portholes - images of earth made in 2009; 64x64 inches
portholes is composed of 36 images of earth photographed from space by astronauts or satellites, downloaded from nasa & usgs websites, placed behind brass portholes and displayed on half-square triangles filled with textures developed in photoshop elements using the original images as starting points. to me, each of the images look like jewels; cabochons in a brass setting.

california beauty made in 2008; 32x40 inches
this is a new twist on an old favorite; arcs, spikes, and other shapes were (digitally) cut from a (digital) stash based on photos of flowers and leaves and combined (digitally) into a beautiful quilt top that was printed on large sheets of paper-backed, treated cotton. when quilted, he results look much like a traditional new york beauty, but without laboriously paper piecing the spikes and sewing together curved edges! see "piecing with pixels" for instructions about how to create similar blocks. the patterns and digital stash to make this quilt may be purchased and downloaded from the shop.

australian rose window made in 2010; 60x60 inches
i created this quilt in photoshop elements using my pictures of the australian plant collection on display at the ucsc arboretum as the starting point. i (digitally) cut interesting shapes from the photos and inserted them into frames that resemble a classic rose window that is usually created in stained glass, lead and stone.

canada by rail made in 2009; 29x40 inches
a heap of photos taken during a wonderful trip across canada begged for a special quilt to display them. i selected 24 representative pictures and started playing around with photoshop elements filters (to create the increasingly abstract"mats" behind each picture) and the quarter circle cookie cutters to cut the shapes from the filtered versions of each photo. i arranged the pictures and then created the fabric for the border by repeatedly applying the"motion blur" filter to copies of the blocks around the edges of the quilt and adding a little digital brush work. i printed the top on paper-backed, treated fabric, added the border and quilted the top with interlocking concentric circles.

trip to mt shasta made in 2008; 24x36 inches
this drunkards path-type quilt is based on photos taken by my 6-year-old grandson caleb during a trip to northern california to visit his physical therapist. i explained that he should look for great colors and textures and unusual subjects for the images that we would use as backgrounds. his creative choices included close-ups of peanuts, hot-tub water, rocks, leaves, berries, bark and a pine cone. he and i (digitally) cut quarter circles from some of the photos and applied elements filters to the rest to create the bright fabrics. i stacked and rotated the results to create a pleasing composition, and printed the top on paper-backed, treated cotton.

the fire makers made in 2008; 32x30 inches
the fire makers is part of a special exhibit called dreaming the earth that illustrate the creation stories of the indigenous peoples of australia. this collection of quilts was originally made to honor the extensive australian plant collection of the ucsc arboretum. the fire makers illustrates how people got fire from bootoolgah the crane and goonar, the kangaroo rat. the fabrics and shapes were created in photoshop elements, printed on broadcloth, quilted, and then embellished with a variety of fibers and hundreds of small shells, pieces of bone, wood, and stones. the creation stories that were illustrated and other quilts in the exhibit may be seen on: dreaming the earth

year in the life of fairies made in 2009; 24x24 inches
i created this little quilt to showcase 9 illustrations copied by val vavrik from a very old, rare book originally published in the early 1900s and a stash of digital fabric designs that i created using the colors and textures of these pictures as a starting point. i created a sweet little quilt using the traditional connecticut pattern, a new twist on an old favorite. digitized versions of the fairy pictures, fabric stash, and the pattern are available for purchase and download from www.creatingwithpixels.com or as a"quilt kit on cd". shown: piecing with pixels special exhibit, denver national quilt festival iii, may 2009

seacolor quilt and variations made in 2007; 24x25 inches
when invited to teach a 5-day empty spools seminar at asilomar, i asked gudny campbell to join me. we had 3 days to create a quilt to illustrate our class (technology. a quilter's best friend) for the brochure. we had just met, it was our first collaboration, she used a pc and i used a mac, and we had to work separately, communicating by phone and email. a daunting challenge! i created five vertical strips. blending images of asilomar that i had photographed over the years. gudny selected three, positioned them on her enlarged photo of the coast, and added additional images on top. since we created the original quilt, both gudny and i have used elements of it to make different versions. one of mine is shown here. the other, using the two collages that were not included in seacolor, became asilomar evenings.

california roads made in 2007; 24x55 inches
california roads is a new twist on the traditional road to california pattern. i created all of the fabric by applying photoshop elements filters to photos of two flowers that color the california countryside in spring - - poppies and lupines. i cut the squares, diamonds, triangles and circles from this digital stash and 28 photos of iconic california landmarks using photoshop elements cookie cutters, combined the pieces digitally, and printed the result on paper-backed, treated fabric. the border is another filtered version of a third picture that combined both poppies and lupines. a digital template for the road to california block is available for purchase and download in the shop.

