ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES A landscape quilt translated my love of nature into a passion for quilting. Over the years, I have developed techniques and methods for turning ideas into landscape quilts. Class will start with a small trunk show of [...]

Click on pictures to enlarge. Press the quilt top, backing and batting. The backing is about 3" wider and longer than the quilt top and the batting is about 2" wider and longer than the backing. [...]

While working on a quilt it is nice to have a place where to place your blocks or quilt sections or even just fabrics you might use, to audition them, to see how they play together. Well, such a [...]

We can't sew or quilt without thread. I have a few spools of thread and I like to have them organized, out of the light and protected from dust. Here are some of the ways I store the few [...]

  Nelly's work has been accepted in the upcoming Textile Art Alliance Member Exhibition. July 24 - Sept. 9, 2016 Gallery Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 9 pm; Sat. & Sun. 9 am - 5 pm. All are [...]

HOW AND WHY I QUILTED THAT AS I DID Thursday, March 31, 2016 -  2:30 PM-5:00 PM Using her award winning quilts as examples, Nelly explores how to deal with all kinds of quilts, from applique and traditional quilts to pieced [...]

Registration for classes is now open. Register soon, space is limited. PIANO KEYS AND CHAMPAGNE BUBBLES Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 8:30 AM-11:30 AM While working on this elegant and contemporary wall quilt you will explore [...]

I have uploaded a several new workshops in my website. These are all great, fun and easy to make (once I show you how). Book a workshop for your guild today. For more info go to the Workshop tab in my website ArtelasQuilts.com [...]

Click on the images to see more. The Fall of 2008 was the first time I taught for the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo. It was also their first Georgia Quilt Show in Atlanta, GA.  A big part of getting [...]

America's been good to me. Today is my anniversary of arriving in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Love this country, this is home for me! 30 years. Yes, I was a baby when arrived [...]

I am so happy. Four of my newer patterns made it into the 2015 Winter issue of Modern Patchwork Magazine. Hazardous Materials, Northern Lights, Lily Pads and Tessa. Hazardous Materials To make a Hazardous Materials quilt you use [...]

What happened when the last kid graduated from college, found a job and moved away?   He left an empty entertainment center and, open space adjacent to my sewing room. Mmmm. What to do with this empty entertainment center?   [...]

What is Nelly teaching this fall? Where is she teaching? Nelly is teaching several great classes this fall. Actually, she is starting before the fall really gets here. Already in the calendar are: Pittsburgh: August 14 to the 16, 2014, [...]

Many people have asked me what my favorite tools are. Here are some of my favorite tools. (Click on images to enlarge) I use several magnetic pin caddies by Clover. They come in three different colors, pink, green [...]

While working on a quilt it is nice to have a place where to place your blocks or quilt sections or even just fabrics you might use, to audition them, to see how they play together. Well, such a place [...]

I have made several portable pressing boards. I use them when I teach for guilds,  or when I go to a quilting retreat or in my sewing-office for smaller proyects or for a very big project that needs pressing in [...]

Here is how I would approach the making of pinwheels from pre-cut squares. (Click on images to enlarge) If the first one you make is not perfect, don't worry, the next one will be better.   [...]

I took another class at the Alpaca Fiber Studio in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This one was called Mosaic Felt Scarf. It is a Nuno felting technique. I love the texture created and I can see myself using this technique to [...]

Two weeks ago a met Robbie Grodin in Chagrin Falls, Oh. She owns "Alpaca Fiber Studio & Friends" in Chagrin Falls. She offers classes and I was fortunate enough to be able to get in one of her classes. The [...]

Measure the side of the quilt where the sleeve will be placed."This one is 30". Cut a piece of fabric 9" x 30". On both short sides fold the fabric twice, towards wrong side, and press. [...]

Here are some ideas to make your own labels You can use cookie cutters, trace designs from books (that have a flexible copyright), use stamps or stencils or draw your own. You can also create labels in your computer and [...]

I would like to say a quilt is not finished until it gets a label and a hanging sleeve. Most of my quilts do have labels. Why put labels on your quilts?  Well, for everyone to know who made the [...]