Susanne M. Jones
I find beauty in the ordinary, especially when creating food quilts. It is my bliss, and I have Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison to thank for starting me on this part of my journey through their What’s For Dinner? Challenges.
16″ x 16 1/2″ My mother’s best friend, Vergie, gave her a small teapot for her birthday one year. The gallery where I exhibit had a Tea Party exhibit, so I took photos of the teapot and appliqued the teapots on a background of used teabags. I imagine my Mama and Vergie sharing a pot […]
12″ x 12″ My husband’s favorite dessert is Key Lime Pie. I make one that has a meringue twice as high as the filling. When I learned Canadian smocking from Cheryl “Muppin” Whited, I knew I had to try it for a meringue.
What’s for Dinner series, 2021
15″ x 24″ Mama’s festive Christmas dinner was amazing. The menu included turkey, sweet potatoes in orange shells, cranberry relish, broccoli with olive butter, and her million-dollar fudge for dessert. Mama made the placemat on this piece, and her aunt made the napkin. Her handwritten recipes are photocopied on the back. I recreated her St. […]
15″ x 24″ My mother, Sue Miller, came from Alabama and was a wonderful cook. My father’s father was from England, and my grandmother, Anna Bruce Miller, endeavored to make some of his favorite British dishes. On my birthday, my mother would make roast beef with creole peas, a southern dish, and Yorkshire pudding, a […]
