I took a year off from doing festival shows in 2017 except for a few very local, one day events. This was due to a variety of things from the physical activity required for packing, set up and tear down along with the unpredictability of selling, often influenced by the weather. I think if I
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Festival Season 2017 and some changes
I am in the midst of applications for 2017 arts festivals though this year will be very different from years past. It is a lot of physical work to load and unload and load again at the end and unload at home upon return. When you add to that the cost of the booth, and
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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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Filling a Large Wall Space with Multiple Quilts
I am always excited when a customer talks with me about creative ways to fill a large wall space. Often people see a space, such as a wall over a sofa or bed, and envision one very large quilt for the wall. I am happy to make large quilts but I often try to convince
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Red Flower Art Quilts Three Different Designs
I had a customer recently who wanted a red flower, similar to one I had made in Yellow. I decided to use her custom request as a chance to try some different designs to give her some options and give myself some room to experiment. Often when I make a design for the first time, as
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Creating an abstract quilt in autumn colors
I have just returned from a month away, relaxing, biking, kayaking and wine drinking in the finger lakes in New York State. We are just 3 hours away and have spent the last 20 years visiting the lake area. The trip is about as perfect as you can get except I don’t take my sewing
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