Contemporary art quilt

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I recently created an enlarged design of a smaller quilt I had made several years ago. All enlargements have challenges, especially as I’m usually working from a photo and I don’t make patterns. This starburst design is a creation of “rays” with each having seven different fabrics in it, progressing from light to dark fabrics Read the full article...

This quilt was made for an exhibition organised by Irish, German and South African quilting societies. The theme was Interchange Threads Connect, and one of my first thoughts was about the Silk Route, after all, it has the interchange, it has the threads, and it has the connect, too. I was thinking of making an appliqué of camels and oriental patterns, but then opted for a more abstracted interpretation that played on the interconnection of land and sea trade routes. The main thing here is…

A dear friend asked me to make a custom curved pieced quilt for her to match her decor. She wanted reds and greens. While the color wheel says red and green are complimentary, I had to confess to her that I couldn’t think of red and green without thinking of Christmas. So….time to expand my Read the full article...

I’ve had so many requests to explain how I mount my small art quilts on painted black canvas that I decided it was time to write a tutorial! There is a step-by-step description of my process …

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I’m just back from a great weekend at QuiltCon 2020 in Austin, TX. I’d never been to Austin, but I’d heard great things about it, and it didn’t disappoint! You can ea…

Here are 25 more free and easy patterns, for a ton of quilt inspiration! Many of these are big block quilts that go together quickly. Also...

Art quilt entitled FALLing down, inspired by colors of fall (autumn) season, especially by falling down leaves of rich autumn colors. "Leaves" are made of prairie points - traditional embellish made of squares of fabric folded to triangles. All the fabrics are hand dyed cottons. The art quilt has a hanging sleeve at the back. Measurements: 35 in x 47 in x 1/4 in [88.9cm (W)x119.4 cm(H)x0.6 cm]