Art Quilts of Prior Years

This post contains typical examples of my art quilts from prior years.

Welsch, Lynn B. Hiking McKnight Mountain. Quilt. 18" h x 12" w. 2011. All rights reserved.

The Silver City Fiber Arts Festival sponsored a miniature quilt theme challenge called "The Journey is the Reward." Based on a photo taken while hiking through this aspen grove one May, this quilt reflects that in hiking, as in life, it's as much as about the journey as it is about arriving at your destination.

Exhibited at the Invitational Miniature Quilt show at the Silver City Fiber Arts Festival, Silver City, NM, November, 2011. The quilt was awarded the Viewers Choice Ribbon.

Artist’s collection. NFS.

Welsch, Lynn B. Hudson River View. Quilt. 18" h x 24" w. 2011. All rights reserved.

Made as a wedding present for a friend’s daughter, I made a wall art piece that reflected the Hudson River Valley area where she grew up.

Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Acoma Pueblo. Quilt. 12" h x 12" w. 2011. All rights reserved.

Made from a photo taken on a trip to the Acoma Pueblo, I added color to make the quilt more interesting and fun. 

Sold in 2011 SAQA auction. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Bishop's Castle. Quilt. 42" h x 34" w. 2011. All rights reserved.

Near Rye, Colorado, in the San Isabel Forest, is a castle that Jim Bishop built single-handedly over 40 years with just hand tools. This is my "colorized" version of this fascinating castle. 

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Bosque Del Apache Field. Quilt. 12" h x 12" w. 2010. All rights reserved.

This miniature was made to reflect my visit to the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. It was used as a class example for a class I taught in 2010 on Miniature Landscape Quilts for the Thimbleweed Quilt Guild from Rio Rancho, New Mexico. 

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Black Range Moon. Quilt. 8" h x 11" w. 2010. All rights reserved.

I live in the Mimbres Valley in New Mexico and am fascinated with watching the moon come up over the Black Range Mountains. This quilt was donated to the Quilter's Guild of Dallas and sold at their charity fundraising Miniature Quilt Auction. 

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Adobe Walled Garden. Quilt. 12" h x 12" w. 2009. All rights reserved.

Based on my photo of a friend’s walled garden.

Sold in 2009 SAQA auction. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Lavender and Casual Friends. Quilt. 24" h x 24" w. 2009. All rights reserved.

Made for a Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective challenge and quilt show called Lavender and Lace. I just couldn't bring myself to put lace on the quilt so I put "lavender" in a setting playing with her "casual friends"! 

Exhibited in Silver City, NM, at the Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, Tapestry of Talent Event "Lavender and Lace" Quilt Show, September 2009.

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Circle Game. Quilt. 24" h x 24" w. 2009. All rights reserved.

Juried into the 2011 IQA Show at the Houston International Quilt Festival. 

Lost by carrier during shipment to Houston, Texas. If you happen to see this quilt, please contact Mountain Spirits Studio.

Welsch, Lynn B. Peace, Love, and Flower Power. Quilt. 36" h x 36" w. 2007. All rights reserved.

Created for a challenge called Memories, I wanted to use the technique of transparency while reflecting my memories of the 1960's. The quilt was juried into the IQA (International Quilt Association) show at the 2009 Houston International Quilt Festival.

Exhibited at the Art Center at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos, NM at the New Mexico Fiber artist Show "Seams Unusual", June - July, 2008. Exhibited at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico Art Quilters Show "Finding Solace", April - May, 2010. Shown by invitation in the "Feeling Groovy" exhibit of the International Quilt Festival of Ireland in Galway, Ireland, June 7-9, 2013, and won an Honorable Mention Ribbon.

Artist’s collection. NFS.

Welsch, Lynn B. Ghost Houses of Stonington, Maine. Quilt. 36" h x 24" w. 2008. All rights reserved.

An art quilt group that I was in issued a challenge to create a quilt using the techniques of sun printing, inking, painting, and foiling. I based my quilt on a photo I took from a boat out in the harbor off of Stonington, Maine. Many of the houses are old sea captains’ houses nestled in the hillside. I envisioned "ghosts" in these old houses. 

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Lobster Buoys, Kimball Island, Maine. Quilt. 12" h x 12" w. 2008. All rights reserved.

While hiking on Kimball Island off the coast of Maine, we came upon these hanging lobster buoys. I created the quilt from my photo.

Sold in 2008 SAQA auction. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Mimbres Valley Sunflowers. Quilt. 24" h x 24" w. 2008. All rights reserved.

The Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective held a sunflower quilt challenge and quilt show. My entry reflected sunflowers in front of the Black Range Mountains in the Mimbres Valley in New Mexico where I live.

Exhibited in Silver City, NM, at the Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective, Tapestry of Talent Event "Sunflowers" Quilt Show, September 2008.

Sold. Private collection.

Welsch, Lynn B. Yearning to Break Free. Quilt.  36" h x 24" w. 2005. All rights reserved.

I was dreaming of retirement when this quilt was created. I was working full time and had various obligations. I just wanted to spin out of my current existence and fly free like a firefly into retirement!

Exhibited at the Quilters Guild of Dallas, TX, Quilt Celebration Show, March 2008. Exhibited at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM, the Lea County Museum in Lovington, NM, and the Western Heritage Museum in Hobbs, NM, in the New Mexico Art Quilters Show "Textile Messaging", February - March, 2008. Exhibited at the Santa Fe Capital Rotunda Gallery, New Mexico Art Quilters Show "New Mexico Fabrications", April - August, 2008. 

Sold. Private collection.