I’m very excited to announce many of my quilts will be on display at the Public Library of Union County for the month of September 2016. I’m expecting to have about 15 quilts on display for the month. When the library did a major renovation several years ago, they included a lobby for displays by
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wall quilts
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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Triptych Art Quilts
I just finished another triptych art quilt. There are lots of reasons I like making triptychs but it all begins with how much easier it is to sew three reasonably sized art quilts than one large quilt. I sew on a Bernina 750….a great machine….but since it isn’t a long arm, the larger the quilt
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Mosaic art quilts pieced on your design wall
The absolute most fun, with no rules and no size restrictions on fabric pieces is to design a quilt on your wall. You start by collecting a bunch of smallish pieces of fabric in the colors you want and then just plop them on the flannel wall, organizing and reorganizing to get the colors sorted
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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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The challenge of custom quilt orders
I’ve been making and selling art quilts for almost 4 years. In the beginning I was very hesitant to make custom quilts, primarily because I didn’t have confidence in my abilities. After a significant number of sales my confidence grew and I began to offer custom quilts. However, my custom quilts come with a
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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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