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Art Quilts by Kathy York
aquamoonartquilts.blogspot.com
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This blogspot is a place to show my art quilts and give a voice to my creative musings. I have been so inspired by the art of others, that I hope to give back by sharing my work. Enjoy! All images are copyright protected, please do not copy my images for any use.
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Making RocksOur group decided to make a collaborative quilt this year with the theme of cairns.  At first, I was full of many exciting ideas about all the possibilities of making artful rocks.&n...

1 day ago

Morning Commute with Sweet Jane24" x 60"I am joyful to announce that my quilt has been juried into Rituals, an invitational by Dinner @Eight Artists.Today, I am being interviewed on their blo...

26 apr 12

Art Process...To Sketch or Not to Sketch?When I first started making art quilts, I sketched a lot.  I made all my design decisions before starting.  Then I would copy my sketch into fabric....

14 apr 12

2012 International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati, OhioComing soon!  Next week, April 13-15.  I wish I could be there, but sadly I cannot.  However, a number of my quilts will be there. ...

09 apr 12

What Ive been UP to, Cat ShelvesI have been watching My Cat From Hell on television.  I wish I could say that it was just a curiosity, but the truth is that my four boy cats might qualify for th...

05 apr 12

Square in a Square12" x 12"This is my little donation quilt for SAQA.  Still deciding if I want to go around the edge a few more times with floss.  It is another in a series of smal...

30 mar 12

Group projectsI never thought I would make a worm.  But, here it is.I am working on another group project and my panel is loaded with birds and fish and little houses and a big tree.  Photo...

21 mar 12

Brown Chair and New PillowsIt was a brown chair with beautiful wood and a gorgeous tapestry fabric for the chair and the pillows.  Though I loved the chair, even with the cat damage on the back,...

19 mar 12

Blue CirclesI was just playing with different tools to easily stamp out big circles in batik.  This is one piece that I did as an experiment, and I was looking for something to practice quilting...

08 mar 12

Gift98" x 98"The only thing missing is the bow!  ...well, that and the quilting.  I fully expected to have this quilt done by this time.  However, my other art quilts have been...

21 feb 12

A Year Ago Today I am celebrating the recovery of my accident today.   Last year on this day, I was in surgery to repair the tendon that ripped on my thumb from my bicycle fall. Now, a...

11 feb 12

Quilting Arts Magazine and our Artist VillageOur Artist Village is published in this months Quilting Arts Magazine!  I am so excited!  The article looks fantastic with closeups of some of t...

05 feb 12

New Pillows and How Scary is This??Okay, the first two photos, NOT scary.  I had a few experiments with some batik, and thought it would be lovely to see some of Malka Dubrawskys new fabric line...

02 feb 12

Morning Commute with Sweet Jane24" x 60"I was inspired to create this quilt by my morning drive with my daughter to school.  She is a transfer student, and its a bit of a drive for us.&n...

23 jan 12

Urban Daisy92" x 92"Is this a modern quilt?  Im not good at categories, but I can say that I love the way this one came out.  This quilt was made from the leftovers of my batik test...

10 jan 12

Calculating CostsIn my last post I talked about my fabric swatch tests, the dye test and the batik test.  Today I want to talk about cost comparison.  Ultimately, I will want to choose the ...

07 jan 12

Testing Fabric SamplesI like to order white fabric in large quantities, like 50 yards or more at a time.  When I start dyeing fabric or batiking, it seems to disappear faster than my ideas...&nb...

05 jan 12

Urban Dwellers12" x 12"I love this little quilt! I have made a small series, some with the little people, 1BdrmApt, Full House, No Vacancy, and 9 Houses. I hoped that they would sell in Houst...

21 dec 11

How Cairns Saved My Lifeand our new group projectMany years ago, I was climbing in Yosemite Valley.  Ambitiously I had selected Royal Arches as my route of choice.  For many reasons it was ...

17 dec 11

Our group blogLast week I spent some time updating our group blog, Austin Art Bee.  It has had few posts and little traffic, so I am trying to remedy that here by giving it a little attention.&n...

12 dec 11

Dedicated SpacesI probably dont talk enough about how important it is to have a dedicated space to do art.  I am so very lucky to have an entire bedroom converted into my studio.  It is gre...

07 dec 11

Put a PIN in it.I have been home from Houston for about a week now.  I already have enough projects to work on, really I do!  However, instead of diving into the project Ive been working on...

12 nov 11

Honorable Mention!I am happy to announce that my quilt, High Rise, won an Honorable Mention this year in Houston! Even more delighted to actually see the show and how many outstanding quilts that wer...

06 nov 11

Lone Stars III:  A Legacy of Texas Quilts 1986-2011by Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy OBryant PuentesI havent seen it yet, but I heard its a good one! I cant wait to get my copy! The quilt o...

26 oct 11

Good bye ClothworksIt is with great sadness that I tell you that I will no longer be designing fabrics for Clothworks.  It has been a fabulous experience for me and I love dearly all the people ...

21 oct 11

Full House9" x 12"Yeah, my fourth in the series!  I love these little house quilts, especially the little worry dolls tucked in the circular pockets (they are held in place with stitchin...

20 oct 11

Houston Quilt ShowI invite you to come and see me at Open Studios in front of the Make It University/Quilting Arts booth at the International Quilt Festival in Houston.  I will be at Open Studio...

16 oct 11

One More Day for Giveaway!I am delighted to have two postcards included in a postcard set by C and T Publishing, called The Art of Quilts Postcard Collection-Architecture.  As a promotion, they ...

09 oct 11

Little Houses9" x 12"Building on a theme, I am busy creating some smaller works.  I am hoping to sell these little gems at the Houston quilt show.  There is a special opportunity fo...

08 oct 11

No Vacancy9" x 12"This one is made like High Rise.  I originally made High Rise to accommodate these little worry dolls. It was the intention of having the cut out holes forming the litt...

26 sep 11

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