This weekend I pieced two art quilts, one a sunset and one a sunrise.  The Sunrise is a larger quilt and will take more time to quilt and bind.  I finished the Sunset art quilt, Sunset 85.  I want to share a photo of a step I often forget…what the pieced quilt looks like from
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I have had a NO SEWING summer so far!  I got involved with my local library and their big auction fundraiser so my time has be otherwise occupied.  I hope to change that this weekend and get into some new art quilt projects. While on this sewing hiatus I decided my stash of “more fabrics
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I am not accepting many custom orders, mostly due to being busy serving on a local library board of trustees.  It has been 14 years since I left my professional career as an executive director of a large private non profit agency.  Joining the library board has given me an avenue to use my management
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I take a lot of sunset and sunrise photos from my hilltop house.  The sunset in the art quilt Sunset 84 is unique because I watched it while driving west on a local road one evening.  It was so mesmerizing with the dark blue grays and peach/pinks peppered with pale blues peaking out that I
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I am accepting very few custom orders these days, mostly because I have committed significant volunteer time to a local library.  I have a soft spot for some designs though so when a couple asked for a large quilt for over the headboard of their bed, I said yes.  However instead of making one large
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A few of my art quilts are both adorning my walls and for sale.  This Mosaic quilt is one of those.  A few months ago I moved the Art Quilt Colorful Mosaic 16 to my newly painted bathroom, hanging it on the long wall by my tub and shower.  I am a big advocate of
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Last fall I had the privilege of speaking with a local quilt guild about my contemporary, often abstract art quilts.  It was a typical Trunk Show but I spent some time talking about HOW I plan and construct my art quilts, all the while using traditional piecing methods.  For quilters who make quilts from blocks
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Those of you who follow my blog know I don’t use patterns.  I’m also terrible about making notes as I create a design.  Often when I want to create a similar design from the past, I must make the photo as big as possible on my laptop and then study it, trying to remember my
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I take a lot of photos of sunsets and sunrises because I like creating art quilts from these photos.  I also take screen shots of outstanding sunsets from Facebook friends and save them from Pinterest.  Sunset 80 was from a friend’s photo taken in Alaska.  I was enchanted by the peaches and darker pinks/maroons of
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