Design, Art, Textiles - David Owen Hastings

Shibori Paper that I dyed in natural indigo
Goro Goro (Rumble) detail of my modern quilt design
Sokutei (Measure) detail of my paper on wood panel artwork
Hajime (Beginning) detail of my paper quilts series
Indigo + White Quilt using fabric I dyed in Japan

Welcome! I’m David Owen Hastings.

I’m a quilter, graphic designer, print and textile artist, and was the 2020 President of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild. I create richly-layered contemporary artwork and modern minimal quilt and textile designs. For over 20 years, I’ve exhibited my stitched paper artwork in galleries and juried shows, and worked exclusively with nonprofit organizations on their branding and communications.

My creative approach to modern quilting has led to a busy schedule of workshops and lectures on quilting, branding for artists, fine art and textile techniques. Sharing knowledge, encouraging creativity, and teaching new skills are personal passions. I also love to travel, especially in Asia, and enjoy sharing my experiences and inspiration through travel photos and stories.

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I have a great virtual quilting workshop coming up

How about some quilty eye candy for this Friday? 💕💓💕💓💕 My students love love love my Mini Mid-Mod Quilts workshop, it’s become one of my most popular ones. In it, I teach my students how to take inspiration from Mid-Century Modern design: think sleek lines, neutrals with a flash of bright color. We build up our mini quilts using the quilt-as-you-go method, machine-sewing the fabric pieces right onto the cotton batting. Then we take our tiny compositions further with sashiko-inspired hand stitching. 🌸🪡🌸🪡🌸 I also show how to finish of these mini beauties as individual pieces that can be functional, yet beautiful, coasters or framed up as wall art. I have a great gusset-join technique for linking multiple minis together for a larger composition. 🖼 My Mini Mid-Mod Quilts are fun and fast to make, and about as addictive as Crunchy Cheetos (or whatever your favorite snack may be… that’s one of my faves!). Join me Friday, Sept. 24th at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza for a virtual half-day workshop and learn how to make these little gems! 💎 A few spaces are still available. Visit my bio for a direct link, and thank you @quiltfest for having me teach again! 🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏻 #onlinequiltfestival #onlinequiltshow #quiltart #miniquilt #minimidmodquilt #midcenturymodernquilt #quiltfest #mancusoshows #mancusoshowmanagement #modernquilting #sashikostitching #sashikoquilt #quiltfestival #pnqe #modernabstractquilt #seattlemqg #menwhoquilt #menwhosew

Today I’m “Fifty-Eight, and Feeling Great!”

A year ago, Brian and I decided to build a new hom

Summer 2021 quilt finish No. 2: it’s called 青と白 which is “Ao to Shiro” in Japanese, or “Blue and White” in English. 💙🤍💙🤍💙 In the fall of 2018, I spent a month in Japan ⛩ and part of that time was at a wonderful textile workshop led by Bryan Whitehead. I learned all about dyeing with natural indigo using two primary techniques: shibori (bound-resist dyeing) and katazome (paste-resist dyeing). 🌊 When I came back home to Seattle, I wanted to make a quilt that celebrated the precious shibori fabrics I dyed, showing them to their best advantage. 🕊 My geometric block designs have a foundation in geometry and unfolded origami paper. I used simple squares, rectangles and parallelograms in three variations, combining them with my shibori fabric and light-colored neutrals. I also pieced in some stripes made from the neutrals to give the quilt a bit more movement, tailoring and texture. My Seattle Modern Quilt Guild friend Dionne Matthies-Buban @dinglebobbins did the custom long arm quilting, and WOW! She really brought my piecing to life with her amazing artistry. She riffed on the patterns she saw in my shibori fabrics, turning them into a wonderful overlay of texture on the quilt surface. Thank you, Dionne, for your beautiful long arm quilting! Every time I look at it I am enchanted by the designs you quilted. Brava! 👏🏼👏🏿👏🏾👏🏼👏🏽 The quilt back is giant half square triangles made from a mix of commercially produced shibori fabric plus some lovely wave-patterned printed fabric that I purchased at Tomato, the big fabric store in Tokyo’s Fabric Town. This quilt holds a lot of wonderful memories of being in Japan, dyeing the fabric, learning about a culture I love, and then coming home to put it all the feelings together. 😁 #ufonomore #blueandwhite #blueandwhitequilt #shiboriquilt #modernminimalquilt #modernquilt #contemporaryquilt #shiborifabric #modernabstractquilt #minimalquilt #geometricquilt #shibori #indigo #indigoquilt #indigomodern #fabrictown #kingsizequilt #menwhoquilt #menwhosew #seattlemqg #seattlemqgaugust2021 #origamiquilt #abstractquilt

I finished a quilt! Doesn’t it feel great when y

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