family crests made in 2009; 32x32 inches
family crests incorporates 12 patterns based on traditional japanese family crests adapted by jill rixman. i digitized these designs (with her permission) to sell on our website. i filled each crest with digital stash in shades of lavender, moss, apricot, and cream that i created in photoshop elements. the top was printed on linen and hand quilted. the patterns and digital stash to make this quilt may be purchased and downloaded from our shop family crests.

floral beauty made in 2006; 36 x 36 inches
this was one of the first quilts i created with a digital stash. i created abstract designs by applying photoshop elements filters to nearly 100 photos of plants in my santa cruz mt garden. then, i created new york beauty blocks arranged at tipped angles on a background using the layered template technique popularized by digital scrapbookers. i printed groups of them on 13x19" sheets of treated fabric in my epson printer and sewed them together.

hula sunrise made in 2009; 24 x 24 inches
i created hula sunrise by cutting tile-like stencils from my photographs of dramatic california skies using elements cookie cutters shapes, layering them over a black background, and printing the completed design on textured silk.

arkansas ancestor's anguish made in 2007; 14 x 14 inches
the off-kilter quilters 2007 challenge was to illustrate three words (each starting with the same letter of the alphabet drawn from a hat) using only two colors (also drawn from a hat). i drew the letter a and the colors charcoal and rust. i had just returned from a trip to arkansas where i found the grave of my great great great grandparents. in researching them, i found that they had lost two sons, two daughters, and two sons-in-law to the horror of the civil war (they supported the union but lived in a confederate state). i created my challenge quilt digitally using 2-inch squares as a base that were cut from photos of their headstone and the red arkansas clay soil. on these, i superimposed a sketch of the grim reaper and my photo of a canon on the site of the battlefield where two of their sons were killed. as you can imagine, my entry had a very different mood than the rest, which were playful and light-hearted.

coastal path made in 2008; 21x53 inches
coastal path is based on a collection of elephant seal photos that i took near san simeon, ca on the day after christmas in 2007. inspired by the drunkards path design, i cut quarter circles from the 12 best photos using the elements quarter circle cookie cutter and then created abstract designs using elements filters with the remainder of the photos to serve as backgrounds. in: this quilt, and the instructions how to make it, are one of the projects in piecing with pixels by sandra hart and gudny campbell, aqs, 2009

coastal ovals
made in 2008; 28x41 inches
i created coastal ovals from my beach digital stash (available on www.creatingwithpixels.com ). the designs are based on photographs of california beach scenes, skies, flora, and fauna. each 4.5-inch block has two, overlapping "backgrounds" exposing a pointed oval window showing a close-up photo of coastal wildlife. the quilt is embellished with beads and shells. in"piecing with pixels". by sandra hart and gudny campbell. aqs, feb 2009

beach swirls made in 2010; 24x24 inches
i combined a commercial stained glass pattern from a pattern book with some pieces from my beach stash to create this little wall hanging. auctioned to raise funds for the studio art quilt assn (saqa), 2010

victoria park made in 2008; 30x36 inches
using a set of instructions developed by gudny campbell (in piecing with pixels), i started with a photo that i took in beautiful victoria park in montreal and applied elements filters to copies of the original image until i had a group that pleased me. after i superimposed other shapes, also cut from the original image using elements cookie cutters, on top of some of them, i printed the completed top on paper-backed, treated fabric on a wide-format printer. in,"piecing with pixels". by sandra hart and gudny campbell. aqs, 2009

flowers and stars made in 2007; 30x36 inches
flowers and stars is one of the two sample that gudny campbell and i created for our article in the january 2008 issue of american quilter. for my version, i created a digital stash by applying photoshop elements filters to photos of 3 flowers (hyacinth, hydrangea, and forsythia) and the herb marjoram. i created the blocks by layering shapes cut from this stash with the elements cookie cutter tool. the patterns and digital stash to make this quilt may be purchased and downloaded from www.creatingwithpixels.com or purchased as a"quilt kit on cd".

christmas cookies made in 2008; 32x40 inches christmas cookies is based on a design developed by gudny campbell and me, described in our article in the january 2008 issue of american quilter. i created my digital stash by applying photoshop elements filters to photos of red roses, deep green leaves, and flowers with creamy petals. i created the blocks by layering shapes cut from this stash with the elements cookie cutter tool. the border is decorated with christmas ornaments also created in elements. digital templates and stash to make this quilt as well as the ornaments that decorate the border are available for download from our shop or purchased as a"quilt kit on cd.

fire and ice made in 2008; 24x30 inches
fire and ice is based on a design developed by gudny campbell and me, described in our article in the january 2008 issue of american quilter. i created a digital stash by applying photoshop elements filters to photos of flames, ice, and snow and created the blocks by layering shapes cut from this stash with the elements cookie cutter tool. the patterns and stash are available for purchase and download from our shop or purchased as a"quilt kit on cd.

