Deconstruct Rust

Rust dyed rayon fabric panel.  Fabric was applied to rust-coated caldron and cured for one week.  58" x 27".

Rust Wall Panel

Rust, fiber reactive dyes and metallic paint applied to rayon fabric.  59" x 26".

Shibori Chic




Shibori Chic - front

 

Loom controlled woven shibori fabric.  Unmercerized cotton and rayon in the warp and weft.  Hand-dyed in fiber reactive dye.  Original garment design.








Shibori Chic - back

 





Rust Jacket and Pant




 
Cotton fabric was wrapped around rust-covered object and cured for several days.  Garment construction was machine stitched.  Burmese silk was used for collar, sleeve facings and pant. Jacket closure is an antique earring. 

Jacket pattern - Diane Ericson. 
Pant - Vogue pattern.







Rust Jacket - detail

  

 







 



  



















Peach Party Dress





Peach Party Dress - detail





Collaboration: 
Irene Munroe and Susan Kurcbart.

Rayon fabric was hand-dyed.  Garment construction was bias cut and machine stitched using a commercial pattern.  Skeins of 6-ply rayon were hand-dyed and woven in tabby weave structure.  Susan Kurcbart created the polymer clay cabochon and beaded necklace.  The necklace was completed first and became the inspiration for the dress and shawl.





Mama's Sheets





Mama's Sheets

  
Queen-size quilt was made from hand-dyed old cotton sheets that once belonged to my mother-in-law, Mary Poore Munroe.  Machine stitched Seminole Patchwork designs into vertical columns and added a border of squares on all four sides.  Hand quilted background fabric with variegated thread.  Black background is commercial cotton fabric.  82" x 78".










Mama's Sheets - detail

 

Everglades




"Everglades"




Cotton fabric wrapped around rust-covered wok and cured for five days.  Hand dyed rayon backing and hand stitched Burmese silk binding.  25" x 56".