Take, for instance, small contemporary art quilts, which have found their place among the oil paintings and marble statues in fine-art galleries and museums. Inspired in part by nature, she creates sweeping vistas in small quilt spaces, such as “Sand Dunes National Monument I” at (40-by-50 centimetres/16-by-20 inches). Raymond, a corporate attorney for many years who continues to practise law, started out as a traditional quilter and turned to art quilting to challenge herself. David Walker, who lives in Cincinnati, has travelled the globe teaching quilting for 14 years, and recently came off a six-year quilting hiatus brought on by his extensive teaching schedule. Those web designs, and many of his small art quilts, generally sized at 23-by-30 centimetres (9-by-12 inches), may be seen at his website, Davidwalker. Walker likes the immediacy and intimacy of small art quilting.

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