One of the greatest qualities of abstract art quilts is the total freedom to use whatever colors you like.  I’m not trying to hit reality in many of my quilts but I am aiming for aesthetically pleasing.  I use curved piecing in my abstract quilts because I like the way the curves pull your eyes
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Sometimes you just need more SILLY in your life!  After some intense art quilt creating and designing since early January, I decided I need a week of fun and silly time.  I created 10 small whimsical bird art quilts using rough edge applique instead of my usual piecing approach.  I used my scrap print fabric
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I am truly living the dream!  Retired, making art quilts which pay for more than my fabric habit, looking forward to every day I get to create and sew for hours!!  If you are new to my blog, you will quickly learn there are two primary qualities of my art quilts:  curves and color!  This
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I like making landscape quilts, often with trees in the foreground.  With a new quilt I finished in early February 2019, I took a different approach.  I had noticed a unique tree in my friend’s front yard last summer and wanted to turn it into an art quilt.  It’s uniqueness was its trunk which was
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I recently finished Ocean with Dunes 15, a seascape art quilt. As the number on this quilt indicates, I have done 14 previous DUNES quilts, each a bit different. I don’t use patterns and every art quilt is one of a kind. Additionally, I like to try new ideas. In this quilt I used a
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I just finished a lovely quilt that almost had me tearing my hair out. In fact there was a moment when I considered giving the customer her money back because I was unable to create the quilt she wanted. A good night’s sleep and a fresh start along with studying some paintings and photographs gave
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Some days I just want to play with colors and create an abstract art quilt in some gentle curves.  The focus is on the colors. This art quilt started out with a different design and color patterns than it ended with.  Suffice it to say there was A LOT of ripping and redoing involved!  I’ve
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Thank you to all my followers and customers for making 2018 a wonderful art quilt year!  It is my first year with only one show so Internet sales through Etsy and reaching out to new customers and interested quilters through this website have been crucial to my success.   I came back from a super successful
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I was looking back over old blog posts and found one from a year ago about a small bird quilt I made.  My technique needed more work on this first effort so it is hanging in my guest bath at the moment….not destined for public viewing! I haven’t had time to pursue more quilts like
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