Wendy Read

Textile Art

   

Luna's Ballet


Thread-painted and Free-Motion Quilted on commercial cotton fabric.


Photo by Terry Baker


Private Collection





art quilt, free motion quilting, thread painting
Rebirth: the Light at the End of the Tunnel
Rebirth: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Hand-dyed and painted gauze; commercial fabric; thread-painted and free-motion quilted

Photo by Terry Baker




Textile art: thread painted on dissolvable stabilizer; free-motion quilted
Lincoln Gulch

Lincoln Gulch


Free-motion quilting; trees made by thread-painting on dissolvable stabilizer.


Photo by Terry Baker



Athena


The tree, leaves, and owl were thread-painted on multiple layers of tulle.  The moss was created by thread-painting on dissolvable stabilizer.


Dimensions: 30.5”H x 31”W

Photo by Terry Baker



It's Complicated: A Read Family History

Raw-Edge, Reverse Applique; photos printed on fabric

Private Collection




Orbital


Commercial fabric and hand-painted stabilizer


Dimensions: 30" x 30"



Textile art; fiber art; hand-dye; hand-painted; free-motion quilting
Along the Waterfront
Along the Waterfront

Hand-painted and hand-dyed fabrics; free-motion quilting, beading


Dimensions: 24"H x 33.5W



Neptune Rising

Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics; free-motion quilted

Dimensions: 33"H x 35"W



Ol' Sol II

Raw Edge, Reverse Applique


Dimensions: 30"H x 15"W 



Tintagel
Hand-dyed and commercial fabrics; thread-painted

Dimensions: 25"H x 35"W



Carina Nebula

Ice-dyed fabric; free-motion quilting; beading


Salt Creek

Thread-painted


140 Characters or Less

Hand-dyed fabrics, free-motion quilting


Dimensions: 21"H x 41.5"W




And the Tree Spoke

Dimensions: 32"H x 35.5"W

 


Late Summer Sunset

Dimensions: 39"H x 41"W