Landscape quilts tutorial

This post demonstrates the process of creating an art quilt from a photograph. Consider the play of light and shadow as you go about creating your work. #art quilt #landscape quilt #quilting tutorial #textile art #artfulquiltingandsewing

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...

Three finished projects to start off the new year! Project #1: Hilde Morin workshop - January 16 & 17 Six of us - Marti, Janet, Ann, ...

Learn to make your own serene Seascape and Shell bookmark with this step-by-step tutorial.

Landscape quilts were very popular several years ago, and are still fun to try now. Most of these early landscape quilts were made using "strips of fabric" sewn edge to edge arranged by the colors of the sky to the ground. These quilts...

There's an imminent new arrival in our extended family, so it's time for me to get working on another version of my baby beach scenes. Simon suggested I incorporate surfing since the father is a keen surfer. That was the starting point for my designing, anyway. I ended up with this row of (potentially surfable?!) waves which will go across the top of the reef/water section, and I started by piecing them. I divided the waves into organic shapes, much like those I used in the much larger…

​Have you ever wanted to try art quilting but don’t know where to start? I have a few easy ways to help get you over the hurdle of getting going! I have lots of tricks for making projects that...

Home from a creative week in Sisters, Oregon at the oldest (30+ years) and the biggest outdoor quilt festival in the world. The week s...

Make a super-simple landscape art quilt with free-motion thread sketched embellishments, regardless of whether you’re a beginner or advanced.

Do you have ideas in your head but you struggle to complete them using traditional quilting methods? This class introduces you to some new techniques and products to make your landscapes sing. #landscape quilts #art quilts #quilting class #quilting tutorial #paint on fabric #artfulquiltingandsewing