About Homespun Heritage
 
My work combines many aspects of art, craft, history and storytelling. Since my first college class in alternative photography processes, I have experimented with putting photographs onto fabric. At the same time, I have been collecting vintage photographs of families, children, and scenes of daily life. Each photograph contains a story of a life waiting to be told. It seemed only natural that the physical warmth of a quilt should be combined with the emotional warmth of a story or personal history. This was the beginning of Homespun Heritage. My personal work melds together vintage photographs, fine fabrics, poems, diary entries, love letters and other important artifacts of a life such as buttons, keys, old tickets, maps and other keepsakes. From these pieces is spun a short vignette about the people in the photographs, and the viewer's imagination can take it from there.

Custom-made personal histories can be ordered. Family photographs and other flat, personal items (such as letters, announcements, tickets, etc.) are color copied onto special photo transfer paper, which is then heat-set to create a permanent photographic image on the fabric. Once this is done, the photographic image on fabric is able to be washed and dried, gently. Original photographs and other paper items are never harmed and will always be returned to you in their original condition.

For custom orders, other items may be provided to me to be used in your project. Some examples would be your own fabrics, pieces of old clothing, jewelry, keys, etc. Items such as these would be sewn onto your piece as part of the overall composition. See images in my Gallery for examples.

Prices for custom orders vary, depending on size and complexity of the project. Because each piece is one-of-a-kind, please email or call me for a quote.
 
 
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