I love making cityscapes, and you will too! After reading my book and/or taking my class, students tell me they’ve never looked at buildings the same way again. I’ve made New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles-themed quilts, plus a lot of fantasy cities.
Below are some of my cityscape quilts. More are in my two soon-to-be published new books, “Quilted New York,” right, and Scrap Cities: Joyful Modern Cityscape Quilts,” to be published in 2023.
See my Scrap City lecture, workshop and more information about the books here.
During research on foot, I’ve been thrown out of some of New York’s finest lobbies (when I wandered in innocently to take pictures! Their security guards were all very nice while commanding me to exit. Between Covid and security concerns, you can’t wander into some iconic buildings any more.)
To the right, the central quilt, ‘Colorblock New York,’ was juried into the Tactile Architecture section of the International Quilt Festival, Houston, 2022.
‘Scrap City 1’
A New York inspired quilt is one of the quilts in my “Scrap Cities” book which will be available in 2023.
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‘Scrap City 2’
Juried into the Tactile Architecture section of the International Quilt Festival, Houston, 2022.
It also appeared in Quilt Mania Magazine, #148.
Inspiration (with many artistic liberties taken) from some of my favorite buildings, including the airport’s futuristic “Theme” building, the Peterson Automotive Museum, Disney Hall, and more.
‘I Love Los Angeles II'
'Metropolitan Opera House'
'Hearst'
'Disney Hall'
Testimonials
I want to thank you for a wonderful workshop and a great booklet. I really enjoyed your explanations and samples, and it made me want to do more, and expanded my view. You shared with us how to look at buildings, and how to translate those to fabric- it was just great. – JH
You are a great teacher and I will buy your book when you publish it. – FC
