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Sunday, September 20, 2015

FINDING MY VOICE

I started quilting a long time ago.  My first little pieces were quilt-as-you-go place mats in a log cabin style that I found in a Woman's Day magazine.  The next ones were some pillow covers in another women's magazine in the early 1980s.  I did not think I could attempt a really big quilt then.  It wasn't until the late 80's that I made a bed size quilt for my daughter and son-in-law from Eleanor Burns pattern called "Love Knot".  This quilt was queen size and I quilted it in straight line quilting on my home sewing machine.

I am a self-taught quilter and it wasn't until sometime in the 1990's that I finally took a class or two to learn what it was I had incorrectly taught myself. (smile)  I have continued quilting since then.  I was a hobby quilter for about 5 years and then decided to expand this into making a little money and I began teaching classes.

Recently, I was invited to do a special exhibit for AQS QuiltWeek Chattanooga and share about 30 of my quilts in "Finding My Voice".  It was a wonderful experience and I was thrilled to meet so many great quilters who came by to see my work.




In the next posts I will show the quilts from my exhibit.

-sandi


4 comments:

  1. Aha! I will link to this post when I blog about you. Do you really have a frog pond?

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    1. Yes, Mary, I really do!! In fact, I have two ponds in my back gardens and they have an abundance of frogs in them. I am going to do a series to this blog all next week.

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  2. This is an excellent follow-up to your AQS exhibit. What a treat to see so many of your quilts all hung together! Absolutely lovely.

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    1. Thank you, Karaquilts!! There will be four more posts coming. I am so glad you came to view the exhibit!! Treasure our friendship.

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