Creative Nudge – Many Faces, Many Quilts

This beautiful quilt "This Many Faces,
This Many Cultures" is from the recent Festival
of Quilts in Birmingham. The artist who made this multiple portrait piece is
Rita Dijkstra-Hesselink, who lives in Holland.

I felt that this piece
reflected the growing international
popularity of our
beloved art and craft – Quilting. Around the
world so many people share a love of fabric and sewing, but when they are
exposed to the joys of quilting, they can't help but be captured by the
pleasures of patchwork and fiber arts.

Do you remember the moment you
were captured by the quilting bug? I do! It was 1990…and I had left the
fashion industry and moved back to Colorado to raise my young son. (who is now
22, and graduating from college in December!)

One day I was browsing
through the magazines at a supermarket,
when I came across a group of quilting
magazines. As I picked them up and began leafing through the pages, the hair
on the back of my neck stood up. I knew in that moment, that this was what I'd
been looking for.

As I took classes in local quilt shops to learn about
the terms and
techniques of quilting, my background in garment
design and construction, and my love of fabrics and color,
all came together in a glorious whirlwind of creative
delight. I felt I'd found my place where I belonged, and the wonderful
quilters I met those years were welcoming and generous.

Quilters are all
about giving, and we know that many of the quilts you make are meant to shared
with others. Be sure to stock up during our Labor Day
Sale this week – so you can take advantage of our bolt ends and overstocks
for the upcoming season of
giving.