The other day I finally returned to a fabric shop in Pine Grove Mills, PA for shopping her unique and fun quilt fabrics.  I went to look and buy a little but of course left the store with LOTS OF FABRIC!!  I also bought a new cutting pad from a company she swears by which
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I have not made this design of an art quilt for a few years.  This art quilt has about twelve shuffled blocks each with about 8 pieces which I used for the varied greens and pale blues for the sky/leaves top 2/3 of the background.    I used curved piecing for the lower third with
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A quilting friend introduced me to creating Raven quilts.  For me, this is a combination quilt as it involves some traditional piecing, of the background, with some raw edge applique for the bird itself.  I studied Raven paintings and saw a lot of Ravens with moons.  But, truth be told, Raven’s are not nocturnal so
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As a resident of central Pennsylvania, I have spent most of my life enjoying the beautiful patchwork of the farm fields all over the state.  I have saved paintings and photographs of these patchwork landscapes, vowing to one day try to make an art quilt.  That day arrived in the last two weeks! I consider
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I have been experimenting with my preferred way of piecing, traditional, with raw edges on the quilt top back, with additional piecing using raw edge appliqué.  My most recent wall quilt, a “Bright Autumn Day” , does just this.  I pieced the landscape background and then added five leafy trees.  I did some free motion
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This last week I experimented with a new art quilt design, these snow capped mountains.  I created this quilt in the traditional piecing method but I pieced the three mountains separately and then created the sky.  I pieced the mountains and sky together somewhat similar to the way I create my Tree quilts.  I pieced
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A few weeks ago I decided to try some new curved piecing techniques on some designs typically in my wheelhouse. I have now made two quilts with what I’m calling curved section piecing.  In this design and piecing approach, I first sketch what I want to make in an art quilt and it involves layers
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A quilter friend of mine made a beautiful Raven art quilt which I offered to buy.  She, of course, suggested I try my own hand at making such a quilt.  This is my first effort but I had so much fun it will not be my last. I created the background for this quilt including
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