When I first started making art quilts, I was making them for my own house. I live in a home with high ceilings — 24′ in living room and master bedroom and 10′ standard in other rooms. I didn’t put many limits on my design and creative process because I knew I could find a
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In Studio
How to Make a Pieced Tree Quilt
One of my signature art quilts is my Tree design. I’ve worked at creating different backgrounds and different foregrounds, sometimes a creek or stream, and colors of different seasons. I want to share the basic process for making a landscape tree quilt that has trees placed such that the quilt has depth to it. First
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Experimenting with Design in Art Quilts
One of the things I like most about making art quilts is their size. I like being able to create quilted wall hangings that range from about 15″ x 15″ to as large as 40″ x 60″. Most of the quilts in my shop are around the 22″ x 32″ size. These sizes mean that
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Art quilts for last minute Holiday gifts
It is mid December and you still have some special gifts to find. Well….think about an art quilt! I have a variety of small quilts which would be PERFECT for holiday gifts. Everyone has a small place to hang an art quilt. My quilts will make you smile and feel good every day. They are
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Small Art Quilts in New Designs
I find a lot of inspiration from looking at paintings and more recently at stained glass designs. Recently I saw a circle of stained glass that was comprised of 6-8 layers of curved colors. I love working with curvy cuts in my designs so I gave this one a try in fabric, of course. I’ve
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Filling a Large Wall Space with Multiple Quilts
I am always excited when a customer talks with me about creative ways to fill a large wall space. Often people see a space, such as a wall over a sofa or bed, and envision one very large quilt for the wall. I am happy to make large quilts but I often try to convince
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Numbered Quilts are NOT the same
I’d much rather be quilting! I know when I finish a quilt I must photograph it, post it on ESTY and on this website, and write a description. Sometimes the hardest part is coming up with a name with which to label the quilt. Now that I have some unique personal designs, I often
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Red Flower Art Quilts Three Different Designs
I had a customer recently who wanted a red flower, similar to one I had made in Yellow. I decided to use her custom request as a chance to try some different designs to give her some options and give myself some room to experiment. Often when I make a design for the first time, as
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Creating an abstract quilt in autumn colors
I have just returned from a month away, relaxing, biking, kayaking and wine drinking in the finger lakes in New York State. We are just 3 hours away and have spent the last 20 years visiting the lake area. The trip is about as perfect as you can get except I don’t take my sewing
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