I create about a dozen custom quilts each year and almost all are a change in size of an existing quilt design. I have received positive responses to these custom art quilts but it is often a challenge to take a design and colors in a smaller quilt and make it larger. I have learned
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Quilt Arts Show at Landis Gallery in Newport, PA
“In Stitches” Exhibition begins February 2 through May 5 2018 at Landis House, 67 N. Fourth St., in Newport, PA. This exhibit will feature quilted wall hangings and other quilted items in both traditional and art quilt style. Landis House is an historic house owned by the Perry County Council of the Arts where special exhibits
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Very small art quilts
2018 has arrived and in my Pennsylvania studio I am staying warm in spite of extreme cold outside. It is a good time to quilt….but then, isn’t it ALWAYS a good time to quilt!? I am making a change to my blog postings….moving to a committed blog post in the first week of each month
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Playing around with silly art quilts
I am a PINTERST addict! There, I said it. I have no interest in any recovery efforts to wean myself from this addiction. I love the ideas, the art, the ability to so easily experience so many new and different art forms. My PINTEREST boards are way too full which means I surely must resort
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Small ART QUILTS make great gifts
Purchasing an ART QUILT as a gift is similar to buying a print, photograph, or painting. We are often reluctant to do this due to personal taste in art. I would like to suggest that purchasing small works of art for friends and family may be the most fun gift of all. Everyone has a
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Last Art Show in 2017
On Saturday December 2nd I will have my last art show of 2017. The show will be at THE CELLARS in Brookpark Farms, a small complex of shops, homes and offices just west of Lewisburg PA north of Rt 45. The event is managed by Ards Market. About 30 invited and juried artists will be
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Love sewing CURVES!
When my creative juices are feeling a bit stagnant or maybe every day life is just crowding out the ideas, I look at abstract paintings to get inspired. I’ve been busy creating a lot of landscape quilts and flower quilts and my heart and brain needed to work in a different design area. I found
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New finished Poppy quilts
In my last post I talked about the new background fabric I had found for my red poppy quilts. Here are photos of the finished quilts. I just love them as a pair hanging above bedside tables.
The PERFECT Fabric!!
Not to minimize design….BUT….the perfect fabric is so important for an art quilt! The other day I was looking for fabric to redo pillows and a throw blanket for our bedroom when I came across an abstract cream with pale grey and pale dusty rose fabric. One of my poppy designs is created on an
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