The world of art quilting is expanding in leaps and bounds.  I am inspired daily by fabulous fibre art being made by artists locally and around the world. Here are a few of the people whose work I am in awe of.

Barbara Yates Beasley – Barbara sets the bar high with her animal portraits. She has mastered the construction of expressive eyes in her furry/feathered creations and manages to make the wildest fabrics all work together to convey her 3D animals.

Kate Themel – an award-winning fabric artist and teacher living in Cheshire, Connecticut who has mastered the use of thread as her painting medium.

Judy Leslie – Judy is a Vancouver fibre artist who incorporates photos into the planning and creation of her original pieces which are inspired by nature, both locally and through her travels.

Lenore Crawford – her beautiful quilts reflect her love of France, French architecture, and flower gardens, with mastery of color and realism.

Leni Wiener – Leni translates her photographs in fabric by layering commercial fabrics and composing her images with raw edge machine appliqué. She captures the mood of her subjects, who she catches on camera going about their everyday activities, through their body language by paying careful attention to colour, value, and patterns of the fabrics she chooses. Seeing her quilts is like people-watching at its best.

Terry Aske – Terry has so many talents, where do I begin? She’s uber-productive, not just in making quilts but also in marketing herself to magazines and quilt shows. Lucky for us, she generously shares many of her methods online at her blog which she updates regularly.