I am in the midst of applications for 2017 arts festivals though this year will be very different from years past. It is a lot of physical work to load and unload and load again at the end and unload at home upon return. When you add to that the cost of the booth, and
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Importance of Fabric Selection
I must have 600 or more different fabrics in my studio! Thankfully I’m getting better about buying fabrics which work well in my art quilt designs as opposed to buying every piece of fabric I like. When I start a new quilt, I get out all the fabrics I think I might want to use.
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Diversity Art Quilt
I have struggled as many others have to cope with the recent election. My art work is often a respite from such troubles. At a recent festival a customer bought one of my rainbow flower/sun wall quilts. She commented that her daughter would love it due to it’s embodiment of the Diversity colors. I
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I love large wall quilts!
When I first started making art quilts, I was making them for my own house. I live in a home with high ceilings — 24′ in living room and master bedroom and 10′ standard in other rooms. I didn’t put many limits on my design and creative process because I knew I could find a
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How to Make a Pieced Tree Quilt
One of my signature art quilts is my Tree design. I’ve worked at creating different backgrounds and different foregrounds, sometimes a creek or stream, and colors of different seasons. I want to share the basic process for making a landscape tree quilt that has trees placed such that the quilt has depth to it. First
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Experimenting with Design in Art Quilts
One of the things I like most about making art quilts is their size. I like being able to create quilted wall hangings that range from about 15″ x 15″ to as large as 40″ x 60″. Most of the quilts in my shop are around the 22″ x 32″ size. These sizes mean that
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Art quilts for last minute Holiday gifts
It is mid December and you still have some special gifts to find. Well….think about an art quilt! I have a variety of small quilts which would be PERFECT for holiday gifts. Everyone has a small place to hang an art quilt. My quilts will make you smile and feel good every day. They are
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Holiday Open House Great Success!
Saturday, December 3rd I participated in the first annual Holiday Open House Art and Craft show/sale at the The Cellars in Lewisburg, PA. What wonderful crowds we had! There was a nice variety of artists with something for everyone. People were walking around with multiple packages!! I had awesome sales and several
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Holiday Arts and Crafts Show
I will be showing and selling art quilts this weekend at a new show in Lewisburg, PA. Myself and about 25 other artists will participate in this new show at The Cellars, a special events venue in the Brookpark Farm complex just off Rt 45 on the west side of Lewisburg. I have been busy
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