Archive for the ‘Pillars of My Quilting World’ Category

Mentors Make Us

My college education began at a conservative Lutheran pre-seminary program at Concordia College in River Forest, Illinois.  After a disappointing experience in high school geometry, I abandoned my dream to be an architect, and my singular focus became what we called “the ministry.”  From 2nd to 8th grade, I attended a day school of the […]

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Gifting Smokehaus Rose

Posted by ewquilts on November 12, 2018 in Inspiration, Pillars of My Quilting World |

After returning from my exhibit in France, I decided it was time to retire a few quilts out of my collection and from public exhibition.  It is such a thrill to be able to gift these quilts to people who’ve played a formative role in my life, creatively or otherwise.  One of these people is […]

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My Quilting Family

Posted by ewquilts on June 29, 2012 in Pillars of My Quilting World |

Over the years, I have had the chance to meet and become friends with so many wonderful people through quilting.  They are one of the greatest rewards of over fifteen years of quilt making.  I’d like to honor and recognize them in this photo gallery.  When people ask me how I learned to quilt, I […]

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