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When I was six years old, my maternal grandmother taught me how to sew my own clothes. Sewing was an on-and-off again hobby for years, usually when there was some need in the household (new curtains or pillows). I began quilting when I made a double-wedding ring quilt for my best friend's wedding and a new happiness was found. Whenever I sit down to sew, I recall generations of women before me doing the same and feel inter-connected into the web of existence. The hum of a sewing machine is a kind of meditation, and the creation of something concrete and beautiful, or at least interesting, fills me when I am otherwise drained.
I have recently begun a series of art quilts, like "Transgress." These quilts are not meant to warm beds, but to warm walls. For more information on art quilts, go to Quilting Arts magazine online. Note: I am not as good as the artists featured in this magazine, but I admire their skill and commitment to their art.
This is the full scale version of "Transgress," pieces of which are the banners of this site (used with permission from my little one). I made this for my daughter's 12th birthday to honor her transgression of social norms. Aside from multi-colored hair and her signature Converse (an old pair of which is featured in the quilt), she had the nerve to ask a boy out on a date. Gasp! Imagine the drama that ensued as her classmates determinedly argued that girls definitely, definitely cannot ask out boys. Oh, the horror! My response was to make this quilt to encourage her to always be full of color in a black-and-white world. It was created using purchased all-cotton fabrics and batiks. The edging of the footprints was done in metallic thread, and the words constructed of hematite and glass beads.
To see more of my quilts, please go to my Quilting page.