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Contemporary Fabric Art by Claire O'Connor

E N E R G Y - A T - P L A Y!

I design and create bright, happy contemporary art quilts that make me swoon. I quilt for the pure, deep voluptuous pleasure of making colors play and textures dance -- in my eyes and under my fingers and through my brain and body.

Color makes me thumpity-thump giddy. Color feeds me. Patterns are song. Lines, too. Shapes. Light. And texture. For me, this is Holy Stuff. That pulsing sexy beat of love-energy that sings above and below the surface.

Color and pattern are the keys to my castle, the gate into my garden. I adore being in my studio playing with colors, fabrics, pigments, and sensuous patterns-within-patterns.

And if all this were the only reason for being, that would be a-plenty, darlin’!  Life is all tantalizing patterns brimming with energy-at-play. And, if you happen to take pleasure from this-here version of heaven… well, really, does it get any better?

Would you like me to make a custom quilt for you?

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Quilts for Sale

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Blue Moves
$350
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial batiks, 20 x 30 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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Taffy
$350
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial batiks, 35 x 36 inches
Pattern: Amy Walsh, modified
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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Jiggy
$150
Machine pieced and hand quilted
Commercial batiks, 6 x 14 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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Commissioned Work
SOLD
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial batiks, 100 x 113 inches
Pattern: Helen Frost & Cathy Skow
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor

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NEW!

I am now creating curvaceous art quilts using fabrics that my sweetheart, Ken Plattner, and I have lovingly hand-dyed ourselves, using organic, ecologically sensitive, all-natural dyes.

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Enchanted Studio, Tucson, Arizona

"There is an unbridled enthusiasm and lightness of touch that is evident in your work."
Sheila P., Scotland

"It looks like you're having so much fun... I LOVE your bright colors and playful fabric choices."
Chris H., IL

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SuperNova
$950
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial batiks, 57 x 57 inches
Pattern: Helen Frost & Cathy Skow
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor

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Casa Encantada #1
$125
Fused and hand-embroidered
Hand-dyed cotton, Commercial batiks, Hand-dyed thread
11 x 15 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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Waiting for April
$250
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial cottons, 15 x 20 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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Robustion
$45
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial cottons, 8 x 14 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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She Moves 1
$45
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial cottons, 13 x 13 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor


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She Moves 2
$45
Machine pieced and quilted
Commercial cottons, 14 x 18 inches
©2009, T. Claire O'Connor