My original art quilt top, before quilting. Still life of 2 orange pumpkins one wearing a purple top hat with mini pumpkins on sticks rising above and a few flowers scattered on the surface below. Set against a handpainted yellow ocher background with touches of burnt sienna.

My latest art quilt is ready to stitch. I'm thinking "All Dressed Up, No Where to Go" for the title. What do you think? #artquilt #artwork #visualart #orange #pumpkin #womenartists #artshare #onlybeautifulthings #artgallery #artist

How perfect!

My Original art quilt depicting a man with a white beard and bark like face mask with antlers playing a flute while a small orange and white bird sings along. The Duet In the heart of the Everdeep Forest of Portugal, where light trickled through the trees like forgotten dreams, lived a creature known only in legend: the Forest Man. He was not quite man, not quite beast—his skin was pale, he wore a mask of bark and berries, the antlers of a stag protruded from his head and his eyes were blue pools reflecting starlight. The trees whispered that he had once been a boy lost in the woods, who listened so carefully to the forest that it took him in and gave him roots, and only the trees remembered that his given name was Silas. Each morning the Forest Man, as everyone called him, emerged from his hollow beneath the elder yew and played a flute carved from greenwood. Its sound was pure, like the first breath of spring. And without fail, a small bird answered him—a tiny, orange breasted, robin named Miri. She was no ordinary bird. Her feathers shimmered with a sheen of morning dew, and her notes rang like glass bells. Where Silas’s music was low and sorrowful, Miri’s was bright and wild. Together, they played duets that made the ferns quiver and the river pause in its flowing. Foxes sat still to listen. Leaves danced in time. Their music had power. When a storm broke the spine of an old oak, they played until it healed. When a bear fell into a hunter’s trap, they played until the iron rusted and the bear limped free. Their songs stitched the forest together, note by note. Their music was a gift to the forest, a conversation with the wild heart of Portugal. Now, if you enter Everdeep Forest at the edge of morning, you might hear them: a flute and a bird, weaving music through the mist. A duet that keeps the wild alive. Lauretta Kay Crites Porto, Portugal - May 2025

My original art quilt "The Duet" the story it tells is in the ALT.
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I need this beautiful artwork and sentiment posted on my wall to see daily #onlybeautifulthings #artshare #repost3aday #supportartists #womenartists

Thank you so much!

So delicate and lovely! #artwork #repost3aday #supportartists #onlybeautifulthings #visualart #artshare

Charming!
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I love this idea!
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My original art quilt "The Christmas Blossom" of a red poinsettia flower against a deep purple background. Whole cloth. I started with white fabric the image was created with colored pencils, sealed into the fabric then layered with batting and backing and quilted using a sit down sewing machine.

Art quilt, whole cloth, created with colored pencils. 12" x 12" gallery wrapped and available for purchase. LaurettaCrites.com
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Much appreciated!

I appreciate your reposting of my art quilt 🥰

Thank you so much!

My original art quilt showing bunches of tulips at a market stand in shades of yellow, pink and orange individually and with the colors blended together with bright green leaves the flowers are wrapped in paper ready to take home and enjoy. A whole cloth quilt, starting with white fabric the image was created with colored pencils and thread.

My original art quilt "Early Morning Flower Market" A whole cloth quilt, it started with white fabric and the image was created with colored pencil and thread.
LaurettaCrites.com

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What a fabulous idea!

Aww, you're making me homesick

Clever! And beautifully done.

Thank you, I appreciate your compliment.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. 😄

My original art quilt from a photograph of tulips bundled for sale at an early morning flowers market in Amsterdam. Vibrant green leaves provide contrast to the bright yellow, orange and blush colored tulips waiting for buyers to take them home.

My art quilt "Early morning, flower market" based on my photograph of a tulip vendors wares in Amsterdam, on exhibit now at Vila Nova Foz Coa Cultural Center, Portugal #tuliptuesday #artquilt #artshare #artist #artwork #visualart #artyear #womensart #artcollectors #artgallery #art

A photograph of an ornate green wrought iron gate and pillar post with deep rose colored wall draped with a large wisteria vine in full and fragrant bloom

#acoloradAypril #wisteria

Thank you ❤️

Thank you for your kind word and I appreciate your boost ❤️

Thank you so very much! I enjoy creating dimension both with shading and with stitching for texture.

I'm happy you think so, but the leaves and shading are so much fun to do.

Awww, thank you 😊

Thank you so much, you are so kind

An art quilt depicting a dandelion plant with 3 yellow flowers and one seed puff, growing out of a crack in a grey cobblestone street.

My dandelion art quilt is currently on exhibit in Portugal. #artshare #artquilt #artyear #artist #artist #artwork #visualart #womensart #artgallery #artcollectors

Thank you so much!

It's a labor of love 🪡