Landscape quilting tutorial

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...

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.

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

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

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

Watch this free video for some great ideas on choosing colors and design ideas for your landscape quilts. #landscape quilts #quilting tutorial #quilting video #quilting classes #artfulquiltingandsewing

Watch nine months of quilt-making condensed into 3.5 minutes in Canadian textile artist Laurie Swim's studio.

A great beginner’s project is to create a close-up garden scene. Natalie's design, Summer Flowers, is what we used during the TV program as an example for

Learn to make your own serene Seascape and Shell bookmark with this step-by-step tutorial.

There's an imminent new arrival in our extended family, so it's time for me to get working on another version of my baby beach scenes. Simon suggested I incorporate surfing since the father is a keen surfer. That was the starting point for my designing, anyway. I ended up with this row of (potentially surfable?!) waves which will go across the top of the reef/water section, and I started by piecing them. I divided the waves into organic shapes, much like those I used in the much larger…