Page 35 - The Digital Cloth Holiday issue 2

I make Art because I must. It is an
integral part of who I am.
I have lived in South Carolina since
being discharged from the Army Nurse
Corps in 1972. I love the early
springs, and could never go back to
shoveling snow and long winters! I do
go back home every year to visit family
and my sister has been very supportive
and encouraging as she comes along with
me exploring the fabric shops in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire. There
is also a wonderful quilting / fabric
shop in Portland, Maine.
In the Fall of 2017, I took a
‘bucket list’ trip to Newfoundland to
visit where my grandparents were born
and raised. I was traveling alone so no
one was inconvenienced when I stopped
at what seemed like every quilt and
fabric shop along the east coast and
all over Newfoundland. It was an in-
spiring trip as I met many accomplished
textile artists and talked with them
about their love of fabric and
dedication to their work. In 2018 I was
fortunate to be able to visit the Quilt
Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts where
there was an exhibit of Susan Carlson’s
work.
I was in a transition period as an
artist. The Charleston gallery that I
had been part of had closed and I was
ready for a new direction. In the
process of researching new techniques