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As a designer / artist who is always trying to improve, there are times when my brain is on full-throttle creative mode and I seem to tap into a source of inspiration beyond my own capacity. I know that sounds weird. But, what I mean is that when I push myself to innovate, I'm rewarded with with that "stroke of geniu

Learn how to utilize several different types of fabric tucks to create texture in your next art quilt as Heather Thomas explains the steps of this technique.

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.

Join us as we learn how to make picture quilts with expert fiber artist Wendy Butler Berns whose method is simple, fast, and oh-sew fun!

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

Make a super-simple landscape art quilt with free-motion thread sketched embellishments, regardless of whether you’re a beginner or advanced.

Here are over 50 of my favorite quilts from QuiltCon 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the national quilt show of the Modern Quilt Guild. There are quilts from all the catgories: Modern Traditionalism, Maximalism, Minimalism, Use of Negative Space, Improvisation, Applique, Handwork, Small Quilts, and Piecing. Check them out and let me know your favorite!

If becoming a quilt artist is your heart’s desire then this class can help you get there. Let accomplished quilt artist, author and instructor, Heather Thomas, provide you with invaluable lessons that can help you cross the chasm from relying on the instructions of others to relying on your own skill set and artistic inclinations.