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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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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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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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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Mosaic art quilts diagonal piecing
I like working with fabric pieces which are not square. I like piecing three fabrics together into a wonky block, making lots of those and creating a wall art quilt. These approaches to mosaic art quilts are the most unstructured and challenging from both a design and a piecing standpoint. But even me…..the wonky, non-straight
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Mosaic Quilt Piecing Options
MOSAIC art quilts could also be called “stash buster” art quilts because you get to use small pieces of fabrics from your entire stash! More fun though is that mosaic art quilts give you a chance to play with colors in a very intimate way. Some of my earliest art quilts were mosaic quilts. In
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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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