Susan Brubaker Knapp is fiber artist, author, teacher, host of Quilting Arts TV and a Bernina Ambassador. And, also makes amazing art quilts!
PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR CURRENT TURN AROUND TIMES! "MOONSHINE" Are you looking for that finishing touch? This beautiful wall hanging is just the thing! The Moon shines brightly on the muddled night sky. Loose yourself in the reflections as they seem to dance across the ocean. The moon is reversed appliqued. This quilted wall hanging is made of cotton and ruched polyester/cotton blend. The ruching makes the ripples in the water. It was designed and made by me in my smoke free studio. This quilt is made to order so yours will look similar but not exact. It measures 21x40 inches. Thanks for visiting my shop! Joan
From Murray Johnston Art Quilts.
the raspberry rabbits, michelle may, sallieann harrison, wool applique, valdani, houston quilt festival 2017
If you are in Portland, call us today! Helene Knott
Sharing the journey of my creative mind ;-) I wanted to share with you the very beginning of the pathway of creativity opened up from my journal and form other resources to small artworks.I hope yo…
Last week there was a lot of noise outdoors : it turned out to be the noise of a chainsaw (which makes me nervous most of the time) Some man were busy on the little island right on the other side of the water next to our garden. I looked in terror : Would they really ? ........ Noooo ! the gorgeous weeping willows In a devastating trapeze act the man were decimating the two trees untill ... there were only two pitiful remnants instead of two majestic trees ( "it will be for the best" the Parks Department will probably say ... yuk !) This tiny creature gave me more fun : Lissotriton vulgaris (a newt) he (or she) was hiding with another sibling and mum under the geraniums (but the picture of the three of them wasn't sharp enough) * And indoors the stitching on the sunny heart piece went on and on ... After all the "sun rays" were there (in rainbow colours) the magic thread was stitched in place. Which left me only with the invisible basting of the backside which I did today ! "A warm heart" will be send of to France tomorrow to a very dear friend (and namesake)
Make a super-simple landscape art quilt with free-motion thread sketched embellishments, regardless of whether you’re a beginner or advanced.
How to Design a Simple Art Quilt. Create an image and make it into an Art Quilt. Fabric scrap and fusible web will make it simple and quick
Rachel Wright is an artist who specializes in embroidered textiles. She studied fashion and textiles at Birm...
Leaves, vines, stems and trellis. Its a real hectic layout with all the intertwined stems. I have had this great piece of fabric with music sheets printed on it and thought it might work as a nice backdrop for the Clematis flowers. The light gold print and the plan soft field act as a bit of sunlight that might filter through and be seen almost as backlit. That's the plan of course, but we will see how it progresses. I love raw edge applique, its a freedom to go beyond and experiment, no rules, and no boundary. My Baby Lock is getting a workout sewing down all these fused stems and leaves. I have some super great Sulky threads that come in variegated colors and they really help to add depth and texture to the batik and other fabrics I use here. I didn't do a color correction on this shot, it looks very dull and lifeless. Right now I have finally finished with stitching the vines and leaves, and have fused on the flowers and given them decorative stitching too with more of that great Sulky thread. Now that its quilted it really took on some life, it just sings SUMMER and life in the garden. The flowers have an extra layer of fabric under them which gives them more puffiness making for a 3D type effect. I use this process quite a bit on my main focus flowers. I call my effect a faux trapunto. I used meandering quilting for the wall hanging and took this side shot to try and let you see the dimension of this piece. It measures 21x27 inches and its a great size for a wall, almost like a window you are looking through to the outside flowers on a trellis. Its available on Etsy. too! Etsy: TimelessDog Hope you enjoyed the walk through the process.
Capturing the beauty of the ever changing Welsh landscape, textile artist Daphne Cowen. #art #womensart #textiles #Winter
Art Quilt Multi-Color Denim Jeans Recycled Levis Handmade Quilted Art Wall Hanging Fiber Arts Six Ladies Dancing Size: 27" x 17" (LxW) Multi-color on blue denim Title: SIX LADIES DANCING The swirling circles of this piece remind me of ladies skirts spinning around and around. Blue jean denim ( from several old pairs of Levi jeans) comprises the block backgrounds and binding. Multi-color swatches of cotton fabric have been mismatched into circles of raw edge applique. The patterns have been enhanced with encircling rows of navy cotton yarn. This piece is meant to be a bit unraveled and stringy with a comfortable vibe, just like a favorite pair of old jeans. The piece is backed with cotton fabric with a cotton batting sandwiched between. Hanging sleeve and dowel included. Best cleaning method: give the quilt a really good shake to remove dust at least once a month. Machine wash gentle cycle and machine dry, only if absolutely necessary.
Elaine Quehl is an award-winning Canadian quilt artist, teacher, and dyer who specializes in intricately-stitched pieced and appliquéd art q...
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The modern quilt craze has hit Japan ! Here are some spectacular results from Japanese quilt artists. When the Sunset Crowns Mt. Fuji in ...
