Ever since learning about stained glass art quilts, I've had an idea in the back of my mind about how I would create one. I love the look, as do many people. But creating that illusion of light, as though the sun is shining through, is tricky. And I'm a s…
Continue Reading →Earlier this year, I made a quilt, El Pollo Diablo, that probably seemed quite strange. It looks nothing at all like anything I've ever made before, which is fair. But making El Pollo Diablo was a trip down memory lane, and I'd like to take some time to…
Continue Reading →This blog post is inspired by a content request from one of my Patrons: I'm starting to get juried into some shows. They always ask for the value of my quilt. Since I've never had anything appraised, I don't have the least clue what the value would be, s…
Continue Reading →Tangents are a design mishap that I'm always working to avoid in my art. They come in a variety of forms, but there are a couple in particular that seem to routinely appear in my designs. In this post, I want to talk about nine different types of tangents…
Continue Reading →I've been working on a portrait quilt design, using Gordon Freeman as the subject, for my Patrons. I intentionally created two versions of the same face to show how choosing different colored fabrics for the skin tones, while maintaining as similar value …
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