Onstott Arts

This was my 8th quilt ever. It was the largest project to date. I was inspired to make it, and told myself I didn't want to do it. But, I decided to go ahead and draw everyone in my family in a representational way. Each person's personality was featured ie.: me as a seamstress; daughter as a tree hugger (Environmental scientist); daughter-in-law, a musician, and so on. Completed January 2004

I submitted it to the 2004 NNMQG Quilt Fiesta and not only won first place but Best of Show. I was dumb founded. For years people knew my name and remembered this quilt that I didn't want to do.

My daughter-in-law gave me the center cross-stitched poem for Mother's Day. Two sets of hand prints were on it. She said, "Just put it over fresh baked bread." After all of her work, I couldn't do that. I added a cousin's set of handprints and the footprints of her baby and then built a quilt around it. It was the first time I had used a technique I learned in a class for slipping fabric behind the hole made for the the center of butterfly wings, then I adapted it to making eyes for faces. It made the desired effect.

2005 entered Mormon International Art competition, "I am the Resurrection and the Life". My art mentor, Larry Ogan, encouraged me to run with the theme. I hadn't had much quilting experience at the time, but I liked my complicated message.

In 2006 this was a design challenge at Santa Fe Quilting. The challenge had 3 elements that had to be in the piece. No one mentioned size. Others brought in small (and I do mean small) renditions. Mine became a 46 x 46 quilt. Love it. On the wall in my bedroom.

Oldest grandchild in the Adrienne Onstott Sego family received this darling baby wall hanging in 2010. My design.

Monochromatic for color class. My design. Sold

"Mermaid" is a complimentary w/ purple accent 30 x 35 color class rendition. My design. Given to a family member.

A friend's mother passed away in 2006. She had the butterflies her mother had made 20 years previous. She commissioned me to make three quilts; one for her, and one for each sister. The last square is a poem she wrote for the funeral.

"Cowboy Cowgirl" using curves for framing to see how it would look. Like the effect. My design. Sold.

"Colob" This is a barjello quilt. I had bought closeout fabric and decided I would use the fabrics with very few added fabrics to see the effect. It was a class that I took; most people used the same hue and tones. After the center was complete, it made me think of the galaxy and the border fabric completed my vision; stars were added to enhance my theme. 

Another class: how to paper piece. Me being me went further and used loose tail feathers. The raven is my design, not furnished. Sold. 

2007 Capital's Round House invitational for SAQA members (a nation wide art quilt guild) to display their art. I submitted "Ghost Ranch, Kitchen Mesa" . I took the picture and made an appliqué of it. Given to a family member.

For the NNMQG Quilt Fiesta in 2008, I decided to put as many techniques as possible that I had learned, and also try to frame the center with the rope fabric. This was very difficult for me to figure out how to overlay the border. It cost me at the quilt show because it is not perfectly applied. I still received 3rd place in the show. Sold.

Santa Fe Community Gallery's Folk Art/Fine Art theme, 2009. "NM Flora & Fauna," my design. I traded this quilt with another artist for three pieces of her art.

I first named this, "It is so not me" when I only had the center completed; but then I ran with it. I had planned all along that it would be of Sanctuario de Chimayo but it grew and grew as I thought of Santa Fe icons. I wanted it loaded; and so it is. It showed at the NNMQG Santa Fe Quilt Fiesta in 2010 and received 1st and Viewers Choice awards. It was a featured advertisement in abqARTs Magazine for that year's quilt show. City of Santa Fe bought it in 2018. It now resides in the Santa Fe airport. 100 x 80

"Flaminco Love" was a quilt I designed for the 2011 SAQA show at the NM Round House exhibit. I am particularly fond of this quilt because of its feel and execution. Not for sale. 

I had made several of these flowers and pots that I had planned to put on the Santa Fe Sanctuario de Chimayo quilt. It was already very large. I decided that I could design something else with these pieces. That is how the "Puppy in the Garden" grew. I added a puppy face and butterfly and some dirt and rocks and "Voila", a quilt was born. Real rocks in the dirt. Given to a family member.

This particular theme has been reproduced both in my quilts and in my paintings. I took a picture of a particularly beautiful cactus and put it on purses, quilts, pallet knife and regular oil paintings. I made two of these at the same time and they both are sold.

This is another quilt that is a favorite and won't be sold. I learned how to make the background using Japanese fabric which makes the six-sided circles. The fabric was so beautiful that I wanted the Cranes also featured. Both Cranes have loose feathers. It won an award at the NNMQG's Quilt Fiesta. Not for sale.

My daughter wanted me to honor her running by making a quilt using a path for her birthday. It's name is "A Path Less Traveled". You can see the cactus flower that I have used other places in the lower right corner. I love putting fabric (shadows make them pop) and real rocks on quilts.

This was a commissioned piece. She supplied the pattern and fabric. 

Another commissioned piece by the same person as a baby quilt. She supplied the fabric. She asked me to appliqué the flowers. They were discovered as a new species by her sister and brother-in-law who are biologists. This discovery was very exciting for the couple. She asked me not to make them stand out too much so I didn't. Upon researching the flower I found them to be very beautiful. My rendition is not in their true colors for the afore mentioned reason.

