I was approached by Beth Yoder, a pastor at Salford Mennonite Church, to make a commissioned work for advent. We chose the theme, "A Child will Lead Them" as it was one option to which I could easily relate.
The reference, for most people, beckons the coming of Christ. For me, it has a much broad...
This is just a quick post to update you on some new work I've recently listed.
The first is Green is My Garden.
This began as a strictly abstract work. You can follow the progression of decisions below.
The light blue and white shibori dyed pieces were just too white and didn't ble...
We just got home from a trip to France, Germany and Belgium, and I must say, Provence was absolute food for the soul. We took our favorite travel guide, Rick Steve's, advice and made Arles our home base. We found an Airbnb right off the main square with free parking pass included, and we ventured ...
This art quilt is named Moon Grass. It's another one of those images that has been hanging out in my head for awhile.
I finished and listed this quilt yesterday and posted photos of it on social media last night. It sold this morning and I also got an inquiry from a magazine about publishin...
When I have an image in my head which keeps reappearing over and over I know it's time to make it into a quilt. I have Pinterest Boards, many are public but some are private, where I collect images which speak to me. This tool is invaluable in forming collections which then morph into my own coh...
It's always so inspiring to visit a quilt show and see what new innovative things these artists are doing. It always gets the creative juices flowing.
You can see the winners for this year here. The highlight of the show for me was seeing the Cherrywood Van Gogh Challenge. I realize the ultim...
I completed the above quilt, which I named Lagoon, last week.
I made this quilt to document the process for the final Advanced Landscape Video in my Artful Quilting Course. It was quite a challenge to create a big landscape quilt while trying to break the whole process down into manageable s...
This month's giveaway is a copy of Art Quilting Studio - Winter 2018 Edition.
It includes so many wonderful articles including one written by me called, Adventures in Non-Traditional Fibers and Techniques.
Hope you win!
Many of you ask about my process of constructing an art quilt. In this post I want to show you a little glimpse behind the scenes. I'd like to use my latest quilt, Maples on Water, to show how I go about coming up with an idea and executing it.
My first step in building a quilt is to find ...
