Tag: Art quilts

  • Down the home stretch

    Two months ago I began this painting for a quilt, unfortunately it got put on hold because several writing projects came up. I have been very quiet the last two weeks because I had to get back to work on it full time to make the deadline for it this week. When I prepare a…

  • A rare solstice lunar eclipse!

    Wheel of Time, detail, 1999 Judy Coates Perez Tomorrow, December 21st, is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. For the ancient Celts it was a significant holy day because it meant that the sun would begin it’s return, bringing longer days and potential warmth. Because of this, the solstice represents new beginnings…

  • Coming Soon!

    Coming Soon!

    Really, I always feel a little shy when it comes to promoting stuff like this, it’s so hard to toot your own horn, but I taped a new DVD with Interweave when I was in Cleveland last month. It is due to hit the store shelves in a couple weeks. Below is the outside cover…

  • Remember this?

    Well, now I can tell you that this detail shot is from a tree skirt I designed and made for the new Quilting Arts Gifts magazine. This tree skirt was made like a whole cloth painted quilt, but it could also be made by applique if that is the way you like to work. This…

  • I am featured on the Dinner at Eight blog today

    I have been  interviewed for the Dinner at Eight Artists blog, coinciding with the Beneath the Surface Exhibit that will be opening at IQF Long Beach July 23-25. My 3 of Swords quilt will be part of this traveling exhibit.

  • Complimentary Encounter

    Complimentary Encounter

    Complimentary Encounter, Judy Coates Perez 12″ x 12″ I made this little quilt for an exhibit that friends were putting together for the Dallas Quilt Show earlier this month. Some how in the midst of everything I forgot to post about it. I started this little whole cloth quilt by drawing my design on paper…

  • 3 of Swords

    I finished the quilt, except for the sleeve, I will be stitching that on over the next day or so while I am at the PAQA sponsored Alyson Stanfield artist marketing retreat in Wisconsin. Before hand stitching, the red painted batting was machine stitched with two threads threaded through the needle to get a bolder…

  • 3 of Swords – Still working through it…

    Each day gets a little better and then I get hit with a wopper every now and then that sets me back. Today has been a hard day but mostly because I am feeling overwhelmed by my daughters on going health problems and the health insurance issues that go with it. I can handle an…

  • 3 of Swords – Working through some stuff

    I am having a really hard time in my personal life right now which has lead to some sleepless nights. The other night at 2 am, I pulled out a large piece of cotton batting and started pouring lots of diluted red textile paint on it which was left over from a bunch of almost…

  • FYI, the whole story

    I just thought I would let you know, I created one long blog post about making my last quilt, Oh Deer, Look What’s Become of Me! over on the Painted Threads Project blog so you can read about the making of it in chronological order.

  • Oh Deer, Look What’s Become of Me! makes it’s debut this week

    Oh Deer, Look What’s Become of Me! makes it’s debut this week

    at Road to California in the Robert Kaufman Fabric exhibit “Solid Expressions“, these are all quilts using Kona Solid fabrics. This quilt is whole cloth painted on Kona “Ivory”. I wish I could be there to see the other quilts in the exhibit too. Anyone who’s going please leave me a note about the show…

  • My first book!

    I just self published this little portfolio of my art quilts and mixed media work using Blurb. I have seen several people write about using Blurb on their blogs and thought I would try it out myself. You can preview the book here. The book is 7 inches square, 40 pages long, printed on premium…

  • Moon Garden won a ribbon at festival!

    My quilt Moon Garden has won an honorable mention in the painted category at International Quilt Festival. If you are at festival make sure you ask someone to show you the back of the quilt, so you can see all the hidden images quilted into the background. I probably won’t have time to post until…

  • Whahoo PIQF!

    Arbol de Vida won 3rd place Innovative,and Moon Garden won an Honorable Mentionat Pacific International Quilt Festival, happening this weekend in California.

  • Label done

    I designed my label by taking parts of my original drawing and combining it with the quilt info in photoshop. I printed the design out on paper and laid a piece of white fabric over it and traced it with a fine Prismacolor pen. I filled in the drawing with the Prismacolor pen and a…

  • Better Photos of Moon Garden

    Better Photos of Moon Garden

    I went to the photographer yesterday and had the quilt shot, I had him photograph the back too. I still have to do the label, but at least I now have a jpeg to send in with the show entry form.

  • The big reveal

    I am finally at the point when I feel comfortable showing the latest quilt. I sort of feel some strange superstition that if I show too much too soon, it will be doomed to failure. I never really know if it will come out how I want it to, until the very end. Sorry, the…

  • Women Packing Irons Reception

    Women Packing Irons Reception

    Here’s Anne, Frieda and I before the reception started. Ann and Laura were off teaching and Emily had not yet arrived. There was a very good turn out and I was too busy chatting to remember to take other photos. The Quilt National Exhibit is really good, one of the best collections of work I…