Quilter's name???

Nov 25, 2007 21 Replies

Help! I am trying to find a quilter who has been on Simply Quilts and other shows and I have forgotten her name and can't find her online anymore. She makes scenes with beautiful women's faces and fanciful fabric. The hair is gorgeous as I recall. The faces are quite realistic. Many of her scenes are of fairies or women in wild or fantastic feeling places with wind blown looks. She said she makes her scenes by lying a piece on the background and if it works, she just pins it in place and goes from there.... no making patterns or whatever. The faces are painted. She is incredible. And now I can't think of her name or find her.



Anybody?? Sunny


Her work doesn't sound familiar to me, but I'd love to see some of it. I sure hope somebody posts her name so we can all check it out. Sounds really cool!

Leslie (2:40 a.m. and I just finished baking the goodies for after our church service- in a few hours... Whew!), Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

I don't think she has been on SQ but she makes wonderful things. Christine Fries

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She makes scenes with beautiful women's faces and fanciful

Hi MB, this isn't the artist I'm thinking of, but you're right ... Christine Fries makes beautiful things.

Sunny

Is that the lady with long blond hair and a gorgeous figure and uses fusible web a lot? Is it Sherry something? Hmmm

Sharon (N.B.)

Could it be Bonnie McCaffery?

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is herwebsite and she also does excellent webcast interviews with otherquilters. Her Quiltfest webcasts are great too, keepers in my book. Maria in NE PA

Would it be Cindy Walters who created Snippet Sensations??? Go here and have a look:

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This is the lady I was thinking of when I replied earlier.

Sharon (N.B.)

Lots of good sites, but none are the woman I'm thinking of. She is older, sort of blondish, silvery hair. She was just phenominal. And for some reason i think she may have passed away recently. But maybe not.

Anyway, I will keep looking. Thanks

Sunny

I'm wondering if it was Julia Halpin. If not here's an archived list of the Simply Quilts programs. Maybe if you go through that it will jog your memory.

Val

ooooooooooops..........forgot the link to the archives, sorry :\

I found her on the archives of Simply Quilting. Thanks for all the good information. More quilters to check out.

Sunny

You found her?? Well, who is it??? We wanna know!

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

You found her! Well spill, girl, spill. Desparate inquiring minds have been following this thread waiting to find out. LOL

Karen, Queen of Squishies

I believe she said it was Joan Colvin. It was in another heading.

Could this be the one?

Episode QLT-657 Fairy Tale Quilts Zylpha Siudara, I think she was the oldest guest that Alex had on her show. I don't think she did the fairies - I remember that episode but can't seem to find it listed. Bonnie NJ

It is Joan Colvin, but now I have to look up Zylpha Siudara.... no idea what the gal does but you've roused my curiousity Bonnie.

Sunny

Christine Fries does amazing work -I have seen it in real life at the Vermont quilt show. And, even better, I get to take a workshop with her (next weekend as it so happens). This will be a wonderful break from the house renovations we are currently doing!

Allison in Montreal

MB wrote:

I've always loved Joan Colvin's work. I have a couple of her books, too. But she doesn't have any of those beautiful woman type quilts on her website??? Or did I just not see them- other than the one beautiful redhead looking at the shipwreck? Her nature quilts call to me, but I'd love to see the ones you referred to as well. I sure wish I could do that kind of work..... maybe someday I'll work myself up to that skill level. Well, gee, I can hope/dream, can't I? LOL

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

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