I’ve created about 30 different art quilts with trees, some birch but many just brown/grey trees. In some of my earlier quilts I would try to quilt each tree in the quilt differently. THAT became a challenge I couldn’t maintain and I wasn’t sure it was necessary for the artistic quality of the quilt.
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First Quilt Workshop a Success!!
I had an awesome time with 17 eager quilters today. I presented my first quilt workshop for the Juniata County Quilt Guild. I taught them how to piece using curved cuts and to design a quilt in a more contemporary style. The three hour workshop was just enough time to piece the art quilt itself
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Four Poppy Quilts Finished
Last week I posted four poppy quilts I had finished piecing but not yet quilted. Here are the photos of the finished quilts. If you click on the photos you should be able to see them large enough to see the free motion stitching. Three Red Poppies on beige/grey background: I quilted the petals so
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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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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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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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