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Quilt Designs: Blocks, Settings & Borders Find freedom from relying on books and patterns as you learn how simple and easy it can be to design your own quilts. In this class, art quilter, Heather Thomas will show you how to visually break down a quilt block to determine how it is built then add…
Contemporary Quilted Collage Collage is a quick and simple way to create art quilts with lots of freedom. Freedom to change your mind and play! The word “collage” comes from the French, “to glue” which is exactly how this technique begins. In this class you will learn the importance of composition, fabric selection and stitch…
Quilt Artists Guide to Color Why study color theory? Well, the easy answer is so that you will have more information to guide you when you are creating things. A more complete answer is also a more complex one. My bet is that you don’t realize that color is energy and therefore the best way…
Though many of today’s traditional quilters are pushing the boundaries and using new, unusual techniques to make their work with, most hold tight to the basic tenants of quilt making. On the other hand, a lot of art quilters, or those of us who make quilts as art, are constantly pushing the boundaries as to…
“Craft” is not a dirty word and using patterns and instructions from books is a great way to learn quilting techniques and hone our skills. But as long as there are quilt shows, quilting magazines, and online quilting communities, we will be discussing how to categorize the work that we make and show, and we…
“Nomenclature is a system of names, or terms, and the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts, or sciences. The principles of naming vary from the relatively informal conventions of everyday speech to internationally-agreed upon principles, rules,, and recommendations that govern the formation, and use of the specialist terms used in…
They say happiness is contagious. So is creativity! Surround yourself with passionate quilters to let your ideas flow. I’m one of the lucky ones and if you’re reading this, you’re probably lucky too. In this case, our luck comes from having found our bliss; our creative bliss. Though all humans have the innate need and…
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Platinum Retention Test – Contemporary Quilted Collage
Platinum Retention Test – Quilt Artists Guide to Color
What Kind of Quilter Are You? Part 3: Sticking to Our Roots
What Kind of Quilter Are You? Part 2: Defining Art vs. Craft
What Kind of Quilter Are You? Part 1: Understanding How We Categorize Quilts
The Course of Creativity: Finding Others to “Play” With