I must apologize ladies for letting this Thread sort of fall to the wayside, especially considering there were immediate enthusiastic responses to the topic of Art Quilting. For those of you who replied, and anyone else catching this thread ~ throw in some ideas of what we could chat about. I got so caught up in making fund raiser quilts for non-profit organizations in 2011, this post fell off my radar. Art Quilting is everywhere now and I'd love for more of us to get connected online.
Laura3 I can't see an Avatar next to your name so can't see the art quilt of your daughter you made from a photo in Greece. Perhaps you could repost an image of your quilt. By the way, all of my art quilts are made "as I go along", and each step dictates the next through problem solving and innovation. Keep at it!
scowlkat, loved the the photos of your work. Very creative!
fireworkslover, I'm so glad you shared your post in Pictures. I read all 30 pages and feel the same as all your readers... a gorgeous prizewinner and you deserve the accolades. I learned about pyrotechnics too, so thank you for the additional info. you included in followup conversations. Would love to see what other work you do. More photos please.
texpat45, art quilts don't have to be complex to be wonderful. Everything we try adds to our 'toolbox' of skills. Some of my better pieces resulted from castoffs either I or someone gave me and it just took time to formulate an idea or redirect the one we had for a better outcome. I started 2011 with a goal of Journal quilting but got sidetracked. I'm trying again in 2012 - perhaps the art quilters reading this will do the same and we can all share our results here. Thanks all for your comments. Keep it going!