Where fiber, paint and thread go "From Edge 2 Edge"
Welcome to the quilted fiber art website of "From Edge 2 Edge" --David and Patricia "Trish" Charity's global gallery of their art quilts.
Patricia and David Charity
Our art quilts and quilted fiber art are posted in the From Edge 2 Edge gallery. We currently have several quilts traveling around the United States and in local galleries. Check out our Calendar to find out if they will be in your neck of the woods. We are so glad you found our art quilt website, I know it was probably a long hike to our little corner of the internet located in the northern Arizona town of Prescott.
Here are a few fun facts about us and our quilted fiber art. We are somewhat unusual in that we are a husband and wife who create fiber art and art quilts. We work together in the same studio but not on the same art pieces. We have a few art quilt collaborative projects that we frame out in shadow boxes. They sell quickly so it is difficult to keep up on the production as each is a unique piece of art. The galleries find it easy to promote the "soft" fiber art when it is a framed work. Clients new to fiber art find it easier to identify as art when it is framed.
David and I work side by side in a dedicated studio area and have separate design walls. Our new home has a dedicated studio. That means everything to do with fabric, thread, (or sharp pointy things that can stab fingers or remove them if one is not careful) lives in this room.
Here are a few fun facts about us and our quilted fiber art. We are somewhat unusual in that we are a husband and wife who create fiber art and art quilts. We work together in the same studio but not on the same art pieces. We have a few art quilt collaborative projects that we frame out in shadow boxes. They sell quickly so it is difficult to keep up on the production as each is a unique piece of art. The galleries find it easy to promote the "soft" fiber art when it is a framed work. Clients new to fiber art find it easier to identify as art when it is framed.
David and I work side by side in a dedicated studio area and have separate design walls. Our new home has a dedicated studio. That means everything to do with fabric, thread, (or sharp pointy things that can stab fingers or remove them if one is not careful) lives in this room.
Meet Patricia
Patricia's inspiration comes mostly from around Prescott and previously Temecula; i.e., nature, the shapes and the colors. She loves textures and tries to incorporate as much as possible in her pieces. After seeing some of her pieces grouped together, she discovered she has a definite color bias. In the past, most of Trish's work was done on a Pfaff 1475 CD sewing machine. A fabulous Singer Featherweight is, also, in her studio. Her newest power tool is a Baby Lock Crescendo machine and she is in love with all the features.
Meet David
David's inspiration comes from his love of the Bible and interpreting his themes in both symbolic and realistic designs. David works in a cartoon style when he needs to put some whimsy in his work. He has always loved drawing cartoons from an early age and is able to translate that style into his work. David has not met a material he will not try to affix to fabric. He has used papyrus, bottle tree pods, stones, along with the more common, beads, yarns, etc.
David does amazing thread work with his Janome "power tool" and he has pushed Trish to be more creative and bold with her stitch work. There is not a spool of thread that is safe in the house with David around. David will use anything if it will give him the look he is after. If he could figure out how to put fishing line on the spool spindle, he would use that also.
David does amazing thread work with his Janome "power tool" and he has pushed Trish to be more creative and bold with her stitch work. There is not a spool of thread that is safe in the house with David around. David will use anything if it will give him the look he is after. If he could figure out how to put fishing line on the spool spindle, he would use that also.
David and I hope you enjoy your visit, get a little chuckle now and then as I continue to "tweak" the site. Most of all we want you to enjoy the quilts and find inspiration on our pages.Don't forget to visit our links to see the people and groups that inspire us.
Please leave your comments on the contact page. Need more information on a technique? We will provide an answer. Found a broken link? We will fix it. Anything else? We will try to answer it.
Please leave your comments on the contact page. Need more information on a technique? We will provide an answer. Found a broken link? We will fix it. Anything else? We will try to answer it.