Recommended links
& Resources
Pine Tree Quilt Guild http://www.mainequilts.org
Maine Fiber Arts
Studio Art Quilt Associates- SAQA - www.saqa.com
Quilt Passion!
Bonnie Dwyer- Lectures, workshops, trunk shows & Quilt Turnings.
Examples of programs available for enjoyment, education and entertainment:
Got Quilts- Got Questions?
The Modern Quilt(r) Evolution
A Century of American Quilts
It's a Small Quilt World
Tickled Pinks features pink quilts
Dating Your Fabric
If Quilts Could Talk-Oh the stories!
Contact Bonnie at 622-6202 home 446-7311 mobile, www.bonniedwyer.com or bonnie@bonniedwyer.com
Books shared by members (October 2017)
Puzzle Quilts - use of colors and contrast.
Quick Little Landscape Quilts - liked the “Little” in the title.
Quilting Arts article on “Make your Mark” - how to add free
motion text to quilts.
Artful Log Cabin Quilts - use log cabin pattern to replicate
a picture, there is a online class on AQS Iquilt.
Fabric Pictures - take a story or emotion and make it into a quilt.
Ricky Tims Rhapsody - great techniques.
Fabulous Fractures - interesting techniques.
Photo Inspired Art Quilts - use fabric collage to turn photos on quilts.
Designing Tessellations - use of repeating shapes, contrasts.
Fabric Painting ebook from an online class on Craftsy - color theory, different techniques.
Double Vision Quilts - color, shapes, contrast, abstract.
Free Style Quilts - collage, rough edge applique.
Creative Quilting (in our library) - inspiring, Journal Quilt Project.
Surface Design Magazine - inspiring.
Librarything.com - catalog your books and magazine articles online for easy access.
Sites We Like ~
Academy of Quilting
Sue Spargo Folk Art Quilts
www.HandDyedFabrics.com
https://raggedclothcafe.com/2015/02/08/winning-hands-by-olga-norris/
Our Inspiration for Portrait Quilts 2017
++ An incredible artist, Benjamin Shine creates giant portraits from tulle to lace. Explore his website.
http://benjaminshine.com/studio_news.html
++Google ‘Fabric Portraits’ for limitless ideas.
++Pinterest- ‘fabric portrait’ I found the following quilt artists
http://www.katethemel.com/portraits.htm
https://marilynbelford.com
http://lolasdesignerquilts.com/ Lola Jenkins
http://mariaelkins.com/
++www.quiltingdaily.com search ‘portraits’, has a lot of tutorials
++ Additional Sources of inspiration: Flickr.com, Etsy
Subscribe to the 'Quilt Show'
Catherine Worthington art .com
Emily Taylor YouTube
Hudson Valley Quilt Workshops
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nightf3v3r/albums/532828
Perspectives presentation 2/2020- additional inspiration at:
https://thequiltershow.com/component/tags/tag/922-design-to-quilt