Sometimes when I sit down to create a new quilt, even if, like this one, it is a new version of a previous design, I find myself toying with two options. This fall I decided to simply make two night sky moon quilts. In the past I have pieced the thin strips of fabric with
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In Studio
Traditional quilt piecing with applique in an art quilt
I have tried a variety of ways to “piece” leaves into or onto my tree quilts. I still lean towards no leaves for most designs or I have the leaves pieced in the background of the trees so the greens or autumn colors are part of the art quilt even as they are not over
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A Different Approach to a Sunset Quilt
I have made 85 Sunset art quilts since 2012 when I opened my Etsy shop. They are all one of a kind but I tend towards colorful sunsets, marveling at how different each sunset can be. I have a ready source our my western picture windows. Sunset 86 is a very different design of a
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Sunrise 24 over the lake with a focus on the light
Sunrise 24 was a calming art quilt to design and create. I spent time studying the light as it appears in a sunrise by looking at photographs. I find ideas on paintings of sunrises too for how the colors present, then morph quickly. With this quilt I went back to one of my design standards
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Sunset with a new quilt design
This weekend I pieced two art quilts, one a sunset and one a sunrise. The Sunrise is a larger quilt and will take more time to quilt and bind. I finished the Sunset art quilt, Sunset 85. I want to share a photo of a step I often forget…what the pieced quilt looks like from
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Cleaning the Sewing Studio
I have had a NO SEWING summer so far! I got involved with my local library and their big auction fundraiser so my time has be otherwise occupied. I hope to change that this weekend and get into some new art quilt projects. While on this sewing hiatus I decided my stash of “more fabrics
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Birch Tree Quilt Donated for Fundraiser
I am a member of my local library board of trustees. This year I am helping with their annual silent and live auction. We are adding a new area to our silent auction, a table with donations from local artists. Library patrons and auction attendees will be able to buy raffle tickets to place in
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Ocean colors quilt
I am not accepting many custom orders, mostly due to being busy serving on a local library board of trustees. It has been 14 years since I left my professional career as an executive director of a large private non profit agency. Joining the library board has given me an avenue to use my management
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A unique sunset art quilt
I take a lot of sunset and sunrise photos from my hilltop house. The sunset in the art quilt Sunset 84 is unique because I watched it while driving west on a local road one evening. It was so mesmerizing with the dark blue grays and peach/pinks peppered with pale blues peaking out that I
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