Explore beautiful, creative quilts that were inspired by nature. From bugs to birds, find inspiration for your next art quilt. Plus, learn how to interpret sketches with resists, embellish with beetles, capture a landscape with serigraphy, and much, much more!
 
120 pages
 
Articles include
Compose a Quilt on the Go by Margaret Abramshe
Fantastic Faces by Colleen Ansbaugh
Needles, Beetles, and Beads by Karen Fricke (also featured in Show Us Your Studio)
Artful Screen Printing by Sue King
Exploring the Surface by Ana Buzzalino
Story Fragments by Victoria Gertenbach
Birds of a Feather by Martha Sielman
Show Us Your Sketchbook by Susan B. Schenk
Vibrant and Bold by Margarita Korioth; and Jumpstart Your Art by Lyric Montegomery Kinard.
 
The In Profile & Gallery sections include:
Thorns & Spikes (A gallery of work by 4 Common Comers);
a profile of Sue King; Primal Forces: Earth (a SAQA Global Exhibition gallery);
In the Spotlight with Ellen Parrott and Eyes Wide Open (Results from the ‘Take a Hike’ reader challenge).