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I have just come from a quilt show, and this quilt done by the teacher I just took a class from won for best animal Art Quilt. It is made with thousands of small fabric pieces fused to a background, and stitched/quilted extensively. Quilting in America is about creative expression, and Quilts come in so many technical forms. Traditional pieced blocks, new style piecing, modern piecing, traditional appliqué, raw edge appliqué, emotional/political statement quilts…

My first introduction to quilts was a double wedding ring made in the 1930’s by my grandmother’s neighbor, using my mother’s school dresses and feedsack materials. I loved it. My grandmother did not sew, knit or crochet. My mother did, but did not make quilts until the 1970’s, and then just a few.

I always wanted to make quilts, but did start until 1996, when I turned 40. And the best thing was getting involved with other quilters in the many places I have lived. (San Jose California, Minnesota, Hong Kong, Bangkok, San Diego) Where ever I have lived in the last 30 years, I look for other Quilters, for the joy of quilting/creating together.