When you are thinking about a good place to hang a quilt in your house, don’t forget the bathroom! Yes, the bathroom! How many of us have neutral colors in our bathrooms in our tiles and toilets and tubs. Even counter tops tend to be neutral. This is true in my bathrooms too but in
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Technique and Design
New Tree Wall Quilts
Last year I started making what I refer to as my “Tree” quilts. They have a touch of realism to them which seems to attract buyers. In addition to the sunset quilts, these are my best sellers of a particular design. Since every quilt is unique and I don’t use patterns, I continue to experiment
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Making an Art Quilt from a Photograph
There are art quilters who create wall quilts that look like realistic photos and then there are art quilters like myself who are reaching for abstract interpretation through fabric. These different approaches don’t preclude contemporary quilters from using a photograph as inspiration for an art quilt. I have made a series of sunset art quilts, some
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Flannel wall important in quilt design
I taught myself about quilting by reading books and watching tutorials on the Internet. One of the first and best tips I found was to dedicate a large part of one wall in my sewing room/studio to a flannel board of sorts, otherwise known as a flannel wall. Who knew that the old teaching tool
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Two New Mosaic Quilt
Here are two new quilts I just posted for sale, both are mosaic in design. The PURPLE TEAL MOSAIC ART QUILT is my first effort at creating a mosaic on the diagonal and I really like it! I usually make mosaic quilts with more varied size pieces and rarely am I concerned with the pieces having
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