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Posted by Musicmaker on March 4, 2008, 7:43 am
Sleet and freezing rain have closed the local schools - yeah! that
means that I have no piano lessons to teach and have ALL DAY to
quilt. Have been devouring a book I bought used that's called
"Journey of an Art Quilter" by Barbara Olson and it's awesome. Has
instructions for defining your own personal style of creation - and
talks about the different ways you can construct an entirely original
work of art from conception to completion. I've even bought a sketch
pad cause my ideas are beginning to outnumber my days.
Musicmaker
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Posted by Julia Altshuler on March 4, 2008, 9:31 am
I am an artist, and some of my quilts are art. I consider myself lucky
that I have a foot in both the artquilt and traditional quilt worlds. I
love them both and wouldn't want to choose between them. I like the
word "art quilt," though you could argue that there are better terms:
fabric art, collage, quiltart. You could argue that I don't really make
traditional quilts since I avoid hand work and readily make use of
freemotion techniques, metallic threads, and modern batiks, and apply
them to traditional block and medallion frameworks. I'm comfortable
with where I fit in and am having a blast.
--Lia
Musicmaker wrote:
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> Sleet and freezing rain have closed the local schools - yeah! that
> means that I have no piano lessons to teach and have ALL DAY to
> quilt. Have been devouring a book I bought used that's called
> "Journey of an Art Quilter" by Barbara Olson and it's awesome. Has
> instructions for defining your own personal style of creation - and
> talks about the different ways you can construct an entirely original
> work of art from conception to completion. I've even bought a sketch
> pad cause my ideas are beginning to outnumber my days.
>
>
> Musicmaker
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Posted by threads on March 4, 2008, 9:59 am
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> Sleet and freezing rain have closed the local schools - yeah! that
> means that I have no piano lessons to teach and have ALL DAY to
> quilt. Have been devouring a book I bought used that's called
> "Journey of an Art Quilter" by Barbara Olson and it's awesome. Has
> instructions for defining your own personal style of creation - and
> talks about the different ways you can construct an entirely original
> work of art from conception to completion. I've even bought a sketch
> pad cause my ideas are beginning to outnumber my days.
> Musicmaker
My quilts run into both categories, art and traditional. I love
traditional quilts however art is my way of expressing my love of
color. Journey of an Art Quilter by Barbara Olson is a wonderful
book. I also love Inspiration Odyssey by Diana Swim Wessel, The
Painted Quilted by Linda & Laura Kemshall and Color and Composition
for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett
Barker.
Drawing is something I really need to develop more, keeping on track.
I am easily derailed! LOL
Piece,
Marsha in nw, OH
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Posted by Susan on March 4, 2008, 10:12 am
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> > Sleet and freezing rain have closed the local schools - yeah! =A0that
> > means that I have no piano lessons to teach and have ALL DAY to
> > quilt. =A0Have been devouring a book I bought used that's called
> > "Journey of an Art Quilter" by Barbara Olson and it's awesome. =A0Has
> > instructions for defining your own personal style of creation - and
> > talks about the different ways you can construct an entirely original
> > work of art from conception to completion. =A0I've even bought a sketch
> > pad cause my ideas are beginning to outnumber my days.
> > Musicmaker
> My quilts run into both categories, art and traditional. =A0I love
> traditional quilts however art is my way of expressing my love of
> color. =A0Journey of an Art Quilter by Barbara Olson is a wonderful
> book. =A0I also love Inspiration Odyssey by Diana Swim Wessel, The
> Painted Quilted by Linda & Laura Kemshall and Color and Composition
> for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett
> Barker.
> Drawing is something I really need to develop more, keeping on track.
> I am easily derailed! LOL
> Piece,
> Marsha in nw, OH
Hello, you artists! I joined the group just a couple of days ago and
have hoping there are art quilters "out there". I vowed a year ago
never to buy another pattern. Sometimes I weaken, but I want to spend
my time on original works. Won a few quilt shows, but am not doing it
as a profession, just in spare time around my full-time job
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Posted by Julia Altshuler on March 4, 2008, 10:21 am
Susan wrote:
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> Hello, you artists! I joined the group just a couple of days ago and
> have hoping there are art quilters "out there". I vowed a year ago
> never to buy another pattern. Sometimes I weaken, but I want to spend
> my time on original works. Won a few quilt shows, but am not doing it
> as a profession, just in spare time around my full-time job.
Your resolution to make the leap to original works caught my eye. I
don't know what sort of quilts you've been making, but if you're drawn
to pieced quilts, either block or medallion, may I recommend Doreen
Speckman's _Pattern Play_? It may be hard to find, so get _Adventures
with Peaky and Spike_ if you can't get it. But PP is far more complete.
I find it's just the thing to break out of using others' patterns and
start creating your own.
--Lia
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> means that I have no piano lessons to teach and have ALL DAY to
> quilt. Have been devouring a book I bought used that's called
> "Journey of an Art Quilter" by Barbara Olson and it's awesome. Has
> instructions for defining your own personal style of creation - and
> talks about the different ways you can construct an entirely original
> work of art from conception to completion. I've even bought a sketch
> pad cause my ideas are beginning to outnumber my days.
>
>
> Musicmaker