Yes I am a Art Quilter !!!

When we are at art shows or other special events with our work , for the most part people do not understand or comprehend what we do. They will look at our work and say oh yah grandma did that...or I can do that...and pray tell some could if they tried .   But Art Quilters in my mind are the people who love fabric, and all the treasures that seem to follow them , buttons , beads, trims, yarns and more to "Paint" pictures with.  Now some of us have made or maybe still make traditional quilts , but unless we are doing a Baltimore Album quilt that we designed all the blocks ourselves , most people do not consider it art.

But I feel that anyone who can sit down and take fabric and patiently create colorful functional objects in the pain staking manor to which they are created , and the meticulous details in most.  They too are artists although there are traditionalists that refuse that title.

I love painting with fabrics, now a days you can find so many wonderful textured fabrics that allow us to really think outside the box ,..or take plain fabrics and hand dye them ususally in fun batiky kind of way.
But you can take anything your imagination comes up with and create it in fabrics.

I like doing smaller pieces as I sell my work and prefer people to provide it with a good forever home.
But I also do smaller pieces because even at their size they are labor intensive and I could not sell larger
pieces for the money I would have to charge.

And lets face it unless you live in a mansion with unlimited white walls , large pieces are not going to be a viable option.

So yes my name is Lorri and I am a Art Quilter....let me create for you today...