Joyce Hughes - Thread Painting

Joyce is an award-winning self-taught quilter and fiber artist. Her first quilt was a T-shirt quilt, which she enjoyed making, but she felt limited in expressing her artistic capabilities. Within several months, she began to design pictorial landscape quilts using raw-edge appliqué, thread painting, and a variety of embellishments. Never knowing the "rules,” she broke many of them, but with exciting results!

Amazingly, her first art quilt, "Mother's Day," was entered into a national show and won a blue ribbon. This has led to numerous awards, recognitions, and opportunities in the quilting world. 

Joyce loves to teach and share her tips. One of her greatest accomplishments is when a student creates their own artwork following Joyce’s technique of Dimensional Thread Painting!