Quilt portraits

Check out these picture quilt patterns and projects from the Bluprint community to inspire you to plan your first picture quilt.

Every year, thousands of quilters and quilt lovers descend on Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Festival and Quilt Market. This year, Quilt Festival is from November 2-5, 2023. Many attendees’ favorite part of their annual trip is seeing the Festival Judged Show presented by Quilts, Inc.

Have you ever wanted to turn a photograph into a quilt? That's exactly what we've been doing in the Meander Quilt Guild this month! I started with a photo of my beautiful Grandmother, Dorothy, taken right around the time of her wedding. Isn't she stunning? I then turned that photograph into a design that I could use.

It was a rather emotional day at the quilt show yesterday. Upon arrival, I stopped off at an information desk to inquire if there was a way I could contact the family of Shellie O'Donnell to thank them for choosing my quilt for their special award. In the process, I ended up talking with the volunteer about Shellie, and we were both in tears by the end of the conversation. I was able to get the information I needed, and now I'm just thinking about what I want to say to them. (If you missed…

During our recent trip to Amsterdam, my mum and I were wandering through the 9 Straatjes area of artisan shops and galleries when we stumbled across a series of tiny, beautiful stores dedicated to buttons, fabrics and quilt-making. We lost several hours of a very sunny afternoon completely absorbed by the myriad of materials, colours […]

Galleries of Fiber Art by Florida artist, Karol Kusmaul. Stitched fabric Landscape, Portrait, and Still Life collage art. News and notes about Kusmaul's art practice.

Love textiles, fibre art and contemporary portraiture? Here is our list of 10 Textile Portrait Artists You HAVE to follow.

One of the unfortunate realities of teaching fabric collage is that I don’t often get to see my students’ finished work. Only rarely do students complete projects in class. They get a s…

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...

Brooklyn-based artist Bisa Butler (previously) uses brightly colored cotton, wool, and chiffon fabrics with bold patterns to piece together quilts featuring detailed portraits of Black people. The materials and themes connect American subjects with their African roots and tell visual stories of history and culture. Butler is a New Jersey-born African American artist with GhanianContinue reading "African Fabrics Connect to Form Quilted Portraits of Black Figures by Bisa Butler"