For 2022 I have decided to accept a limited number of custom quilt requests with a few new parameters which I must add to the Etsy site information.  My size limits are slightly smaller at 40″ x 40″, preferably 36″ x 40″.  No more 40″ on one dimension. I’m being selected about the designs I
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There is no better mood lifter than to create a colorful art quilt or two!  The skies were gray and cold winds were blowing here in Pennsylvania in late April when it should have been warm and sunny.  I couldn’t garden nor walk the dog in the strong winds so I decided to make two
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(marroon gray coral and blue) After a few weeks working on quilts of a certain color or certain design, I find myself drawn to completely different colors.  The week I made this vibrant curved quilt I started with a maroon and gray palate.  I needed to follow the maroon into more medium and light tones
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I can remember when I started creating quilts with curved cuts.  I was nervous and intensely focused, afraid the pieces sewn together would not lay flat.  Now, many years and many quilts later, I create almost all my art quilts with curved piecing.  Straight lines are unusual for me. I decided to make an Ocean
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I created this Sunset 71 over water after seeing a photo of a similar sunset.  I like the colors in this because it is a moment in time when the sunset is still quite filled with lightness, both in the sky and on the water.  I really studied the reflection on the water and noticed
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I’ve been busy this fall creating art quilts, more focused than much of the last two years.  My life is finding a new rhythm after my husband’s passing and COVID coming to live with all of us.  Moving myself back into art quilt creativity has been a much needed outlet for productive time and a
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I recently created TREES 42 which gives you an idea of how many tree art quilts I have made.  I like to try different background colors and different layouts of the trees.  In this art quilt I used gray blues and gray greens for the non-leaf background parts of the quilt.  These more subtle colors
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When I finished my last custom order this spring, I took a look at my Etsy shop and realized I needed to design some art quilts with CURVES.  This is not a “twist my arm” situation since I love love love making quilts with curved piecing.  But this time I wanted to try some new
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I love to look at abstract paintings for art quilt inspiration.  Sometimes I’m looking for great color combinations, sometimes I’m thinking about design possibilities.  I found an abstract painting using simple curves of color which looked like a landscape to me.  But mostly I liked the colors and the curves.  Maybe because they are my
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