Category Archives: On my design wall

On my design wall – Saturn – 2024.09.14

There is something new on my design wall – the planet Saturn. My goal is to create several art quilts based on planets of the Solar System. My first choice was Saturn – with its distinctive bands and amazing ring … Continue reading

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‘Ticking All the Boxes’ – 2024.06.30

I started working on this art quilt in November 2023. I posted this photo on Instagram and said ‘Starting a new project. Not sure exactly where this is going but I like it a lot. Do you say ‘tick box’ … Continue reading

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DUET 2 – 2023.12.30

In 2022, I created an art quilt I called DUET. Read about it here. My friends Kate and Rick fell in love with DUET and said they wanted to purchase it. They intended to display it with two stringed instruments … Continue reading

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Variations on a theme – 2023.08.26

I have been working on a trio of art quilts in complementary tertiary color pairs (yellow/orange with blue/violet, yellow/green with red/violet, and red/orange with blue/green). I love tertiary colors, but I always want to to use ALL the tertiary colors, … Continue reading

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Tertiary complementary colours – 2023.07.31

I’m working on 3 pieces for an upcoming exhibit organized by my local fibre art group FYBR 2RT. This exhibit has a number of interesting requirements. My design: I played with a lot of ideas, and eventually created a design … Continue reading

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Signs of Spring – cherry blossoms – 2023.03.07

This year I really left this to the last minute! February 28 was the deadline to submit entries to the annual textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation which will be on display in April at the Silk Purse … Continue reading

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A challenging exhibit – ‘Resist’ – 2022.10.30

A few months ago, a new exhibit titled ‘Resist’ was announced by the Fibre Art Network. The exhibit overview says: ‘Resist’ explores resist techniques while preserving the unique individualistic style of each artist. Resist – an art technique that uses … Continue reading

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Duet – a new art quilt – 2022.03.31

I haven’t posted for almost 3 weeks, but that’s because I have been busy designing and creating a new art quilt. At the beginning of March, I decided to enter the Sacred Threads / Broadway Gallery exhibit – Harmony. I … Continue reading

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New art quilt ‘Variegated Spring’ – 2022.02.18

On February 12, I pulled some strips of variegated green fabrics from my stash and sewed them together to create a background for my quilt. I drew a quick sketch of my concept – a grid of strips and squares. … Continue reading

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Progress on ‘Curves Gone Wild’ – 2021.10.24

As mentioned in my last post, I didn’t want to cut this piece down to the required size of 16″ x 16″. Instead I decided to add more curvy strips to make it 32″ x 16″ (the other size option … Continue reading

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