Technique and Design

Small Art Quilts in New Designs

Posted by sharon

I find a lot of inspiration from looking at paintings and more recently at stained glass designs.  Recently I saw a circle of stained glass that was comprised of 6-8 layers of curved colors.  I love working with curvy cuts in my designs so I gave this one a try in fabric, of course.  I’ve
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Filling a Large Wall Space with Multiple Quilts

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I am always excited when a customer talks with me about creative ways to fill a large wall space.  Often people see a space, such as a wall over a sofa or bed, and envision one very large quilt for the wall.  I am happy to make large quilts but I often try to convince
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Numbered Quilts are NOT the same

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I’d much rather be quilting!   I know when I finish a quilt I must photograph it, post it on ESTY and on this website, and write a description.  Sometimes the hardest part is coming up with a name with which to label the quilt.  Now that I have some unique personal designs, I often
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Red Flower Art Quilts Three Different Designs

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I had a customer recently who wanted a red flower, similar to one I had made in Yellow.  I decided to use her custom request as a chance to try some different designs to give her some options and give myself some room to experiment.  Often when I make a design for the first time, as
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Creating an abstract quilt in autumn colors

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I have just returned from a month away, relaxing, biking, kayaking and wine drinking in the finger lakes in New York State.  We are just 3 hours away and have spent the last 20 years visiting the lake area.  The trip is about as perfect as you can get except I don’t take my sewing
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Mosaic art quilts diagonal piecing

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I like working with fabric pieces which are not square.  I like piecing three fabrics together into a wonky block, making lots of those and creating a wall art quilt.  These approaches to mosaic art quilts are the most unstructured and challenging from both a design and a piecing standpoint.  But even me…..the wonky, non-straight
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Triptych Art Quilts

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I just finished another triptych art quilt.  There are lots of reasons I like making triptychs but it all begins with how much easier it is to sew three reasonably sized art quilts than one large quilt.  I sew on a Bernina 750….a great machine….but since it isn’t a long arm, the larger the quilt
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