Libs Elliott

@libselliott.com

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Making quilts with code since 2012.

Close-up of a quilt being sewn on a Juki machine. A strip of gold fabric overlaps pink, blue and black triangles.
Stack of papers with geometric designs, marked up in pen with lines and measurements to make into a real quilt.
Photo of a quilt top made with a variety of triangle sizes in bright colours, gold and black fabrics.
Photo of an in-progress fabric banner. White linen background fabric with the words ‘Eat the Rich’ in uppercase gold and black fabrics.
Photograph of colourful quilt blocks on a design wall for an in-progress quilt being pieced together based on a digital render from Processing code.
Screenshot of an intro page on the Flashes app that says, “Want the best experience? Consider creating a dedicated Bluesky account for your visual content. It’s a great way to keep your photo and video sharing separate from your regular Bluesky activities.”
Photo of the inside of a pair of cut-up Andy Warhol x Levi’s jeans. The printing on the inside says ‘Fragile Handle with Care’ in repeat. The stamp on the pocket shows an image of Andy Warhol and says it’s pair 148/297. Waist size 28.
Photo of a tattooed lady standing in front of a quilt design wall with a variety of colourful quilt blocks pinned to it.
A photo of Gus - a white and red English bulldog- who is standing on his grey bed in front of shelves of fabric. There is a croc on the ground nearby that he may or may not have stolen. (He totally stole it.)
Photo of an economy quilt block with a printed black bat on purple fabric, green and black scallops and grey smoke print.
A photo of Libs Elliott wearing a pink T-shirt that says ‘Protect Trans Kids’ in white font.
Photo of a pineapple style quilt block made with purple, pink and red fabrics along with a graffiti print and light grey houndstooth.
An image of a quilt called ‘La Fin du Monde’ (The End of the World). The design is a big heart made up of geometric shapes in blues, greys and browns on a near-white background.
Photo of a quilt that looks like red lips. Made with grey leopard print fabric and red fabric with black safety pins print. It’s called the Hot Lips quilt pattern.
Photo of a quilt made with graffiti, plaid, check and leopard print fabrics. Trimmed with safety pins around the binding. Label says ‘Libs Elliott Toronto, Canada’.
A photo of legs, covered in traditional style tattoos, on top of a geometric quilt in bright neon colours and a black background. White socks on the feet say ‘No Fun’ in black letters on the toes.
A poster with geometric designs that reads “Generative Threads - Un langage de programmation pour génère des designs. When a programming language generates quilt designs.”
Photo of a white English bulldog’s face. His eyes are closed and his tongue is sticking out just a bit. He is resting on his human caretaker who is in love with him.
Digital mockup of a quilt design in reds and greens.
A photo of a kaleidoscope style quilt top made up of stripes, curves and triangles. Colours ranging from black, blues and greens to pink, yellow purples make up the composition.
A digital image of a kaleidoscopic quilt with many curves and triangles in a variety of blue, pink and white fabrics.
Photo of a heavily tattooed woman looking very proud in front of a quilt top that looks like a digital representation pixels and strips of cellular automata but made with fabric. The dominant colours are reds and pinks with some yellow and turquoise, black and grey sprinkled in.
Digital image of a geometric design in pink, purple, green, blue and orange.
Digital image of a quilt design with quilt blocks that use many different geometric shapes and curves. The quilt is coloured in cream, grey and three blue values.
Digital image of a geometric design made up of triangles and squares in different sizes and coloured with black, white, grey, pink, hot pink, turquoise, purple and acid line.
Photo of an English bulldog named Gus. He has white fur and his big, brown eyes are staring into your soul via the camera.
Digital image of triangles of different sizes in black, grey, pink, purple, blues and acid lime.
A photograph of Libs Elliott standing on the right while holding up and gesturing to a quilt made of random triangles in black, grey, white and pink.
A photo of a white English bulldog standing under a quilt and looking up for treats.
Digital image a a geometric quilt design in black, white, pink. Blue and yellow.
Photo of a dark human figure standing in front of a monolithic building entrance to the seed vault in Svalbard, Norway. A piece of art glows blue at the top of the vault doorway. It’s very dark due to polar night.
A photo of a colourful kaleidoscopic quilt made up of many curves. Coloured in reds, purples, pinks, blues and yellows.
A digital image of a quilt made up of squares and triangles in neutral tones from white through black.
A square digital graphic made up of black, white, grey and green triangles. The image was randomly generated with Processing code.
A photo of part of a pineapple style quilt, made with trips of black, white and bright colours. The machine quilting adds a layer of bumpy, soft texture.
A photo of two leather wallets with geometric designs etched on them. Small scissors and felt peek out of the top left one. A business card peeks out of the top right.
A quilt made of geometric shapes in black, olive green, light pink, light grey and acid yellow. The quilting is done in subtle, straight, vertical lines.
A landscape of deep blue sky and snowy mountains. In the foreground, there’s a wooden structure with stairs, a walkway and a pirate flag.
Two quilts on a white wall. The quilt on the left is made up of black, white and blue triangles. The quilt on the right is black and white tripes. There is a black bench, two cushions and a striped handbag below the striped quilt.