Category: A Quilter’s Story

Veteran achieves quilting dreams

Six years ago, Daniel Burgess, a young Army Staff Sergeant, would have never dreamed of life as a professional quilter. How drastically life has changed since his deployment to Afghanistan in August 2011 is a testament to the belief that you should never take a day for granted.  And, the new life Burgess created is proof that blessings can be found in the most tragic of situations.

Family Quilts

With three young children and a large family farm, quilting has given me a career I love that still allows me the flexibility to enjoy time with my family. Now, quilting has become an activity I can even share with my children

Tiger

Kris Vierra has been a quilter/seamstress for more than 20 years, and a professional longarm quilter for 9 years. She teaches at national shows and guilds across the country, and has won numerous national awards for her machine quilting skills over the years.

Madonna

Brittany Bowen Burton designed and pieced this gorgeous quilt. It started out as an improv quilt but turned into this beautiful representation of “The Madonna.” When Brittany brought me this gorgeous quilt and asked me to custom quilt it for her I immediately knew that I could have so much fun with the machine quilting!

The Lost Quilts

By Karen Sievert Gammill Quilt Artist TheNiftyNeedle.com Count your Blessings, not your woes It’s a saying I’ve heard throughout my life but it took a tragic event for me to realize how truly blessed I am. On September 16, 2016, shortly after putting on my pajamas, my daughter noticed smoke coming into the kitchen from… Continue reading The Lost Quilts

Tie Quilt

By Patricia Coleman Hudman Facebook.com/Melody.Hill.Quilts HudmanHome.wix.com/MelodyHillQuilts The Beginning of Melody Hill Quilts For the past 14 years, I’ve been sharing my love of quilting with clients. My Mother and I began our business, Melody Hill Quilts, together in 2002.  We work as a team, with her piecing the tops and me at the Gammill longarm… Continue reading Tie Quilt

Hexieperplexie

Return to A Quilter’s Story Homepage A Quilter’s Story By Georgia Stull Featured Quilt: Hexie Perplexie   I have been a seamstress since my junior high years. I learned a lot from my home economics teacher, Mrs. Shiverdecker, but mostly, I learned by trial and error. Through the years, I enjoyed making some of my… Continue reading Hexieperplexie

Outta the Loop

Return to A Quilter’s Story Homepage   Outta the Loop A Quilter’s Story By Karen Marchetti Gammill Quilt Artist Eyvonne Smith and I decided to do a collaboration quilt. We decided on the “Elements of Nature” pattern by Jacqueline de Jonge but decided to modify it. I convinced Eyvonne we should draft out the pattern… Continue reading Outta the Loop