Nude on Chair

This piece was sold in 1977 and returned to me in 2010. I was amazed to see how different my fabric art was then. The background had not been quilted, just tacked, so to keep it from sagging further I machine quilted it. In "those days" there was no fusible web, decorative threads, free motion stitching or groups to learn from. I worked in a vacuum until the mid-80's. I was involved in the Women's Movement and doing traditional things like sewing was frowned upon. I eventually chose my art over politics because of this