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Category Archives: Art Quilts
Green Dog
My green dog quilt is done! As a reminder, this sketch by Picasso was my inspiration. Here is a look at the back. I still have to add the hanging system. A closeup of the bias tape. This finished at … Continue reading
Posted in Art Quilts, Finishes 2023, Small Quilts, Uncategorized
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Finish It Up Friday ~ Tangle 3
You might remember a preview version of this in my crap quota. It really wasn’t terrible, but it was very boring. I chatted with Daughter #3 about it. She said, it was too regular, not enough tension. She was right. … Continue reading
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Finish It Up Friday ~ Tangle 2
You’ve been seeing glimpses of this, now it is finished, except for the sleeve. I’ll share a post on that soon. It is a bit different for an art show versus a quilt show. I also have to decide which … Continue reading
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Finish It Up Friday ~ Tangled
This quilt is why I wanted to work with bias tape. I had an idea in my head and needed to come up with a way to create it. I applied this all by hand and it took forever. Seriously, … Continue reading
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Finish It Up Friday ~ Twofer
I finished up both of these art quilts this week. It has been so much fun getting back into improv. Daughter #3 suggested adding some embroidery to this. I had already been thinking of adding some hand quilting, so this … Continue reading
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Finish It Up Thursday ~ Streams of Consciousness
I finished this little quilt using bias tape. I figured out how to stitch these down by machine on top of the already quilted background. Here is the back. I like to face most art quilts. I still need to … Continue reading
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Playing Around
I mentioned quilting a background piece for an idea I had. Today I’ll explain more. I have some of this old single fold bias tape to play with. I started with my preqilted piece and placed strips of the bias … Continue reading
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More Improv
You’ll be seeing a lot more of this type of work over the next few months as I prepare for my show in August. When I don’t know where to start, I pull out leftovers. These are from Daughter #3’s … Continue reading
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Art Show
Where I live in Michigan, our township holds a juried art show each year. I’ve been lucky enough to have had works juried in several times, and I’ve even taken home a couple awards. This year’s show opened last weekend. … Continue reading
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Improv
I haven’t done much improv work in a while. It’s time to get back into it! I’m not sure why, but after grabbing a chunk of my favorite red, I spied this vintage gingham and thought they might work well … Continue reading
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