Salvador Dali used contemporary images of his time that were widely seen in his environment and incorporated them almost verbatim into his work (e.g.

I’ve been doing a lot of thread painting and free motion quilting lately.

Recently I have started working with large scale digital photos to create more photo-realistic art quilts.

Last night at my art group after showing my piece to the group someone mentioned that my fiber art piece looked like another famous art quilter’s work.  I had no idea how this other art quilter was so it took me by surprise because I felt my piece was very unique.

Most quilters don’t think of using their sergers for constructing their quilt tops, but if you’re piecing together long rows of blocks, the serger can be your friend.

To get my art quilts to look “alive”, I need to create the illusion of movement and depth. Think about it, when you look at a flower, the flower isn’t a flat single color.

Because I use heavy thread work on my quilt tops, it’s very easy for the quilt top or backing to shift and buckle under the needle. For years I would rip out my thread to correct this issues.