Landscape art quilts

Happy New Year! Despite the long pause in postings, I did actually complete a few more sewing projects in 2014. January 2014 - Drawstring book bags for Allie and Cate's birthdays February 2014 - Robert Hughes baby quilt (I really need to consider taking a "how to photograph your quilts" workshop:) quilted with stars and spirals May 2014 - Amy Becker's HS graduation lap quilt Amy picked out fabrics at Fabric Depot during her Portland visit, Christmas 2013. I supplemented with a few fabrics I…

Texture is a fun element to add to any quilt, but it is especially fun when it can be added to an art quilt that you don’t have to worry about getting overused or laundered. Heather Thomas shows you how to make several different types of fabric tucks that can be quilted onto a piece of fabric as a way of adding quilt texture.

I had both of my Grandson's for the weekend. After they left today I went back to the studio to keep working on my pine needles. I fu...

Almost finished this one! (Pause for a celebratory sigh of accomplishment.) As I’m working on my 2018 series, “Home is What you Remember,” I’ve been doing a lot of process experimentation. And it seems to fit what I’m after in the meaning of the works. “Home” is a rich, deep, resonant, layered, em

During the three-part series, we take a simplified approach to landscape quilting. It's all about trees—dark-shaded trees, light-colored tress, snow-accented

Cathy Geier's Quilty Art Blog: Landscape Quilts from Wisconsin Quilt Expo 2015

Landscapes Quilts Gallery - Art Quilts by Sharon

Go against your sewing instincts! Leave the ironing to the end of your work. Effie shows you how. For more information about Effie's work http://www.effiega...

I’m not a sketcher or very good at drawing.but I do make some rudimentary sketches for most of my landscape quilts. These are very broad and simplistic ideas of the way I want the art quilt to flow and appear. Much of what I use the sketches for is to figure the proportions of the Read the full article...

I created this Sunset 71 over water after seeing a photo of a similar sunset. I like the colors in this because it is a moment in time when the sunset is still quite filled with lightness, both in the sky and on the water. I really studied the reflection on the water and noticed Read the full article...