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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Small Art Quilts in New Designs
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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