I was looking back over old blog posts and found one from a year ago about a small bird quilt I made. My technique needed more work on this first effort so it is hanging in my guest bath at the moment….not destined for public viewing! I haven’t had time to pursue more quilts like
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Clashing Colors….Love it!!
If someone would have told me 10 years ago I would be purposefully making art quilts with colors I previously thought should never appear together, I would have said they were nuts! And yet…I just created an abstract art quilt with orange, pink, yellow, and burgundy. Almost all of the fabrics are batik prints too
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Holiday Art Show in Lewisburg PA
I am only participating in one art show in 2018 and it is coming up. Mark your calendars for THE HOLIDAY ART OPEN HOUSE, Saturday, December 1, 2018 10am – 4pm at The Cellars at Brookpark Farm (indoors), 50 Brookpark Circle, Lewisburg, PA. This one day show is a wonderful variety of artists and craftspeople,
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Red Rocks as Abstract Art Quilt
For a few months I’ve been trying to find my art inspiration for a quilt of Red Rocks from the US southwest. The colors and textures of these incredible rock formations are perfect for art quilts! I’ve seen several other renditions from artists which are very realistic…not at all my style. I made some small
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New Lopsided Star Design
After a refreshing month enjoying lake living in the finger lakes of NY state in September, I came home eager to get back to quilting. Sometimes the ideas come so fast I spend the first few days back in my studio organizing stacks of fabrics for future projects. I call this my “playing with colors”
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Ordering a Custom Quilt
As an artist, it is sometimes difficult to focus on maintaining a good size inventory of art quilts vs focusing on creativity. I had a GOOD PROBLEM as 2018 started….several custom orders!! I make custom quilts of one of my original quilts or designs but usually in a different size. Sometimes I will make a
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Quilting Ideas for Hills and Mountains
I enjoy creating landscape quilts! Often my sunset and sunrise art quilts have a fore gound of hills or mountains. My landscape tree quilts frequently have a background of hills or mountains. These sections of the quilt are not dominant and often small in area but they create some quilting challenges. I’m never sure how
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A landscape of summer colors
I am drawn to the colors of fall which you find frequently in my landscape quilts. But as the summer finally arrived here in central Pennsylvania and the greens exploded around us, I decided to create several tree quilts with the beautiful greens of the summer season. In the past I’ve made several larger width
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Coastal Storm Art Quilt
Art quilting is a retirement artistic journey for me and is ALWAYS enjoyable, something I look forward to doing each day. BUT….sometimes the stars align themselves and creating a quilt energizes me as has happened with “Coastal Storm” which I finished yesterday. I saw some paintings with this orientation and I decided to step out
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