When you are thinking about a good place to hang a quilt in your house, don’t forget the bathroom! Yes, the bathroom! How many of us have neutral colors in our bathrooms in our tiles and toilets and tubs. Even counter tops tend to be neutral. This is true in my bathrooms too but in
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In Studio
New Tree Wall Quilts
Last year I started making what I refer to as my “Tree” quilts. They have a touch of realism to them which seems to attract buyers. In addition to the sunset quilts, these are my best sellers of a particular design. Since every quilt is unique and I don’t use patterns, I continue to experiment
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Making an Art Quilt from a Photograph
There are art quilters who create wall quilts that look like realistic photos and then there are art quilters like myself who are reaching for abstract interpretation through fabric. These different approaches don’t preclude contemporary quilters from using a photograph as inspiration for an art quilt. I have made a series of sunset art quilts, some
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FREE MOTION QUILTING: No Rules and Lots of Fun
I just love free motion quilting though I still find myself holding my breath as I move my fabric! Breathe! Breathe! I try to practice and experiment with scraps a few times a week. I ALWAYS practice before launching into quilting on a new art quilt, my greatest fear is still that I will ruin
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Flannel wall important in quilt design
I taught myself about quilting by reading books and watching tutorials on the Internet. One of the first and best tips I found was to dedicate a large part of one wall in my sewing room/studio to a flannel board of sorts, otherwise known as a flannel wall. Who knew that the old teaching tool
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Two New Mosaic Quilt
Here are two new quilts I just posted for sale, both are mosaic in design. The PURPLE TEAL MOSAIC ART QUILT is my first effort at creating a mosaic on the diagonal and I really like it! I usually make mosaic quilts with more varied size pieces and rarely am I concerned with the pieces having
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ART QUILTS and custom orders
In the two years I have been creating and selling contemporary art quilts I have been commissioned to make almost a dozen custom quilts. Sometimes they have been as straightforward as a sunset at the beach or some wonky blocks in black, white, and red geometric fabrics. For one custom project a customer took one
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QUILTS ALL OVER THE HOUSE: Managing inventory in a small space
My inventory management skills were not keeping up with my creative side and before I knew it I was inundated with too many finished quilts. That is, too many for the walls upstairs in our house where I decided to hang all finished quilts until they were sold. Not only was there visual overload but the
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Welcome to my quilt blog
Welcome to my blog about contemporary art quilts. I am new to quilting, having just started 4 years ago. I don’t want to restate my bio found elsewhere on this website but suffice it to say that after an 18 month run volunteering in dog rescue, still a cause near and dear to me, I
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