Art Quilts
Art quilts are made with 3 layers of fiber, creating art for the wall using textiles, stitches and surface design – not your grandmother’s quilt, unless Granny is an artist!
Sometime referred to as art quilting, art quilts are an art form that uses traditional and modern quilt techniques to make art. Art quilts can be whole cloth and use the stitching line to create the art, or use multiple fabrics, surface design and embellishments to create art.
Browse through the art quilts and quilters to be inspired to make your own.
More Art Quilts
Thread Painting
I have always been interested in threadpainting. I took a workshop in Santa Fe from Jennifer Day. This was my first practice piece.
Japanese Family Crest (Kamon) Series
Machine applique is one of my favorite quilting techniques. Here I have used Japanese Family Crests (Kamon) for inspiration. Beads embellish the wall hanging.
Confetti Quilt
Improvisational piecing results in original fiber art design that evolves piece by piece. The quilt is pieced on my home sewing machine and hand quilted.
Log Cabin Prayer Flag
Born as a Log Cabin block, this wall quilt grew into something more with fun fabrics, narrow foundation piecing and lots of pressing! No marking - wonky!