(marroon gray coral and blue) After a few weeks working on quilts of a certain color or certain design, I find myself drawn to completely different colors. The week I made this vibrant curved quilt I started with a maroon and gray palate. I needed to follow the maroon into more medium and light tones
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Technique and Design
Some new small landscapes
A common question from an interested buyer is often “how long does it take to make an art quilt?” Those of you who are quilters know that the larger the quilt, the longer the hours. Hence, last week when I had only two days free to sew I decided to make some smaller quilts which
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Creating an art quilt without a plan
I can remember when I started creating quilts with curved cuts. I was nervous and intensely focused, afraid the pieces sewn together would not lay flat. Now, many years and many quilts later, I create almost all my art quilts with curved piecing. Straight lines are unusual for me. I decided to make an Ocean
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Sunset Over Water Art Quilt
I created this Sunset 71 over water after seeing a photo of a similar sunset. I like the colors in this because it is a moment in time when the sunset is still quite filled with lightness, both in the sky and on the water. I really studied the reflection on the water and noticed
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Some weeks are “Silly” art quilt weeks
I’ve been busy this fall creating art quilts, more focused than much of the last two years. My life is finding a new rhythm after my husband’s passing and COVID coming to live with all of us. Moving myself back into art quilt creativity has been a much needed outlet for productive time and a
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Tree Landscape Art Quilts Always Unique
I recently created TREES 42 which gives you an idea of how many tree art quilts I have made. I like to try different background colors and different layouts of the trees. In this art quilt I used gray blues and gray greens for the non-leaf background parts of the quilt. These more subtle colors
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A Rug as Inspiration for an Art Quilt
When I finished my last custom order this spring, I took a look at my Etsy shop and realized I needed to design some art quilts with CURVES. This is not a “twist my arm” situation since I love love love making quilts with curved piecing. But this time I wanted to try some new
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Inspiration becomes an art quilt
I love to look at abstract paintings for art quilt inspiration. Sometimes I’m looking for great color combinations, sometimes I’m thinking about design possibilities. I found an abstract painting using simple curves of color which looked like a landscape to me. But mostly I liked the colors and the curves. Maybe because they are my
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Red Poppies in Two Art Quilt Designs
October was red poppy month in my studio! I’ve been on a break over much of the summer of 2021 from quilting but I’m back at work and trying some new techniques. I created two tall and narrow poppy quilts shown hanging together, each with three flowers and two buds. Each quilt is 18″ W
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