The main thing I want to make in 2015 is quilts - lots of quilts. I've started the year right with our national Quilt Symposium that's been right here in Palmerston North. I am full up with inspiration and thought I'd share some of it here with you over a few posts. First up, I attended some great lectures. The artists I saw are all very talented in quite different ways and I took something away from hearing each one. I have provided links to their sites and photos of the quilt they had in the tutors' exhibition :: Sue Benner creates original dyed and painted fabrics which she combines with recycled textiles. She fuses and then cuts her fabrics to create detailed quilts. Her quilt on show was one of her cellular structures : click on any photo in this post to make it larger "Cellular Structure V" by Sue Benner She shared some of her landscape quilts in her talk - tiny detailed pieces and wonderful colour - see her gallery HERE. Betty Busby works with all kinds of fabrics and uses a layered approach to her work. It was really interesting to see her work inspired by the natural world through a microscope in contrast to Sue Benner's work above - go HERE to see her gallery of that work. Her tutor's exhibition quilt was one of her waterscapes - see similar work HERE. But what I'm sharing is a piece from one of the other exhibitions in town since I far prefer flowers to fish : "Buffalo Gourd" by Betty Busby Linda Beach creates all her quilts with piecing and commercial fabrics. It was fascinating to see her take on landscapes in contrast to Sue Benner above. "Evening Wall Shadows" by Linda Beach Go HERE for her gallery of quilts which includes many trees and lots of colour - the one above is much more muted than most of her pieces. Helen Godden is an Australian quilter. Her work is predominantly pictorial, with strong design and colour. Lots of free motion quilting is a feature of her work. "Rainbow Lorikeet" by Helen Godden Click HERE to see her gallery of art quilts. Here are a few of my favourites from the Tutor's exhibition which might inspire quilts from me this year : Sheena Norquay's lovely quilt pair inspires me to make a seascape quilt : "Summer and Winter island strips with oystercatchers" by Sheena Norquay Jo Dixey is a New Zealand quilter - I love the way she uses fabric. It was hard to get a good angle of this quilt because it is quite large, so see it and more of her work in her gallery HERE. "Watching" by Jo Dixey I think I might have to make 1 abstract quilt this year - I just love the colour and composition of this one by Deborah Louie from Australia. "Medallion #8" by Deborah Louie I am very lucky that at the end of January I'll be spending 2 days with Karen Stone - love her work and a good way to start the year with fabric and colour design ideas. This is her tutor's quilt, but not one of the classes I will be doing. "Reptile wisdom" by Karen K. Stone I particularly love the circles in the border There will be more posts about Symposium so I can share other exhibition quilts. I also shopped!...More soon.
This quilt was made for an exhibition organised by Irish, German and South African quilting societies. The theme was Interchange Threads Connect, and one of my first thoughts was about the Silk Route, after all, it has the interchange, it has the threads, and it has the connect, too. I was thinking of making an appliqué of camels and oriental patterns, but then opted for a more abstracted interpretation that played on the interconnection of land and sea trade routes. The main thing here is the colour - the contrast between the teals and the golds and the nuances of the various shades. I machine-pieced the top and started playing with the textures. As you can probably see, I had a great time playing - there's machine quilting, hand quilting, embroidery, beads... Our International Rep Paula took the Irish part of the exhibition to South Africa and she has some photos in her instagram and the exhibition looks really great, I'm looking forward to seeing it when it's brought to Ireland. Linking up to Off the Wall Friday at Creations by Nina Marie Can I Get A Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Frieda Andersen is a self proclaimed "Investigator of Ideas". She is a fiber artist who dyes all of her own fabrics.
A Moon for the Blues Mo 2020 H 30cm x W 15cm stitched with an indigo shibori moon by Glennis Dolce, vintage indigo waves cloth from Jude Hill backed with a piece of plant & earth dyed Sacred Or…
We were really excited to see this piece by artist Leslie Gabriëlse at the 2014 AQS show . Featured in the SAQA Masters II exhibit , Woma...
Falklands l by Jennie Wood Sea by Sally Skaife September Journal by Sheila Dunscombe Sunset by Sheena Quayle September Jurnal by Marie Roper September Journal by Linda Forey September J…
I haven’t had much of a chance to make art quilts recently..I’ve been trying to put more bags and journals into my madeit store. I decided that I just had to do one today. It is named &…
I belong to a couple Facebook Crazy Quilt Groups (crazy quilt divas and crazy quilt international) and a new member, Marianne Hoeksema, posted her blocks recently and I just love them because of the all over stitching. This style is seldom done by American crazy quilters so I knew she had to be European or Australian.. and sure enough she was from the Netherlands. I am always so caught up with my laces, trims, and other whimsy, I forget just what a wonderful medium that just thread is. When I did my rainbow vest to wear to Houston I only used thread and knew that at some time I wanted to explore this more and maybe the CQJP2017 will be the perfect opportunity. In CQJP2012 a stitcher from Austria used just thread and I kept photos of all her blocks... Her name was Claudia Weinwurm and she used to blog but hasn't for a couple years. She did all types of embroidery but it was these "under the sea" blocks that are my favorites. You can still see more of her work on her blog but don't wait too long because inactive blogs tend to disappear... It was this all-over texture created with just thread that fascinates me and bring me to my favorite thread artist.. an Australian wildlife fiber artist Annemieke Mein... She does lots of butterflies and other insects but it is her birds and frogs that I especially love. Her works are huge and she uses a sewing machine but it is the thread that creates the magic. There is a lot about her on the internet and she does have a gorgeous book if you are interested in seeing more.
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I thought I'd post a few pictures I took along the way making Blue Ridge Mtn. (This is the quilt they chose to be the cover of my book!)...
