Architectural Quilt Challenge at the Gibbs Gallery

This quilt was made in 1998 as a special challenge for the Cobblestone Quilters in Charleston South Carolina. The challenge was to collaborate with an Architect to design a quilt with an Architectural theme and construct the quilt from Architect's design. My Architect was Bryan Whitley, and he chose the Stained Glass window from the Circular Church on Meeting Street in Charleston. Elements of the architecture of the church were incorporated into the borders. This quilt and several others were part of a 3 week long exhibit at the Gibbs Art Gallery in Charleston. The name of the quilt is "Trinity Windows" and it is 36"x48" and part of a private collection.

Early Quilts - traditional

This little quilt was inspired by Komiko Suto's pattern "Antique Radios". I fussy cut the fabric and was just trying to center the wheat fabric, and I got a surprizing result - the quilt stared back at me in a sinister fashion. The quilt is 17"x21" and was sold to a private collection

The Quilt Studio

After many years of dreaming and planning, I now have a studio in which to make my quilts. My husband and I created a wonderful work space in a large portion of our unused attic/area over the garage. We spent hours working on just the right plan, custom designed the furniture for it and took 5 months from start to finish to build this space. The result is a delightful room, with lots of light and user friendly space. We made use of the area under the sloped roof to put a bank of cabinets, backed with cedar to protect the fabric that is stored inside. We designed a new way to add recessed lighting to a sloped ceiling and are thrilled with the results. Please take a look at the pictures of my now favorite room in the house.