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
Spotlight: Ricky Tims, Musician and Contemporary Quiltmaker
Ricky Tims never met a creative endeavor he didn't fully embrace. This multi-talented artist - musician, art quilter, instructor, entertainer and, now, novelist - must have found a way to…
Letters Home: Oozing Heat
In this letter penned by our father, he wishes his father a happy birthday and shares the adventure of visiting the hospital for a broken toe. Weezie and the girls…
Letters Home: Cutting the Grass & Feeding Sheep
Even something as simple as having a crew come to cut the lawn can become an event when living in Abadan! The crew arrives on their bicycles with a cart…
Letters Home: Persian Dust Storm
This quilt depicts the turbulence of a Persian dust storm in 1959 and the way we feel in 2020. The dust and unrest covers everything, offering only glimpses of the other…
Spotlight: Luana Rubin, Designer, Artist, and Creative Entrepreneur
How do you spot Luana Rubin? She's the one with a gazillion balls in the air! Painter, photographer, art quilter, color forecaster, philanthropist, world traveler and fabric industry entrepreneur, Luana's…
Spotlight: Lotta Helleberg, Fiber Artist
Combining the essence of the flora that surrounds her Virginia home with her Scandinavian esthetic, Lotta Helleberg uses botanical contact printing (AKA eco-printing) as a foundation for her fiber art.…
Spotlight: Mary Vaneecke, Fiber Artist
Mary Vaneecke is a fiber artist with a passion for social issues and making a difference with her work. From small art quilts to curating a huge installation of 23,000…