Barbara Barrick McKie is consolidating all of her diverse experimental careers with her life-long interest in photography and creative sewing by concentrating on combining surface design experiments with computer photographic manipulation and computer fabrics she creates using disperse dyes. Her prize-winning art quilts have been juried into art quilt shows such as Visions and Quilt National, most national and international quilt shows, the New England Quilt Museum, the Museum of American Folk Art, and the American Quilter’s Society Museum. She has been published in quilt magazines such as American Quilter, Quilting Arts Magazine, and a number of quilt books. Recently she was featured on Simply Quilts TV show.

Nature Kaleidoscope: Seagrapes #1
$340

Polyester fabric, wool batting, cotton backing, rayon thread
Disperse dyed, machine quilted

I created a series based on my photographs that are manipulated and printed on the computer to make kaleidoscopic patterns. This one is based on a photograph of sea grape leaves.