Art Quilts to Inspire

The word ‘glad’ is stitched into this green background. The message seems appropriate for this season of glad tidings. Her heart is full (5.5” x 9”) I hope you find yourself enjoying the little moments that fill your heart with joy and your face with smiles.

Smiling is a great mood lifter along with laughing and great music that makes you want to dance. She laughs often (5.5” x 9”) Have you had a good laugh today? I’ve been enjoying the comics in the paper each day to start off with a chuckle and the kitten have been keeping me laughing

The tiny decorative stitching is often my favorite part of these quilts. This time though, it’s the tilt of their heads leaning toward each other. Are they sharing a secret or just leaning on each other for support? Either way it is a symbol of their friendship. Friends forever (5.5” x 9”) There’s still time

“Hope” is stitched into this wavy quilting of this background and a decorative scallop stitching adorns the bottom of this dress. Hopeful heart (5.5” x 9”) I’ve been having fun experimenting with different skin tones, though I am struggling to find the right balance of text and color for all sizes of quilts. This “skin”

The stitched words on this girl with the pennant background makes me think ‘let your freak flag fly’ whenever I see this mini quilt. Be you (5.5” x 9”) It’s been cold here lately so I’ve been wearing my hat everywhere – it has a giant blue fuzz ball on top. It makes me ridiculously

The decorative stitching on this guy’s shirt is my favorite detail. It’s combination cool and Charlie Brown to me. They enjoy adventures (5.5” x 9”) When I paired this girl and boy, I thought of myself and my husband. We do enjoy adventures, even mundane ones like driving around the city to plan out a

I had a lot of fun adding 2 or more people to my latest batch mini art quilts. Creating couples was a fun task – mixing their outfits and hair colors with the backgrounds. I like that his hands are in his front pockets and I envision she is being a bit cheeky and grabbing

Play is stitched into the background and that double thread zigzag stitch really makes his shirt less boring. I like how the words on his face and neck sort of look like a beard. Playful heart (5.5” x 9”)

Cheerful [heart] is stitched into this yellow-green background. Decorative stitching creates a belt on her teal dress. She mades today count (5.5” x 9”) I’m hoping to have more energy to play and create, if my nasty cold cooperates. If not, I’ll enjoy moments of fun between naps.

I adore how ‘the’ is centered on her chest and ‘bliss’ is stitched into the orange background and … … tiny stitching sets off the bottom of the dress Noticing Niceness (5.5” x 9”)