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realistic art quilt showing detail
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Creative Chrysalis

137 – Just Cut It Out

February 1, 2022

Precious creations are dangerous. Becoming attached to what you’ve made, either because of the look of it or because of knowing what…

example of tangent problem in art
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Creative Chrysalis

136 – Tangent Awareness Day

January 25, 2022

Every budding artist should observe Tangent Awareness Day! The ability to spot this space killing compositional flaw will improve one’s art immensely…

art quilt on longarm machine
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Skirmish on Insecurity Hill

24 – Artist Wins The Struggle

May 24, 2019

I had to paint some more cheesecloth but that went quickly. It was a novel experience to use this flimsy material and…

comparison of background colors for art quilt
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Skirmish on Insecurity Hill

22 – Asking For Help

May 22, 2019

While pondering what would give my dragon quilt more life, I asked for help. SAQA MA/RI is an unwieldy name for the…

quilt sandwich made with an air-brushed painting
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Skirmish on Insecurity Hill

17 – Simple (?) Solution

May 17, 2019

Making it up as I go, I’ve decided to layer the air-brushing and batting onto the right side of the backing fabric….