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"Antique quilts have always been my favorite, and I especially like the contrast of red and green quilts. I designed 'Primrose' in 2002 hoping it would resemble a full size traditional quilt.
I wanted the quilt to have a simple appliqué design, but with more detailed quilting. I designed a quilted vase which seemed to suit the quilt, and I filled each with different flowers. Embroidery was added for embellishment, and the quilting designs were enhanced with trapunto, giving the quilt much relief.
This quilt is all hand made and was completed in three months."Label Type
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"After sewing for many years, the 70's and the revival of quilting brought my sewing techniques to a different level, and a new challenge in my life. I became enthralled with antique quilts, and their traditional beauty, and I wanted to take on the challenge to create one.
I have taken a few classes and lectures, but I feel that I have learned the most over the years through experience, speaking with others, quilt shows, and with very much practice. I'm inspired daily by my surroundings of nature, beautiful birds, and colorful flowers, all of which I dearly admire, along with a love of art. However, I am not able to paint, but using my favorite technique, appliqué, I am able, in my quilts, to express with my needle, the things that I love best.
Working on only one quilt at a time, it gives me great pleasure to design my quilts, then to see my patterns and quilting designs come to life in a finished quilt. Because of its great relief, I enjoy adding trapunto to my quilts, and the tradition of hand quilting has always been my method of quilting. I find it relaxing, and succeeding in finishing a quilt by hand is extremely rewarding.
Above all, workmanship is the most important part of my quilting, striving to always do my very best, and improve each quilt I make.
My first miniature quilt was made as a nice change between my large quilts. Little did I know that they would be much more difficult and time consuming than I ever thought. Because they are so small, when viewed by others, every detail shows, so preciseness is a must. However, after completing my first miniature, the pleasure I felt from accomplishing such a tiny task was quite rewarding, and lead me to designing and creating many others."