2014. Created using Rhonda Denney's Pigment Patchwork techniques. Created for a Quilted In Honor Giving Quilt Challenge, with 36 gift pockets for gift cards/money. Donated and given to a needy military family after money/gift cards were placed in the pockets during the event. See below for more details. My inspiration for…
(2013 Art Challenge – 200th Anniversary of Grimm Brothers fairy tales, Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. Won “Special Story Award”.) The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan celebrated the 200th anniversary of the first publication by the Brothers Grimm (in 1812) by having a Call For Entries. From the over 200 stories…
The Westcliffe Contemporary Quilters and Fiber Artists (WCQFA) guild, Westcliffe, Colorado, issued a challenge to its members: To create a 12” x 12” art quilt illustrating our own interpretation of a topic utilizing many aspects of quilting, edging and surface design. The resulting quilts were shown at several galleries and quilt shows. Topic Word: Sweets. Just thinking of sinking my…
Created as part of my SAQA KS/MO/OK Regional Exhibition in 2024, inspired by the living-language-land project (at living-language-land.org). That project, devised by a small group based out of the UK, involved people in other countries around the world. The result was a set of 26 words from endangered and minority languages, contributed by members of indigenous communities. Their goal was…
Created as part of my SAQA KS/MO/OK Regional Exhibition in 2024, inspired by the living-language-land project (at living-language-land.org). That project, devised by a small group based out of the UK, involved people in other countries around the world. The result was a set of 26 words from endangered and minority languages, contributed by members of indigenous communities. Their goal was…
Artist Statement: Glimpses of old family photographs, faded with age, bring back memories of youth and the easy means of outdoor recreation. Ah, dreams of the good ol’ days! So, why weren’t we smiling? This piece was inspired from an old family photograph taken in the summer of 1958. My siblings and I were playing in our yard in Carbondale,…
Created as part of my SAQA KS/MO/OK Regional Exhibition in 2024, inspired by the living-language-land project (at living-language-land.org). That project, devised by a small group based out of the UK, involved people in other countries around the world. The result was a set of 26 words from endangered and minority languages, contributed by members of indigenous communities. Their goal was…
