Fabric collage art quilts

This post is the first in a series of three “Finish Line” posts featuring students who excel at fabric collage. The three I chose—Darlene Determan, Joanne Hannon Shaw, and Marilyn David…

So you want to make a fabric collage quilt. Great! After choosing an image to work from, the next step in creating a fabric collage quilt is making a simple pattern. This is a critical step, one th…

The art of textiles has been passed down for generations…including mine. My great-grandfather was a tailor who married a seamstress who gave birth to my grandmother, an awning maker who had my father who was an upholsterer, who married my mother, a gifted hand-embroiderer, who had me. I have been a graphic designer for over four decades and although I’ve long felt an affinity for fibers and threads, I only began fabric collage in 2016. How in the world did that happen?

A fabric collage quilt doesn't need to be scary!

A fabric collage quilt doesn't need to be scary!

Explore different approaches to choosing a photo for your fabric art, thread sketching, thread painting, art quilting, and appliqué projects.

Posts about Collage Art Quilts written by lifesloosethreads

Fabric collage is a technique used often in art quilts. Learn how to create a layered, three dimensional look collage from a photograph with this step-by-step tutorial.

You’ve heard of a photo collage, but have you heard of a collage quilt? Let us introduce you to this exciting way of combining scraps to create a picture quilt. With virtually no rules and endless designs, collage quilts offer a unique way to play with scraps. Layered pieces of fabric come together to create […]

A few photos of student work from 3 workshops I taught at @mainequilts this past weekend. They did great

“Fabric Collage Addiction” Jane Haworth Welcome to Fabric Collage Addiction. I am really excited to be part of the Artistic Alchemists and to be able to offer this workshop at …

Fabric collage is a technique used often in art quilts. Learn how to create a layered, three dimensional look collage from a photograph with this step-by-step tutorial.

In this fourth and final post in a series of Throwback Thursdays featuring my Summer Quilt Retreats held here in Maine, we look back just one year to June 2019. What seemed so commonplace—students …

Fabric collage is a technique used often in art quilts. Learn how to create a layered, three dimensional look collage from a photograph with this step-by-step tutorial.

Susan Brubaker Knapp's raw-edge botanical fabric collage tutorial is sew fun & inspiring. Any quilter, fiber artist, or crafter will love it!

In a few parts, I will explain what you can do with a photo of your pet to prepare a pattern for an art quilt. There are several approaches but if you’re feeling intimidated by the drawing as…

Pet Portrait Art Quilts: Create realistic, abstract, or fun portraits with fused appliqué and free motion stitch [2nd Edition] By Deborah Wirsu #1 Best Seller on Amazon

Learn how you can make a pattern from a photo so you can get started on making a quilted pet portrait of that special four legged friend.

I describe fabric collage as painting with fabric. That’s more than a helpful way of explaining it to newbies. It has been a way of thinking of working with fabric that has guided my developm…

So you want to make a fabric collage quilt. Great! After choosing an image to work from, the next step in creating a fabric collage quilt is making a simple pattern. This is a critical step, one th…