Category Archives: Modern quilts

Square Foot Show – Flash sale to benefit Ukraine – 2022.03.04

Attention art collectors! Square Foot Show is having flash sale THIS WEEKEND to benefit the Ukraine! Artists are donating their artworks, and all proceeds are going to support the Ukrainian people in their time of devastation. Proceeds will go to … Continue reading

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New art quilt ‘Variegated Spring’ – 2022.02.18

On February 12, I pulled some strips of variegated green fabrics from my stash and sewed them together to create a background for my quilt. I drew a quick sketch of my concept – a grid of strips and squares. … Continue reading

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‘Heat Waves’ mini quilt – 2021.12.20

The next challenge that caught my eye was the current Curated Quilts mini challenge. The colour palette is shades of red and pink, the theme is Energize. I gathered together all my red and pink fabrics and bias tape. Then … Continue reading

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‘Curves Gone Wild’ finished Nov 1 – 2021.12.20

I see that I forgot to post a final photo of my ‘Curves Gone Wild’ quilt. (I posted it on Instagram on November 1, then forgot to post it here). Here it is. I quilted curvy lines with my walking … Continue reading

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Progress on ‘Curves Gone Wild’ – 2021.10.24

As mentioned in my last post, I didn’t want to cut this piece down to the required size of 16″ x 16″. Instead I decided to add more curvy strips to make it 32″ x 16″ (the other size option … Continue reading

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A change of plan – 2021.10.10

It took me a few days to decide which fabrics I wanted to use. I started with the yellow fabric then added to each side of it. I was very happy with how all the fabrics looked together. My construction … Continue reading

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This is going to be fun! – 2021.10.03

For a couple of weeks, I’ve been mulling over several ideas for the next exhibition by the Fibre Art Network titled “ON THE BIAS”. All the pieces in this exhibit will be either 16″ x 16″ or 16″ x 32″. … Continue reading

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Rainbow Ripples mini quilt – 2021.08.01

This mini art quilt is for the annual Fibre Art Network (FAN) Artwork Exchange. All members are invited to participate, and submit their artwork. Everyone who submits a piece will receive one of the other pieces. For the past few years the … Continue reading

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Countdown to Square Foot Show – 2021.07.24

Thanks to everyone who made suggestions (on my last blog post, on Instagram and Facebook) about which pieces I should submit to the upcoming Abstract2 Square Foot Show. Here are the 5 pieces I submitted. I’m so happy to be … Continue reading

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More abstract pieces for Square Foot Show – 2021.07.19

I have completed 3 more pieces for the Abstract2 Square Foot Show. That gives me a total of 8 art works. Now I have to pick 5 of them to submit to the show. Which would you like to see … Continue reading

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