child's play made in 2008; 23x29 inches child's play is based on a design developed by gudny campbell and me, described in our article in the january 2008 issue of american quilter. i created my digital stash by applying photoshop elements filters to photos of crayons, colored straws, rainbow blocks, etc and created the blocks by layering shapes cut from this stash and a puzzle pattern with the elements cookie cutter tool. digital templates and stash to make this quilt are available for download in the shop or purchased as a"quilt kit on cd.

autumn leaves made in 2008, 16x32 inches i created autumn leaves to be a project in piecing with pixels. i cut leaf shapes from 14 digital fabric designs using 6 elements cookie cutters, divided them in half diagonally and re-combined them to create an interesting overall design. it has proved to be a useful little table-topper for the fall. the patterns and digital stash to make this quilt may be purchased and downloaded from www.creatingwithpixels.com or purchased as a"quilt kit on cd". in: piecing with pixels, by sandra hart and gudny campbell, aqs, 2009. shown: piecing with pixels special exhibit, denver national quilt festival iii, may 2009 special exhibit, winters outdoor quilt show, winters, ca june 27, 2009 pacific international quilt show, santa clara, ca, oct 2009

moonlit leaves made in 2008; 24x40 inches
this simple but elegant quilt is a project in piecing with pixels. it was created with one photoshop elements cookie cutter shape (leaf ornament 1), the paint bucket (black), and one layer style (patterns-ancient stone). the digitally pieced quilt top was printed on broadcloth and machine quilted. in piecing with pixels. by sandra hart and gudny campbell. american quilter's society, feb 2009

knitted bubbles made in 2009; 24x24 inches
this small wall hanging was created using instructions written by gudny campbell in piecing with pixels. after i completed the basic layout, i filled some sections with close up photos of knitting with funky fun fur and hand dyed wool. the border is an extreme close-up of a small section of stockinette stitch knitted with rainbow-hued wool. in,"piecing with pixels". by sandra hart and gudny campbell. american quilter's society, feb 2009

just roses made in 2009 24x30 inches
i made just roses with my plaids plus digital stash (available on www.creatingwithpixels.com ). i created this stash, composed of plaids and variegated "solids", by applying elements filters to photos of roses. each block consists of four squares and four diamonds cut from plaid/solid pairs using elements cookie cutter shapes set off by bevels and shadows. the patterns and digital stash to make this quilt may be purchased and downloaded from www.creatingwithpixels.com pictured in piecing with pixels by sandra hart and gudny campbell, aqs, 2009.

square cookies made in 2008, 46x46 inches
square cookies is based on a simple 9-patch tipped 45 degrees and positioned on alternate blocks. each set of four blocks is filled with a different combination of plaids and coordinating blended solids created by applying photoshop elements filters to dozens of photos, given dimension by bevels and shadows. the patterns and digital stash to make this quilt may be purchased and downloaded from www.creatingwithpixels.com in piecing with pixels by sandra hart and gudny campbell, aqs, 2009.

labels made in 2009; 24x32 inches
i created this quilt for book signings as a way of showing the varieties of quilts that could be made with"digital quilting" and to give people a quilt that they could feel. i arranged all of the digital labels that i had made for quilts i'd made in recent years on a black background and just printed the result on a sheet of paper-backed, treated fabric.

blue and yellow sampler made in 2009; 24 x 96 inches
i made this quilt to test all of the layered templates that i put on our digital store (www.creatingwithpixels.com ) and to make something pretty to decorate the end of my queen-sized bed. i selected dozens of"fabrics" from my blue and yellow stashes and then created each of the blocks. i surrounded each block with a sash (a blue pattern with shiny-looking circles on it) and a yellow border and then printed the whole thing on paper-backed, treated broadcloth.

mossy redwoods made in 2008; 24x24 inches
using elements cookie cutter shapes and instructions by gudny campbell in piecing with pixels, i played with a close up photo of a moss-covered redwood tree to create this abstract, geometric image. parts of the original image were used to create the border and machine quilted. in piecing with pixels, by sandra hart and gudny campbell. aqs, feb 2009

knitted suduko made in 2007; 28x28inches
this wall hanging started life as a suduko puzzle completed by gudny campbell that she transformed into an excel spreadsheet/pattern. each of us made several quilts, substituting graphic images for numbers. rainbow suduko transforms a the numbers in the original puzzle into a rainbow of nine close ups of knitting done with chunky yarn or"fun fur".

garden suduko made in 2007; 24x24 inches
this wall hanging started life as a suduko puzzle completed by gudny campbell that she transformed into an excel spreadsheet/pattern. each of us made several quilts, substituting graphic images for numbers. for mine, i created a digital stash of 81 digital patterns (9 of each color) using photoshop elements filters to digitally transform pictures of flowers in my garden. many of these digital designs are available for purchase and download from www.creatingwithpixels.com.

nasturtium fairy made in 2009; 13 x 19 inches
this was a sample for a class that i taught at the aqs knoxville quilt show showing how to "color between the lines" of digitized coloring book pages using digital stash