Category Archives: Art Quilts

Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Out of Square

Here's my entry for the 3rd Blogger's Quilt Festival, brainchild of the ever awesome Amy of Amy's Creative Side. What I love about the focus of this festival is the emphasis on what the story behind the quilt - such a neat way to encourage folks of ...

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My Final Piece in the Bird/Home Series

Earlier in the week, I told you about a group of 3 pieces I rushed to finish to enter in the Multi Media Mini Show at my local Art association. They are all based off a spectacular piece of my hand dyed fabric (if I do say so myself, I'm so sorry I ...

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The second piece in the series

Yesterday I posted about a group of 3 new pieces I made for a juried art show at the Redlands Art Association (the only criteria, 14.5" or less in every dimension). After making the tree, I decided to continue the same color scheme and explore my theme in different dimensions. I love my

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Botanical Sketches Commission Quilt Complete!

I've been showing you my work on a quilt commissioned by a man for his wife, who works in a windowless office (Her last name is Larsen, and she works in Larsen Hall - crazy coincidence!). The idea and construction craziness is described here, my color choices and design process blogged here, ...

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Botanical Sketches for Commission Quilt Completed

This week, I've been taking you through my process of creating a window of my botanical sketches for a customer whose wife has a windowless office. I explain the idea and construction craziness here, and show you my color choices and design process here. Time for some glamour close ups! These are all ...

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Construction on the Botanical Quilt Continues

After all the rigmarole I went through to figure out how I was going to attach the smaller botanical quilts to the larger background - the actual art was a breeze ;-) The difference between making several single botanical sketches: and one group that are meant to be displayed together, is that I wanted to have ...

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My name is Candy Glendening….and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.