Red Sunflower

Digital photography has been the starting point for most of my quilts. Being able to adjust and manipulate those photos, add textures, and apply various photography apps has given me a freedom to play and conceive of new ways to look at and apply images into a finished quilt. Red Sunflower began with a photograph taken by my husband along Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz. His enhanced image inspired me to try my hand at creating a mosaic of buttons and beads to recreate his photograph in quilt form. I had never collected buttons before starting this piece and now I can't stop!