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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Kittens and quilts don’t mix
I accepted a new kitten into my house the weekend before Thanksgiving 2024. Her name is Poppy but it ought to be “destructo cat”! She is about 9 months old and heading to be a short small cat but she has phenomenal jumping capabilities. She spends a good bit of her time in my second
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Farmland as a patchwork art quilt
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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Combining traditional piecing and appliqué
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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Snow Capped Mt new art quilt design
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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New Curved piecing for Art Quilts
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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Birch Trees with new designs
My art quilt Birch Trees 22 includes some new design features. Trying new things is sometimes anxiety producing but more often fun if approached with the expectation that it may work or it may not. Nothing is lost but a few hours if it doesn’t but if new design ideas work, well, lots of options
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Raven Art Quilt
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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Trees with more pieced branches
In early November I had a week of trying new things in my quilt studio. Attempting to piece more branches onto my Tree trunks was on the list of things to try to improve my design and planning skills since this is all about planning and sequencing with a sewing project. A landscape design such
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