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Anne made her first quilt in 1972
- a big, heavy, tied jeans quilt. Anne's second quilt
in 1973 was a baby quilt - embroidered blocks on cotton duck
fabric and bound with commercial bias tape. She
started a hand piecing project after that - her first UFO!
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Quilting then went on the
back burner for the next 15 years or so. During
that time, Anne was not idle, she did lots of other
handwork - cross stitch, crewel embroidery, needlepoint,
knitting, crocheting, clothes sewing and pattern
drafting. She returned to quilting in 1991.
Her daughter graduated from high school and headed
off to college, so Anne subscribed to all the quilt
magazines, joined Quilters Anonymous and a satellite
group, started making quilts and hasn't stopped since. |
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A trip to Hawaii in the early
90s introduced Anne to Hawaiian quilting, appliqué and
hand quilting - still favorites today. Anne does
much of her appliqué on the bus as she commutes to work.
Yes, Anne has a full-time job but still manages to find
time for plenty of quilting. The job is necessary
in order to buy fabric. |
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Anne's quilts have won many
ribbons at the Quilter Anonymous quilt shows, the Evergreen
State Fair and even at regional and national shows (thanks
to all her friends for encouraging the entries).
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One of Anne's early quilts,
Amanda's Graduation Quilt, was the Washington winner in the
Land's End - Good Housekeeping 1996 All-American Quilt
Contest. Its slide and contest entry are now in the
archives of the American Folk Life Center at the library of
Congress. Wow! |
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A more recent quilt, 4-Block
(Reduced) won a third place ribbon at the IQA show in
Houston in 2006 and a first place ribbon at The Appliqué
Society national show in 2007. |
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Unlike some of the recent
speakers at QA, Anne does not believe in only working on one
project at a time. She always has many project going
on in various degrees of completeness. |
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The quilts displayed here
showcase Anne's quilting journey, from the seventies to the
nineties and now on into a new century. Enjoy! |
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