Art quilting is a retirement artistic journey for me and is ALWAYS enjoyable, something I look forward to doing each day.  BUT….sometimes the stars align themselves and creating a quilt energizes me as has happened with “Coastal Storm” which I finished yesterday.  I saw some paintings with this orientation and I decided to step out
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There are some designs and motifs that lend themselves to quilting quite easily.  Making sun art quilts is one of those designs.  I have made quilts with dark colors for the sun and the colors lightening as they radiate from the sun.  I’ve made them with light yellows for the sun and a lighter to
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I often have people ask, “how do you come up with your designs and colors?”    Well, often the final result of a design and the combinations of colors is the result of several “do overs”, otherwise known a ripping and retrying.  This is especially true for abstract quilts for which I have a general
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I like to make a variety of sizes of quilts as I know people have both small and large wall spaces for quilts.  Sometimes I make small quilts as a way to try out a new design…sort of see if it is going to work!  Other times small quilts are just the right size for
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I’m not a big Facebook fan but I do check in with a few old friends who live far away.  About a month ago, a chlldhood friend posted an incredible photo of a sunset in Virginia.  I commented on her post….”I see an art quilt!”    This past week I finished Sunset 55, inspired by
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The custom part of my art quilt business has been exceptionally busy, leaving little time for creative art quilts exploring new designs.  In January, between customs, I took advantage of a free week to create two new designs. First, I created a new version of “Birch Trees by the Lake”, 23″H x 28″W.  You’ve heard
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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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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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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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