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Ongoing/Upcoming Exhibits

Price: $800
Title: Savannah Flight
Dimensions: 46.5” x 37”
Techniques: Original design, machine quilted with variegated rayon thread
Materials: Cottons, cotton batting

Savannah Flight©2001 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Savannah Flight
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Price: $1,000
Title: Glass Bubbles
Dimensions: 44” x 36”
Techniques
: Original design, appliqué by machine, trapunto shapes, hand beading, hand dyed, painted and marbled fabrics, sequins, machine quilted
Materials: Cotton fabrics, tulle, polyester organza, natural stone and glass beads, sequins from 1920's, cotton batting, hand dyed pearl cotton used for the quilting

Glass Bubbles©2002 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Glass Bubbles
photograph by A. Daniel Messaros
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Price:$600
Title: Marbelous Marbles
Dimensions: 26” x 33.5”
Techniques: Hand painted and marbled fabrics, hand dyed fabric, machine appliqué with hand dyed pearl cotton thread, machine quilted
Materials: Cotton fabrics, hand dyed pearl cotton thread, quilted with metallic thread, cotton batting

Marbelous Marbles©2002 Leigh E. McDonald

Marbling Fabric-Marbelous Marbles
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Price: $600
Title: Sand Painting
Dimensions: 30.5” x 35”
Techniques: Curved piecing by machine, machine quilted
Materials: Cottons, batiks, hand dyed cottons, cotton batting and backing

Sand Painting©2001 Leigh E. McDonald

Ethnic Fabric-Sand Painting
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Price: $500 - Sold
Title: Morning Visitor II
Dimensions: 28.5” x 41”
Techniques: Hand dyed fabrics,
3-dimensional leaves, couched ribbon, curved piecing by machine, machine quilting, original hummingbird block design. Some of morning glory blocks taken from Ruth McDowell's book, Pieced Flowers
Materials: Hand dyed cottons, batiks, cottons, silk ribbon, hand dyed pearl cotton thread used for quilting, cotton batting and backing

Morning Visitor II©2002 Leigh E. McDonald

Morning Glories-Morning Visitor II

Price: $600
Title: Wild Vines
Dimensions: 35” x 35”
Techniques: Original design, hand dyed and marbled fabrics, paper piecing, machine quilted
Materials: Hand dyed cottons, batiks, marbled cottons, cottons, cotton batting and backing

Wild Vines©2000 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Wild Vines

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Tiny Jewels Series

This is a series of small quilts that are heavily machine embroidered, hand embroidered, and beaded. Each is a jewel to be treasured.

Price: $500.00 - Sold
Title: One Desert Evening
Dimensions: 35" X 24"
Techniques: Fused collage, heavily machine and hand embroidered, hand beading, machine couched yarns, machine quilted, trapunto
Materials: Cotton fabrics, cotton, rayon, polyester threads and ribbons, glass, stone and metal beads, cotton batting and backing

One Desert Evening ©2004 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt - One Desert Evening

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Price: Sold
Title: Blazing Nasturtiums
Dimensions: 23" X 31"
Techniques: Fused collage, machine embroidered flowers, hand embroidery and beading, hand dyed fabrics, machine quilted
Materials: Cotton fabrics, hand dyed fabrics and threads, rayon and polyester threads, cotton batting and backing

Blazing Nasturtiums©2004 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Blazing Nasturtiums

Price:Sold
Title: Rectangles I
Dimensions: 32" X 29"
Techniques: Original design, machine piecing and quilting.
Materials: Hand dyed cotton fabrics, rayon thread, cotton backing and batting

Rectangles I ©2004 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Rectangles I

Price: $500
Title: Ginko
Dimensions: 22” x 26”(at longest point, including fringe)
Techniques: Machine pieced, foiled, machine quilted, 3.5” hand beaded fringe
Materials: Cottons, foiling, glass beads, bugle beads and brass charms, metallic and hand dyed cotton threads, cotton batting and backing

Ginko©2003 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Ginko

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Price: $350
Title: Sunflower Spin
Dimensions: 16.5” x 23.5”
Techniques: Machine pieced, fused collage, free-motion machine embroidered, hand embroidered, hand beaded, machine quilted, piping
Materials: Cottons, metallic, hand dyed cotton and rayon threads, glass seed beads, polyester ribbon, cotton cording, cotton batting

Sunflower Spin©2002 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Sunflower Spin
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Price: Sold
Title: My Domain
Dimensions: 26” x 17”
Techniques: Fused collage, free-motion machine embroidery, hand beading, fish is embroidered separately and applied with embroidery to actual piece
Materials: Cotton fabrics, rayon thread, cotton cording, cotton batting and backing

My Domain©1999 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-My Domain

Price: Sold
Title: Yucca
Dimensions: 21” x 23”
Techniques: Hand painted fabric, machine and hand embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, machine quilted, couched yarns and ribbons, bobbin darning, hand beading
Materials: Cottons, silk ribbon, hand dyed cotton, metallic and rayon threads, yarns and ribbons, glass beads, cotton batting

Yucca©2000 Leigh E. McDonald

Art Quilt-Yucca

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Site last updated July, 2008

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