​Celebrate a Spirit of Nature in Your Home

Walking outside is the best way to lift your spirits and clear your head. ​​
You can bring the same sense of peace and well-being into your home with unique, one-of-a-kind handmade fabric art.
Simply silk botanical art works are delicate, light & airy. Each piece reflects light from applied gold leaf when a gentle breeze passes by.

Starting with a single piece of 12mm Habotai silk, the art process begins with botanical contact prints from real leaves collected at my Asheville home. The making of Simply Silk Botanicals is slow because of extensive hand applications of gold leaf, hand embroidery and a knitted border. There is no quilting because it consists of only one layer of beautiful, luminescent silk.
Multi-media art quilts include 3 layers of fabric sewn together as in traditional quilts. Non-traditional materials are added including hand-embossed metal; photographs taken in nature and then printed on fabric; enhanced botanical contact prints; gold leaf; & inks or dyes. Each art quilt is unique & includes extensive free-motion machine and hand quilting & hand embroidery.
Throws and baby quilts are pieced and quilted on a home machine in the traditional quilting method with 3 layers: a pieced cotton top; middle batting made of cotton, wool or silk blend fabric; and a cotton bottom. Colors and style are chosen by the recipient, which allows exploration of new color combinations and themes.