art quilts

Matching an Art Quilt to Room Colors

As with any piece of art you want it to compliment or coordinate with the colors of your room, furniture, other art, etc.  Even though I use a good quality camera for my photos, it may be difficult to tell if a particular color is going to work in your decor.   I recommend that
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Using THREEs in geometric designs

As anyone can see from my websites, I like to make a wide variety of contemporary art quilts.  I like geometrics, mosaics, curved abstract piecing, landscapes, circle designs, stars, suns, and have begun to dabble in poppies.  Making art quilts with curved piecing is more challenging so often after a few quilts with lots of
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Prepping for Arts Festival Season

I am one month away from the start of my handful of arts festivals.  Last week I decided it was time to get an updated booth photo.  After watching the March WINDY weather for weeks on end I finally saw a day, last Saturday, when winds appeared to be below 10mph and the sun was
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Two designs for “gardens and ponds”

I love mixing blues and greens AND mixing prints with batiks and tone-on-tone fabrics.  Several years ago I made a mosaic quilt with small square pieces which I named “Gardens and Ponds”.  It tries to create curves and blends of fabrics with the design of the mosaic. This winter I wanted to try a new
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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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