Art quilts seem to fall into two categories…the more realistic which are often based on the use of applique techniques and abstract which are usually pieced.  I admit a bias to piecing which keeps me closer to original quilting roots of our ancestors even though I run like crazy from the tradition block designs.  It
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It has been nice to have some less busy times to experiment with some new techniques in piecing art quilts.  I recently finished two art quilts of red rocks, from images from the southwest United States.  I’ve traveled there several times with my husband.  We have always been mesmerized by both the starkness of the
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In the last few months, we have begun to see some beautiful sunsets painted in our western sky here in central Pennsylvania.  I was inspired to make some more sunset art quilts but I wanted to explore some different colors.  I searched the internet for photos and paintings for inspiration.  For me, the inspiration is
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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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