I find a lot of inspiration from looking at paintings and more recently at stained glass designs. Recently I saw a circle of stained glass that was comprised of 6-8 layers of curved colors. I love working with curvy cuts in my designs so I gave this one a try in fabric, of course. I’ve
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Filling a Large Wall Space with Multiple Quilts
I am always excited when a customer talks with me about creative ways to fill a large wall space. Often people see a space, such as a wall over a sofa or bed, and envision one very large quilt for the wall. I am happy to make large quilts but I often try to convince
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Stroll Through the Arts in Lewisburg PA
On friday, November 4th from 6pm – 10pm come visit different merchants in Lewisburg, PA and meet local artists set up with their art inside many different stores. I will be set up inside the Mercantile on the 400 block of downtown Lewisburg. Many stores have refreshments some even have wine! The weather can be
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Numbered Quilts are NOT the same
I’d much rather be quilting! I know when I finish a quilt I must photograph it, post it on ESTY and on this website, and write a description. Sometimes the hardest part is coming up with a name with which to label the quilt. Now that I have some unique personal designs, I often
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Red Flower Art Quilts Three Different Designs
I had a customer recently who wanted a red flower, similar to one I had made in Yellow. I decided to use her custom request as a chance to try some different designs to give her some options and give myself some room to experiment. Often when I make a design for the first time, as
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Creating an abstract quilt in autumn colors
I have just returned from a month away, relaxing, biking, kayaking and wine drinking in the finger lakes in New York State. We are just 3 hours away and have spent the last 20 years visiting the lake area. The trip is about as perfect as you can get except I don’t take my sewing
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Small Quilts for the Holidays
For the first time since I started selling art quilts, I am doing a holiday show in early December in Lewisburg, PA, indoors of course. I really labored over whether or not to accept the invitation to this show, limited to about 30 local artists, because I have noticed a significant decrease in sales from
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Gallery Show in September 2016
I’m very excited to announce many of my quilts will be on display at the Public Library of Union County for the month of September 2016. I’m expecting to have about 15 quilts on display for the month. When the library did a major renovation several years ago, they included a lobby for displays by
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Arts Festivals Can be Difficult
Earlier this week we returned from the Sonnenberg Arts at the Garden in Canandaigua, NY, a very well organized arts festival in the Finger Lakes of New York state. No matter the organization, which here was outstanding, and no matter the size of our booth spaces which here was a generous 15′ x 15′ for
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