How to make a landscape quilt

Freestyle applique leaves you with a million raw edges. And then, when it’s time for machine quilting, you have to carefully stitch along the perimeter of each piece. Frankly, it cramps my “free” style. Today I’ll show you how to add a layer of nylon netting over your quilt top. It’ll hold everything in place so your stitch patterns can be wild and free. Click HERE to watch the vid!

Make a super-simple landscape art quilt with free-motion thread sketched embellishments, regardless of whether you’re a beginner or advanced.

This post demonstrates the process of creating an art quilt from a photograph. Consider the play of light and shadow as you go about creating your work. #art quilt #landscape quilt #quilting tutorial #textile art #artfulquiltingandsewing

As the fall arrives and summer winds down, I find myself thinking about images that relax me. I just finished this art quilt in early September. It transports me back to quiet afternoons at Long Beach Island in NJ with my family or visits to the Outer Banks in NC. Beaches are universal. After creating Read the full article...

I enjoy quilting from a pattern, but my first love is freestyle applique. I let my imagination take the wheel as scraps of fabric are transformed into a totally unique scene.

Do you have ideas in your head but you struggle to complete them using traditional quilting methods? This class introduces you to some new techniques and products to make your landscapes sing. #landscape quilts #art quilts #quilting class #quilting tutorial #paint on fabric #artfulquiltingandsewing

Learn how to make landscapes using small strips of fabric with this strip quilting idea from National Quilters Circle

Home from a creative week in Sisters, Oregon at the oldest (30+ years) and the biggest outdoor quilt festival in the world. The week s...

A quick improv curves mini using the Oakshott water bundle. Reminds me of some of the greener areas in Northern California. Blogged: www.play-crafts.com/blog/top-water-with-oakshotts/

I’m not a sketcher or very good at drawing.but I do make some rudimentary sketches for most of my landscape quilts. These are very broad and simplistic ideas of the way I want the art quilt to flow and appear. Much of what I use the sketches for is to figure the proportions of the Read the full article...