This blog is about quilt stitching for mosaic quilts comprised of lots of smaller blocks of fabric so definitely “blocky” looking in design. I enjoy designing and piecing mosaic quilts, using different color combinations ebbing and flowing with the colors. All are abstract depictions of color. For some of my mosaic art quilts I emphasize
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QUILT Stitching to enhance a background
The quilt stitching I’m discussing today is for a unique art quilt with three red poppies on a dynamic but neutral background. As with all my quilts, this one is pieced so the background is in many different pieces as it is added around the poppy pieces. The background fabric is absolutely part of the
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QUILT STITCHING on a sun design quilt
I love making bright sun design quilts. Reds, oranges, and yellows are some of my favorite colors though I must confess to loving just about any color as long as it is dynamic. This is my second blog discussing how to use some varied free motion designs in a sun quilt to create more excitement
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QUILT AS DESIRED….Deciding how to quilt a quilt
When I first began to learn how to quilt, I bought several books to teach myself ideas, techniques, and some basics about design and color. My first year I made some of the quilts shown in the books to practice skills. I always came to the end of the quilt “how to” directions and encountered
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Crazy December with Custom orders
Somehow the month of December is slipping by and I’ve been delinquent on my blog posts….something I promised myself I would never do! Never say never, I guess. I ended up with two large custom orders around Thanksgiving which have filled my weeks. The push to get those both done and mailed in time for Christmas
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Horizontal designs vs Vertical Designs in Art Quilts
I don’t know if other wall artists experience this or not but I frequently have people ask me why I don’t make more quilts with a horizontal orientation instead of the vertical orientation which seems to be my comfort zone. I have a natural impulse to make a quilt that is higher than wider instead
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Red Poppy Art Quilts
I like to explore different subjects in my art quilts in addition to different designs and color combinations. This fall I have been experimenting with a few different abstract designs with red poppy flowers. Most of my inspiration has come from contemporary paintings and watercolors of poppies. You can see many of these pinned on
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Perfect evening for Lewisburg Stroll Thru the Arts
Last Friday was the annual Lewisburg Arts Council Stroll Through the Arts. My location inside the Mercantile store, one of the best gift/home/kitchen stores in town, is just perfect for this event. I must schlep a lot of white boards in on which to display my quilts, but the store owner and I are in
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Preparing for a very small display
On Friday, November 6th I am participating for the 4th year in the Lewisburg PA Stroll Through the Arts. It is a fun short show in which about 30 artists set up some of their art in different businesses in downtown Lewisburg. From 6pm – 10pm the public can wander through while shopping or perhaps
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