October was red poppy month in my studio! I’ve been on a break over much of the summer of 2021 from quilting but I’m back at work and trying some new techniques. I created two tall and narrow poppy quilts shown hanging together, each with three flowers and two buds. Each quilt is 18″ W
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Making a beach art quilt
As the fall arrives and summer winds down, I find myself thinking about images that relax me. I just finished this art quilt in early September. It transports me back to quiet afternoons at Long Beach Island in NJ with my family or visits to the Outer Banks in NC. Beaches are universal. After creating
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The distractions of summer keep me from quilting
This summer of 2021 is proving to be quite different for me. My husband Jeff’s death in January 2020 and then the 15 months of COVID left me with lots of time to quilt….at home. Now fully vaccinated as are my friends, it seems as though the summer has taken on a different urgency, to
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Sunsets and sunrises a continual inspiration for art quilts
A few weeks ago I completed Sunrise 11, shown in this post. I’m always excited when the ETSY Favorites start coming in immediately after a new listing. It means I’ve created an art quilt people are interested in. After only about 4 week on Etsy, this quilt sold and I’m not surprised. I will be
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More Layering with Curved Piecing in Art Quilt Design
I’ve been making some large quilts lately. My inclination is that this next design would be outstanding large but I decided for a first run on this new design, I would go small. This art quilt is just about 20″ square. My technique for this quilt started with a background of pastels, pieced as fairly
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Taking a Break from Custom Art Quilt Orders
As I’ve shared in previous posts, my husband died in January 2020. It has been a challenging 16 months but I’m back on my feet. As part of this 16 months of serious and dedicated grieving I now find myself coming out the other side accepting that life is going to be different in many
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Muted Colors in Landscape Art Quilt
I am more of a dynamic and vibrant color person than pastels and muted colors. However, as I looked at paintings for design ideas, I came across some beautiful paintings using only muted colors or a limited palate with grays. I made this small quilt with fairly simple piecing and just 10 pieces, all different
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Playfulness while creating art quilts
Two months ago as the snow was piling up in central PA I found myself playing with fabrics of spring colors. I decided to make a Spring theme abstract landscape quilt. These abstract quilts are total fun to make. Cutting pieces with unique curves, organizing the fabrics artistically, and finally quilting creatively. I realized as
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A beautiful starburst art quilt “how to”
I recently created an enlarged design of a smaller quilt I had made several years ago. All enlargements have challenges, especially as I’m usually working from a photo and I don’t make patterns. This starburst design is a creation of “rays” with each having seven different fabrics in it, progressing from light to dark fabrics
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