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"I consider the technical processes involved in constructing a quilt to be very satisfying. I like hand painting the fabric, dot-by-dot, stripe-by-stripe, and have no desire to employ timesaving printing processes. I like cutting out the fabric and seeing the little stacks of shapes waiting to be sewn together. Somehow, the orderliness of the activities involved in quiltmaking are comforting even though the end product—the quilt itself—is not used for physical comfort."
"Each of my quilts is a study in light. I like to play with color gradations, using hand-dyed and commercial fabrics. The surface paint not only creates a random pattern but also helps ease the transition from color to color. I am inspired by landscape views and vistas, fields of anything, all the quilts I've ever seen, and looking at my boxes of colored material. I like all that pattern; I like the way it moves. It's like the background buzz on a TV screen, without form or meaning. To me, that shimmering quality is the mark of a successful quilt."