Art Quilts and Art Quilt Designs

Patchwork as complex as Americana.  A quilt is never just a quilt. It’s like Winona said in How to Make an American Quilt: “Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches.” In the mid-1990s, the United States economy was well into an economic expansion, doing so well that the Federal Reserve had to engineer a “soft landing” the previous year to slow it down. Had Noni been quilting in the late 2000s, however...Read Full Story

About a year ago I started a beginner quilt and used it as a basis for a series of articles on beginner quilting.  I beavered away happily until I had quilted it and then I came to a stop.  It remained unbound for months and months and then this week I suddenly decided to finish it.  You can see the results on quilt binding and I am so glad that I can finally move that quilt from the UFO pile!  I daren't count to see how many more quilts are still in that pile.I've been asked several times...Read Full Story

BINDING QUILTS WITH SCALLOPS Do you ever feel that you want to do something different with your quilt binding?  I tend to be very boring and use the same method of binding - 2.1/2" folded double binding - again and again.  Recently I was asked for instructions for binding quilts with scallops and I am so pleased that I tried it out:  it gave something really different to my quilt.  It took longer than my normal quilt binding, but I felt it was well worth it. The first thing to do is decide...Read Full Story

Pulled out this older UFO to finish today (from 2006?). Started this bag in a class at Thimble Weeds quilt shop. The shop closed last year, owner moved to Montana. Now we just have one LQS in town and it's for sale. Anyway, my sis likes cats so I'll finish the bag and send to her. The bag was for stashing cutting mat and rulers, etc for quilt class. Lots more uses for it.This fabric is so cute, wish I had purchased more. Just need to quilt now and fold top rectangles over and stitch closed...Read Full Story

AMBPYBE3TAEU Well, another year is drawing to a close.  At least the weather here in Ludlow has improved and we are now basking in temperatures a little above freezing.  Sometimes I bind all my quilts with the same 2.1/2" double binding - it's quick and easy and I know what I am doing - but sometimes I want something a little different.  Recently I challenged myself to make a small quilt with only two colours throughout - yes, I know I ought to get out more! The construction of the quilt...Read Full Story