{"id":2895,"date":"2015-08-21T10:58:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2019-01-02T14:52:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T22:52:52","slug":"catchy-creative-titles-for-quilts-2015-08-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/08\/21\/catchy-creative-titles-for-quilts-2015-08-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Catchy creative titles for quilts &#8211; 2015.08.21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1440027174357_1380\">Sometimes I really struggle to come up with a good title, especially for my abstract art quilts.&nbsp; I&#8217;m often tempted to call them Circle 1, Circle 2, etc. but I love catchy, creative titles, so I spend a lot of time trying to come up with good ones.<\/span>&nbsp; I asked an online group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saqa.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">SAQA<\/a> members how they <span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1440027174357_1376\">come up with titles for their art, or if they think a title is even necessary.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most people thought titles were important, and there were a lot of great suggestions about how to generate ideas for titles including: asking friends, searching online, referring to a dictionary or thesaurus, using usual words or interesting phrases.&nbsp; Most of these ideas are things I already do, but they spurred me to do more online research.<\/p>\n<p>I found some great blog posts about titling art, including these ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lisapressman.blogspot.ca\/2009\/06\/how-do-you-title-your-paintings.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Pressman Art Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringtheheartofit.weebly.com\/blog\/archives\/01-2015\" target=\"_blank\">exploring the heART of it <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reddotblog.com\/collective-wisdom-creating-titles-for-your-artwork\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Dot Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/drawsketch.about.com\/cs\/tipsandideas\/a\/namingdrawings.htm\" target=\"_blank\">About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artbizblog.com\/2010\/06\/titles.html\" target=\"_blank\">Art Biz Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also found these websites which I&#8217;ve bookmarked for future reference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a list of <a href=\"http:\/\/painting.about.com\/od\/art-critique\/tp\/art-words-list.htm\" target=\"_blank\">words to describe art<\/a><\/li>\n<li>another list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.words-to-use.com\/words\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\">words to describe art<\/a><\/li>\n<li>a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F\" target=\"_blank\">colors in alphabetical order<\/a> (for lovers of alliteration in titles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the quilt that I currently need a title for.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#8217;s no deep meaning or emotion involved with this quilt.&nbsp; My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/08\/19\/off-my-design-wall-another-circle-quilt-2015-08-19\/\" target=\"_blank\">inspiration<\/a> was the relationship of straight and curved lines, and some fabrics in colors I thought would work well together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske_unnamed-circle-quilt.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2908\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske_unnamed-circle-quilt.jpg?resize=640%2C932\" alt=\"TerryAske_unnamed circle quilt\" width=\"640\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske_unnamed-circle-quilt.jpg?resize=703%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske_unnamed-circle-quilt.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske_unnamed-circle-quilt.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske_unnamed-circle-quilt.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think part of my frustration with naming this quilt is that I was quite pleased the name of my previous circle quilt &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/08\/16\/a-finished-art-quilt-and-updated-tutorial-2015-08-16\/\" target=\"_blank\">Circular Thinking<\/a>&#8216;, and I felt the need to come up with an equally good title for this one.&nbsp; I considered &#8216;Circular Thinking 2&#8217;, but also &#8216;Circle of Lines and Color&#8217;, or &#8216;Circle of Magenta and Mustard&#8217; (alliteration!).<\/p>\n<p>I also asked readers of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/08\/19\/off-my-design-wall-another-circle-quilt-2015-08-19\/\" target=\"_blank\">my blog<\/a> and my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/6lqIXAA3Lx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> followers for suggestions for this quilt, and was very impressed with all the ideas, including:&nbsp; Missing Moon, Poolside, Reversal of Fortune, Through the Looking Glass, Porthole, Glimpse, Topsy Curvy, Eclipse and Eclipsed.&nbsp; Many of these have given me ideas for future circle quilts!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still mulling over what title I will give this quilt.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have to decide soon, because I&#8217;m going to submit it to an art quilt show.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you come up with titles for your quilts or other artwork?&nbsp; Do you think a catchy title is important?&nbsp; Do you have any tips or suggestions you&#8217;d like to share?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for stopping by.&nbsp; Today, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many creative and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richardquilts.