Abstract art quilt

Abstract Art Quilts intrigue me... I admire the work of Pat Pauly (shown here) I purchased her DVD Abstract Art Quilt Design from Start to Finish I invited my Art Sisters over today... We all brought our fabric scraps an open mind and a willingness to try something new... We are employing Pat Pauly's index card technique. It gives you a jump start to abstract designing! In a round robin method, we stitched a scrap onto a card then handed it off to the next person to add to. This continued…

Art quilts seem to fall into two categories…the more realistic which are often based on the use of applique techniques and abstract which are usually pieced. I admit a bias to piecing which keeps me closer to original quilting roots of our ancestors even though I run like crazy from the tradition block designs. It Read the full article...

This quilt was made for an exhibition organised by Irish, German and South African quilting societies. The theme was Interchange Threads Connect, and one of my first thoughts was about the Silk Route, after all, it has the interchange, it has the threads, and it has the connect, too. I was thinking of making an appliqué of camels and oriental patterns, but then opted for a more abstracted interpretation that played on the interconnection of land and sea trade routes. The main thing here is…

Hi, all! Wow! Can you believe it's Friday again? And you know what that means - it's time to get our whoop whoop on!! I hope you're ready - I've been working hard this week, but unfortunately I've been working on some projects I can't show you yet! So here are some of my favorite links from last week's party... Emily from Em's Scrap Bag finished this beautiful quilt, despite some roadblocks that you really should read about! And check out this fabulous mini by Janet at Simply Pieced! My…

Terry Aske Art Quilt Studio | . . . where fiber art meets quilting

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 recently created an enlarged design of a smaller quilt I had made several years ago. All enlargements have challenges, especially as I’m usually working from a photo and I don’t make patterns. This starburst design is a creation of “rays” with each having seven different fabrics in it, progressing from light to dark fabrics Read the full article...

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