"The Annual" 1965 28" x 36"
Stitchery, hooking, and knotting on burlap with linen, silk, cotton and wool yarns, wood beads
colors: naturals and white

Honorable Mention, Piedmont Craft Exhibition, Charlotte, NC 1966
Shown in "Stitch in Time" Invitational Stitchery Exhibition, J.B. Speed Art Museum

owned by J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville

"Lot's Wife" 1963
Cotton, wool, net, and buttons on burlap
Embroidery and applique
color: whites
sold to Mrs. B.J.Cowling (Sally) Adams, Atlanta , GA

"Family Portrait" 1979
Stitchery 15" x 21"
This piece was purchased by the Kentucky Arts Commission as a gift to Wendell Berry in 1987 when he received the Governor's Art Commission Award

"Lot's Wife" 1972
18" x 30" Background is old salt bag
all natural fibers
colors: natural whites, tans and grays
sold by Gimpel-Weisenhoffer, Ltd. NY to Pat Newman, NYC

An affair to raise funds for charity with guests Marian Anderson and Eli Wallach

"Yes, Virginia..." 1965 size: 24" x 38"
Fabric collage with velvet dress, kerchief, lace collar, fan, book, and stitchery on linen.
Colors: Brown, beige, white, browns

Honorable Mention in Piedmont Craft Exhibition, Charlotte, NC 1966
Shown in invitational stitchery exhibition "The Stitch in Time", J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1966
Also shown in Louisville Salute to the Arts, 1966; Faculty Show of Louisville Art Center, 1965

"Nancy" 1989
owned by Ann Buckman, Louisville

"Claudia"
sold to Ron & Elaine Weisberg

"Mara" 1988
sold to Barbara Burch

"Marguerita" 1985, 34" x 34"
Fiber portrait
sold by Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville

"Mother and Child" sold to Terri Bass

Alma Lesch, "This is my first fabric collage portrait."
"Mrs. Burns" 1964, 26" x 36"

"Southern Gothic" 1972
Fabric collage double portrait 23" x 30" (38" x 26")?
The Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington
commissioned by Kentucky Arts Commission, Frankfort, KY

"Southeastern Gothic" 1972
42" x 30" Fabric collage double portrait
collection:
Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas

"Martha" 1979 32" x 60" Fabric collage portrait private collection Louisville

detail from the 80" x 90" Bathsheba's Bedspread 1968
owned by Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY
Part of OBJECTS: USA collection, Johnson Wax Company, Racine, Wisconsin

"Miss Anne" 1980
25" x 48" Fabric collage portrait






sold to Mary Norton Shands

"The Jet Set" 1979
34" x 40" Fabric collage portrait

Shands Enterprises, Louisville KY

"Victoria's Garden" 82" x 168"" applique
1976
sold to Millard Lesch, Seattle, Washington

"The Card Players" destroyed (no other info)
During the mid-1990s a rectangular composition with a similar theme, using kid gloves entering from four directions of the 'table top' like composition was being finished. I was witness to the construction of the piece as Miss Lesch allowed my input on the composition.

DETAIL of "Joseph's Coat" artist's signature 1963

Vincent Price -- September 25, 1980

Vincent Price -- September 25, 1980

Alma Lesch personal art collection included an item relating to Vincent Price and art collections

"Blue Rug" July 1963, 68" x 42"
Cotton, wool, linen, and silk on burlap: Embroidery and applique
colors: blues and yellows
Sold in Atlanta, GA
Part of a collection for Special Award by Craft Horizons, 1965
Atlanta Arts Festival - Juror: Rose Slivka

"Miss Rathbone" 1974 24" x 30"
Fabric collage portrait
sold in Bloomington, Indiana

"Mother and Child" 1975
Fabric collage double portrait 59" x 32" old cotton dresses with buttons on linen background, silk roving frame.
This piece won the Evansville Museum of Art and Science Purchase Award at the 1978 Mid-States Crafts Competition at Evansville, Indiana
It became part of the museum's permanent collection.

"Miss Ivy" 30" x 64" 1973
Farbric collage portrait
owned by Rebecca Scarborough Sneider
California

(scroll down to Madame Chairman for related info on Ivy T. McBride)

"He is Risen", November 1963, 35" x 24" wool and cotton on theatrical gauze; Embroidery and applique, vegetable dyed yellows
Honorable Mention- Piedmont Craft Exhibition, Charlotte, N.C. 1964
America House
gift to Frank Page, Louisville, KY

"Red Rug", February 1964 wool, silk, linen, cotton on weaving: Embroidery and applique 30" x 48"
colors: reds, browns, purples
Sold in Atlanta, Georgia
Part of a collection for Special Award by Juror Rose Slivke Craft Horizons Award, 1965, Atlanta Arts Festival.