I like making landscape quilts, often with trees in the foreground.  With a new quilt I finished in early February 2019, I took a different approach.  I had noticed a unique tree in my friend’s front yard last summer and wanted to turn it into an art quilt.  It’s uniqueness was its trunk which was
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I recently finished Ocean with Dunes 15, a seascape art quilt. As the number on this quilt indicates, I have done 14 previous DUNES quilts, each a bit different. I don’t use patterns and every art quilt is one of a kind. Additionally, I like to try new ideas. In this quilt I used a
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I just finished a lovely quilt that almost had me tearing my hair out. In fact there was a moment when I considered giving the customer her money back because I was unable to create the quilt she wanted. A good night’s sleep and a fresh start along with studying some paintings and photographs gave
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Some days I just want to play with colors and create an abstract art quilt in some gentle curves.  The focus is on the colors. This art quilt started out with a different design and color patterns than it ended with.  Suffice it to say there was A LOT of ripping and redoing involved!  I’ve
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Thank you to all my followers and customers for making 2018 a wonderful art quilt year!  It is my first year with only one show so Internet sales through Etsy and reaching out to new customers and interested quilters through this website have been crucial to my success.   I came back from a super successful
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I was looking back over old blog posts and found one from a year ago about a small bird quilt I made.  My technique needed more work on this first effort so it is hanging in my guest bath at the moment….not destined for public viewing! I haven’t had time to pursue more quilts like
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If someone would have told me 10 years ago I would be purposefully making art quilts with colors I previously thought should never appear together, I would have said they were nuts!  And yet…I just created an abstract art quilt with orange, pink, yellow, and burgundy.  Almost all of the fabrics are batik prints too
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For a few months I’ve been trying to find my art inspiration for a quilt of Red Rocks from the US southwest.  The colors and textures of these incredible rock formations are perfect for art quilts!  I’ve seen several other renditions from artists which are very realistic…not at all my style.  I made some small
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As an artist, it is sometimes difficult to focus on maintaining a good size inventory of art quilts vs focusing on creativity.  I had a GOOD PROBLEM as 2018 started….several custom orders!!  I make custom quilts of one of my original quilts or designs but usually in a different size.  Sometimes I will make a
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