This quilt was made for a Search and Rescue couple for their marriage. It has many references to the couple and their interests. The center is a block I had purchased as an Unfinished Fabric Object from the guild. The couple is committed to the outdoor lifestyle.

Baby quilt for the 3rd child in the Adrienne Onstott Sego family. 2nd child received a useable quilt so it is not featured (if you were wondering). And if the horses are familiar, the two are on the Eades Ranch quilt. 

Victorian Purse, 2008 1st place at the NNMQG Quilt Fiesta. All of my purses are my design. That is probably why I was prolific. I could see many opportunities for design and embellishments. Sold

This Road Runner purse is quite beautiful. Up to and including this purse I had used a thinner padding. It doesn't stand up as well as the purses that followed it. I still use it. 

This was a commissioned piece for the lovely lady on the front of the purse. She loves it.

This was a commissioned piece for a woman who taught piano and choir. It was fitting to make it about music. On the back is a couple of lines of the song "I Am a Child of God". Very clever don't you think? 

"I Am a Child of God" musically on the purse. Commissioned by Karen Leonard. She gave me free reign and I did surprise her.

Couldn't resist using more of the Polynesian fabric for the main purse I designed. I use this one more than the tote. It stands tall and firm with a different kind of batting. Love it.

"Mica Mine at Ojo Caliente" My husband and I hiked to the mine in May of 2016. There was mica all over the place. I was determined to make a quilt with mica on it.  What troubled me was putting mica flakes (they are pieces of mica several layers thick held together with dirt) on a floppy surface. It wasn't until later that I had the brainy idea to put it on stretchers. Problem solved. Trapunto and embellishments give this quilt perspective. Light captures the mica on the left, and without as much light; it recesses on the right. Completed April 2017. 34 x 40

"Juniper on the 401 Trail". Most of the time something about a quilt really messes with my brain. It almost ruins it for me. This one has that something but it doesn't bother me. I love shadows and this tree shadow is awesome. Because it is on stretchers, the tree trunk really is intertwined because of the trapunto. Putting it on stretchers shows the machine quilting very well. At this time, until I have something to replace it, not for sale.

This was a very difficult quilt. There are four center blocks. The first three were hard but OK. What made them hard is I had to unpick pretty much every square at least twice. The fourth square was ridiculously difficult because I had a hard time making it square. I thought I had it handled when I put on the borders. I didn’t. Nicole Dunn did a wonderful job of quilting but I found I had another problem, not of her making. I hoped that David Eddington would use his magic to square it up on stretchers. HE DID! Every picture was laser printed onto fabric. The drawings of my family (16) drawn on newsprint, then scanned into the computer, sized and printed onto fabric was a labor of love. I had copies made onto canvas, then stretcher,s and presented to our children at our 50th bash in Island Park, ID. The pictures are of the family; Lee’s micaceous pottery, Ryan’s plants and NM photos; and my grandchild Nathaniel’s art work. 40” X 40”

Four year old, Lilia, my granddaughter, took ballet for two years. She is on the left. Both skirts are loose; the chiffon fabric is to denote movement. My favorite part is the painting on the left; I painted on the frame (of course a Degas) I gave this piece to Dr. Michelle Deitloff, a cousin, practicing in Santa Fe. She became Lilia’s podiatrist doctor when she broke her Achilles tendon in flight on the triple jump at State in 2018. She was to compete in seven events, including being a favorite for the pole vault. She was a graduating senior at the time.

When I belonged to the quilt guild, I bought samples for classes teachers had donated. I have been lucky enough to use many of these discarded UFOs (unfinished objects). This particular lap quilt was made for my daughter-in-law’s 2019 Christmas gift.

The center bear is my own UFO (unfinished object). I used Ricky Timms colorful fabric for the triangles and borders. This was made for my daughter’s 2019 Christmas gift.

I have a beautiful bust made by Carolyn Stupin. The subject is a poor, malnurished refugee in Angola. I named her Imani which means Faith. My quilt subject is Imani. My husband makes and sells his micaceous pots at Pasqual’s gallery in Santa Fe, NM. The manager gave me the micaceous earrings on Imani because one was broken. Hence, the quilt was born. 39 1/2” x 39 1/4”

My Onstott Family went on a hike in Cowles, NM in August 2020. I sat by the stream and enjoyed the fall colors and beautiful stream. I saw the moss and it became the inspiration for this quilt. Moss is added.

My son, Joe, took a picture of these geese at the Bosque del Apache and asked me to make a quilt with them in it. I will give it to him on his 52nd birthday, April 8, 2021. 32 1/2” x 42”

I could see color in the swirl and kept this picture for a future quilt. I completed it 9/21. The swirl really pops! Gave it to my son.

April 2022 39” x 35” Pasatempo cover 2017. Many changes and embellishments (pocket w/ handkerchief, trapunto figure, ruffle, concho belt, ruching, etc.) Since Lilia (granddaughter) is a flautist, it will go to her eventually. I am pleased with it.

My black drawer was getting too tight so I wanted a black white and red theme. I used up almost all of my scraps on the background. I wanted to have the light come in from the bottom left to highlight the dancer. The diamonds help give the piece depth. I was trying for the Bitsey Butler look but found that only if I had made the figure life sized, as she does, could I have cut up the facial features. It is already quite large 35” x 50” Found her on the internet but have no reference for her. At least 25% changed.