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Sandra Mollon
Sandra started in traditional hand out in Spring of 2021.
appliqué 20+ years ago, and She notes, “It just about killed my
eventually it morphed into artistic desire to do another traditional
and realistic touches with lots of quilt, so a few years ago I began the
embellishment and different media process of learning to do art quilts
coming into play. The quilt from photographs.”
“Seasons of Life,” a traditional Sandra worked hard to develop the
Baltimore style original design realism in her quilts in order to do
took the “Outstanding Large Quilt” the water with hand dye
award at Road to California this techniques which gave her the
year - a major award, and won flawlessly smooth painted
the “Best Movable Machine Large graduations as well as pieces with
Quilt,” at Spring Paducah, a more deliberate textural lines,
purchase award. This quilt will similar to what she saw in the
now be in the care of the American moving water. pencil and surprisingly enough
Quilt Museum in Paducah KY for Sandra also used media she was for some people - oil pastels.
generations to come. already using in the Baltimore These have really helped Sandra
Sandra is currently writing a book Album process—Ink, including the to add touches of detail, change
for C &T Publishers about this silk little jars of All Purpose Ink and values (even values of dark to
album quilt she designed, due Fabrico markers, as well as coloured lighter), and shading, of course.