I have again begun to accept limited custom order requests. Any custom request must be of one of my designs in different colors or a different size. The custom quilt shown here was a very creative request by a new mom for an art quilt for her baby’s room. I have made this design in
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Quilts on SALE!
This week I was cleaning out one of my studio closets and found several quilts I had started but not finished many years ago. There was a time when I was creating and sewing so much I could hardly keep up with ideas. Some of these quilts were set aside for no good reason except
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Two New Tree Quilts
After my local art quilt show the month of January, I’ve been busy creating new quilts. Somehow the whole month of January snuck by but February has been a very productive month in my studio. I’m excited about two tree quilts I finished in February, one Birch Trees 16 in Spring and the other Birch
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Ocean and Dunes Art Quilts with some new techniques
I have been creating ocean and dunes art landscape quilts for many years but this week I decided to try some new designs. In Ocean and Dunes 22 I used one fabric for the sky instead of piecing it like I usually had done. When it came time to quilt it, I thought I would
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Art Quilts and 4th grade Webelos
I had an interesting request this month from a pack leader of 4th grade Webelos, boy scouts. They were working on a unit on art appreciation and she asked me to speak with her pack about making art quilts. I was a little hesitant because I wasn’t sure how interested 4th grade boys would be
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Busy with more than just art quilts
I took a break from quilt making to finish a non quilt project this fall. I self published a book about the first year after my husband died, a book about coping and dealing with his loss and my sadness. Unfortunately many of we female spouses may confront this reality as women are still outliving
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My Quilts in a Local Art Show
I have been creating art quilts for 10 years now. For awhile I did arts festivals around PA, VA and NY. That was a lot of work so now I focus on my Etsy shop where I have sold enough for my liking, enough to keep me busy but not too busy! In January I
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Quilting has power to heal grief
If you have been reading my blogs the last few years you know my husband died in January 2020. I walked away from my quilting in mid 2019 and did not return to sewing until later in 2020. My grief and sadness was too deep for the fun of quilting. For me, quilting always makes
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Sunset 78 with some new stitching
I finished Sunset 78 in late August after having experienced this dramatic sunset off my deck a few weeks earlier. Every sunset is unique and sunsets include so many different colors it is hard to do anything wrong when designing and piecing sunset quilts. When I quilted this sunset wall quilt I did sort of
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