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laurettacrites.bsky.social
@laurettacrites.bsky.social
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Art quilter - formerly from California, now living in Porto, Portugal https://laurettacrites.com/
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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
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.
August 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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My original art quilt "The Duet" the story it tells is in the ALT.
#artyear #artquilt #artwork #womensart #artgallery #womenartists #handmade #art #artist #birds #flute #visualart
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
August 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Art quilt, whole cloth, created with colored pencils. 12" x 12" gallery wrapped and available for purchase. LaurettaCrites.com
#artquilt #colorAday #RedWed #artyear #supportartists #onlybeautifulthings #coloredpencil #visualart #womensart #art #artshare #artforsale #artwork #handmade #artist
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.
July 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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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.
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#flowersonfriday #floralfriday #artyear #artquilt #art #quiltsky #artwork #artist #artforsale #WomensArt #artcollectors
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.
July 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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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
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.
April 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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#acoloradAypril #wisteria
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
April 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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My dandelion art quilt is currently on exhibit in Portugal. #artshare #artquilt #artyear #artist #artist #artwork #visualart #womensart #artgallery #artcollectors
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.
April 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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#marchintolandscapes I believe that my art quilt "Luther Burbank, American Botanist" showing Luther working in his fields is #tranquil and about my only landscape quilt. #quiltsky #artshare #artquilt #artyear #artist
An art quilt showing a man on his knees, wearing trousers, long sleeve shirt, vest and hat, planting rows of plants in a field. The background contains a blue sky and the quote "Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul - Luther Burbank 1849-1926" The mid ground shows a tree with ripe peaches growing on it. The foreground includes a basket of Burbank Russet Potatoes, a vase with daisies and poppies, and a few pieces of ripe fruit, all of which were developed by Luther Burbank.
March 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#blueskymonday My art quilt (painting made of fabric) "Close Encounter" #artquilt #artshare #art #contemporaryart #womensart #visualart #turtleart #oceanart
Art quilt of a snorkeler coming face to face with a sea turtle near the ocean floor. Seaweed, shells and sea plants are along the sea floor and small fish swim around the plants. the snorkeler has a surprised expression and his bum and tips of his flippers extend above the top edge of the quilt.
March 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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do 3 fish constitute a #school ? Detail from my #artquilt "Close Encounter" #FishyFeb #artyear #artshare #quiltsky
Art quilt scene of ocean floor with stones, seaweed and plants plus 3 small fish
February 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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My art quilt of belly dance costumes photographed in a shop in Montmartre, Paris. #artyear #magenta #februarty #quiltsky #artquilt #artshare #art #contemporaryart #womensart #artgallery #visualart #artcollectors
An art quilt showing a colorful group of belly dance costumes on white torso dress forms, against a black background. Painted surface with beads and sequins added.
February 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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My #artquilt of #BobaFett from #starwars is nearly life size so it's #big #Februarty #artshare #art #womensart #artgallery #artshare
An art quilt of Boba Fett the bounty hunter from star wars in full armor against a night sky with stars and full moon
February 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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My artquilt showing three koi fish swiming lazily, in formation, through stylized lily pads #FishyFeb #contemporaryart #koiart #artyear #artgallery #artquilt
An artquilt showing three koi fish swiming lazily, in formation, through stylized lily pads. Green cotton fabric background with metallic gold parentheses shapes printed on it. One fish is gold, one white with red markings, and the third is white with gold, black, and red markings. The lily pads are green circles with swirls or teardrop shapes coming off them. The fish and lily pads are made of tyvek material that has been painted. Metallic silver thread has been used to quilt the lily pads in a spiral design. The fish are quilted using a clamshell design to indicate scales. Echo stitching was used in the background.
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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"Three Koi Fish" 17" x 34". Today for #januarty, #green.
#koiart #koifish #artquilt #artshare #artoftheday #quiltsky #art #contemporaryart #visualart #artgallery #artcollectors #quilt
An artquilt showing three koi fish swiming lazily, in formation, through stylized lily pads. Green cotton fabric background with metallic gold parentheses shapes printed on it. One fish is gold, one white with red markings, and the third is white with gold, black, and red markings. The lily pads are green circles with swirls or teardrop shapes coming off them. The fish and lily pads are made of tyvek material that has been painted. Metallic silver thread has been used to quilt the lily pads in a spiral design. The fish are quilted using a clamshell design to indicate scales. Echo stitching was used in the background.
January 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This is a work in progress on its way to being an #artquilt without its shading, highlights, leaves and stitching it is #flat #Januarty #artoftheday #visualart #quiltsky
Strong, sturdy, leafless tree made of fabric in various shades of brown with pronounced roots. An artquilt work in progress. To follow, gold highlights and shading, leaves, and a background. Then lots of stitching!
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Today's #JanuArty prompt is #red. My #artquilt "White lace on red velvet" is 40" x 40" #artshare #lace #artoftheday #Januarty2025 #artist challenge #portoartquilter #art #quilt
An art quilt of the edge of a lace handkerchief that I photographed in Brussels, Belgium. The lace motifs were created by satin stitching over 1/4" cotton cording and filled with polyester fabric with holes intended for gym shorts. Large netting was used to mimic the original silk tulle supporting the lace edging. Buttons and hand embroidery were included to mimic other details, and there is a black tulle drop shadow to give the white lace dimension above the red background.
January 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Better late... #januarty my #artquilt of "Winter Squash" for #day25 vegetable #artoftheday #artshare #portoartquilter #JanuArty2025 #quiltsky #art #pumpkin
A still life of winter squash. Pumpkin as front focal point surrounded by other pumpkins and acorn squash. An art quilt done in a painterly style with the front pumpkin breaking the edge.
January 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We made a recent trip to Quinta da Regaleria, in Sintra, Portugal. In my opinion a much nicer place than Pena Palace (but shhh don't tell anyone, I'd like to keep it that way, lol) so much eye candy some is bound to end up in one of my art quilts. #Portugal #Sintra #portoartquilter
A twilight scene with a statue of a young man and lush garden taken at Quinta da Regaleria in Sintra Portugal. The garden is thickly planted and there is moss on the low stone edging. A crenelated tower can be glimpsed in the upper right of the photograph.
January 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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My quilt "Three Koi Fish" has been accepted into the ARTquake-15 exhibit opening May 17 in Cappadocia, Turkey. #quilt #quiltsky #artquilt #artshare #art #contemporaryart #portoartquilter #portoportugal
January 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Just joined bluesky - now I need to figure it out. #firstworldproblems #artquilter #Hamilton #MadamaButterfly
detail of my quilt "Cue Orchestra, Curtain Up" a quilt depicting Hamilton and Madama Butterfly sharing a spotlight. A tribute to when I worked as a professional costume designer.
January 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM