Handmade Art Quilts
I have gathered a substantial quantity of beautiful Asian design fabrics over the past 10 years and decided to spend some time creating some graphic design wall hangings featuring some of these gorgeous prints. The flying crane became the center … Continued
This is probably the largest art quilt I have created so far and my first attempt at creating a landscape with the watercolor technique. The top portion was based on an old photograph of Portland, Oregon from the Rose Garden. … Continued
I saw an article in the local newspaper about photographs taken by the Hubble telescope. The story included a couple samples of the photographs. I clipped them out of the paper, thinking they would make an awesome quilt someday. I … Continued
This was my first attempt at a quilt with the snippets technique.The quilt is based on an idea I had for a quilt design to place behind a large dream catcher I had previously made. I used a postcard I … Continued
This is one of my favorite pieces and actually hangs in my home. It was created from a couple of photographs of Bass Harbor Head lighthouse and memories. Bass Harbor Head lighthouse is just outside the harbor in Maine where … Continued
This was my second snippet technique quilt and the design was based on an old calendar photograph taken of Bass Harbor, Maine by Bob Hylander. My stepmom found this old photo in the attic at Dad’s and gave it to … Continued
The design for this quilt came from a landscape painting on a calendar from the artist Glenn Smith. I sketched out a quick cluster of colors to layout in the watercolor style of quilting, concentrating on the floral patterns with … Continued
This quilt design was created after seeing the fabric which I ended up using for the border. I was always mesmerized by the changing colors of the Atlantic Ocean growing up on an island off the coast of Maine and … Continued
