Quilts created 2017-2018

Welsch, Lynn B. Monhegan Island Village. 27" h x 42" w . 2018. All rights reserved.
By Lynn B. Welsch.

 Monhegan Island is one of my favorite places to visit, 11 miles off the coast of Maine. I took the photo for this quilt from Manana Island.

 Juried into the Houston International Quilt Show in November 2018.
Monhegan Island Village was exhibited at the SAQA New Mexico Special Exhibit Out of the Blue at the Santa Fe Capital Rotunda Gallery April - August, 2019.

 Not for sale.
Welsch, Lynn B. Maine Island Hike. 13" h x 17" w . 2018. All rights reserved.
By Lynn B. Welsch.

 I love visiting family and friends in Maine in the summer. I took the photo that this quilt is based on while hiking with college friends on the islands off the coast of Deer Isle, Maine.

 Juried into the Houston International Quilt Show in November 2018.

 Exhibited at the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2019.

 Not for sale.


Welsch, Lynn B. High Mountain Meadow. 12" h x 12" w. 2018. All rights reserved.
By Lynn B. Welsch.

 This piece is based on a photo I took at Olympic National Park. The quilt was made for the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) on-line fundraising auction.

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Bird Lands. 48" h x 32" w. 2017. All rights reserved.
By Lynn B. Welsch.

My inspiration for this abstract art quilt came from a Google Earth photo of the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of Sandhill Cranes, Canadian Snow Geese, and many other birds and ducks spend the winter.
Exhibited during 2018:

 In the SAQA New Mexico show "Life Along the Rio Grande" at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM April 3 - June 9; at the First Unitarian Church in Albuquerque, NM June 23 - August 4; at the Macey Center in Socorro, NM October 1 - November 19; at the Roswell Museum in Roswell, NM December 1 - January 26, 2019.

During 2019:

 At the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2019.

During 2020:

 At the Hubbard Museum in Ruidoso Downs, April - August, 2020.

 For sale. Contact Mountain Spirits Studio at mountainspiritsstudio@gmail.com for details.

Welsch, Lynn B. Circle Game III. 12" h x 12" w. All rights reserved.
By Lynn B. Welsch.

"Circle Game III" continues working with bright colors and overlapping circles.

The quilt was made for the 2017 SAQA on-line fundraising auction.

 Sold. Private collection.
Welsch, Lynn B. Yucca Ridge. 24" h x 29" w. All rights reserved.
By Lynn B. Welsch.

 Inspiration for this piece came from a combination of a scene I photographed in a western national park and the amazing sunsets and sunrises I view here in New Mexico.

 Juried into the "Under the Western Sun" show. It was exhibited at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, CO April - July, 2017.

Sold. Private collection. 

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