The Spring 2012 issue of NQA’s Quilting Quarterly arrived in my mailbox last week. It spent several days sitting on my desk before I opened it. Emblazoned across the top of the page 9 says “Quilting with No Fear,” and below is a picture of me. Oh, dear! Me? No fear? I try to be brave. I try to approach my art without fear, but I definitely haven’t arrived! In fact, over the last several months, I feel like my feet have been captured in concrete and I can’t break free. I have an idea in my mind, but [ ... ]
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Apr 11
2012
The Spring 2012 issue of NQA’s Quilting Quarterly arrived in my mailbox last week. It spent several days sitting on my desk before I opened it. Emblazoned across the top of the page 9 says “Quilting with No Fear,” and below is a picture of me. Oh, dear! Me? No fear? I try to be brave. I try to approach my art without fear, but I definitely haven’t arrived! In fact, over the last several months, I feel like my feet have been captured in concrete and I can’t break free. I have an idea in my mind, but [ ... ]
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Jul 15
2010
Today Dawn Goldsmith of Subversive Stitchers:Women Armed with Needles discussed traditional and modern sampler quilts, and she featured my quilt, “In Answer to Prayer.” This quilt was my very first original quilt, and also my first quilt featuring a person.
I first realized that quilts could include people after seeing the work of Charlotte Warr Andersen. Drawing people and portraits have always been my favorite subject matter, so it was exciting to be able to put my two interests together. Seeing Charlotte’s quilts prompted me to want to experiment. “In Answer to Prayer” was the result. This [ ... ]
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