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lVuW5PcnoCk\/USrqdn-uX9I\/AAAAAAAAFvA\/pIqxC7N-BtY\/s1600\/Button_Friday2_Resized.png?resize=100%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\"><\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Creations by Nina-Marie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-O_-9YeA9nls\/UDj4cpAI8HE\/AAAAAAAAAuo\/-OZVRDYiVK4\/s144-c\/August25201202.jpg?resize=100%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Creations by Nina-Marie\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"><\/a> &nbsp; <a title=\"Confession of a Fabric Addict\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/whoop-whoop\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5167\/5372122697_1c845b829a_m.jpg?resize=100%2C100\" alt=\"Confessions of a Fabric Addict\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I really struggle to come up with a good title, especially for my abstract art quilts.&nbsp; I&#8217;m often tempted to call them Circle 1, Circle 2, etc. but I love catchy, creative titles, so I spend a lot of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/08\/21\/catchy-creative-titles-for-quilts-2015-08-21\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","tag-titles-for-quilts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-KH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2889,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/08\/19\/off-my-design-wall-another-circle-quilt-2015-08-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":2895,"position":0},"title":"Off my design wall &#8211; another circle quilt &#8211; 2015.08.19","author":"TerryAske","date":"August 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Another week, another circle quilt! Although it looks finished, this quilt can still be considered a WiP because it doesn't yet have a label, a hanging sleeve - or a title.\u00a0 (If you're interested in titles for quilts - or other artwork, for that matter - come back on Friday\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art quilts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art quilts","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/category\/art-quilts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TerryAske-circle quilt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske-circle-quilt-682x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske-circle-quilt-682x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TerryAske-circle-quilt-682x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3713,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/10\/28\/on-my-design-wall-2016-10-28\/","url_meta":{"origin":2895,"position":1},"title":"On my design wall &#8211; 2016.10.28","author":"TerryAske","date":"October 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a new quilt taking shape on my design wall.\u00a0 It's for an upcoming SAQA exhibit titled H2Oh!.\u00a0 The theme is 'Water \u2013 it\u2019s everywhere!' \u00a0 The entry fee is $40 USD for up to three (3) entries, so I'm trying to pull together 3 water-themed quilts.\u00a0 The entry deadline\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art quilts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art quilts","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/category\/art-quilts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"terryaske_rain","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TerryAske_Rain-719x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3656,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/09\/28\/fun-with-circles-and-events-of-note-2016-09-28\/","url_meta":{"origin":2895,"position":2},"title":"Fun with Circles and events of note &#8211; 2016.09.28","author":"TerryAske","date":"September 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Saturday I taught my Circles Circles Circles workshop for the Lions Gate Quilters Guild.\u00a0 It\u2019s a technique workshop, where I teach participants how to design their own circle blocks, and to sew curves and circles with flat seams.\u00a0 Here are some of the blocks made by the enthusiastic and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art quilts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art quilts","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/category\/art-quilts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2016-09-lions-gate-circles-workshop","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-Lions-Gate-Circles-workshop-1024x791.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-Lions-Gate-Circles-workshop-1024x791.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-09-Lions-Gate-Circles-workshop-1024x791.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1684,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2013\/12\/08\/sunday-morning-finish-2013-12-08\/","url_meta":{"origin":2895,"position":3},"title":"Sunday morning finish &#8211; 2013.12.08","author":"TerryAske","date":"December 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I love this quilt!\u00a0 I'll definitely be making more quilts with circles and using these techniques.\u00a0 It only took me a week to design it, sew it together and get it finished - and I love the result. \u00a0 Here's the back.\u00a0 I couldn't resist using some of the IKEA\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art quilts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art quilts","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/category\/art-quilts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DSCN3003","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCN3003-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCN3003-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCN3003-1024x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5900,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2019\/05\/06\/on-my-design-wall-a-map-quilt-2019-05-06\/","url_meta":{"origin":2895,"position":4},"title":"On my design wall &#8211; a Map quilt &#8211; 2019.05.06","author":"TerryAske","date":"May 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Last June, I was contacted by Valerie Prideaux of Quilts at the Creek to ask if I would like to participate in their Map Your World challenge. 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