“Peter held a little bit of magic in his hands: a completed sweater, warm and soft, but most importantly, a reminder of his late wife. She had begun the sweater for him in 2011 but passed away in 2013 before she could complete the project. Beate, his daughter, safeguarded the partially finished garment for years,…
Category: Craft
Piecework – The Quilts of Gussie Beatrice Arnold Hill
The quilts hang from the ceiling, colorful and some so massive that I wonder how their maker used them. Fully covering a king bed, perhaps? Cloaking an entire wall? Mrs. Gussie Beatrice Arnold Hill designed her quilts to be functional, Anjali Austin explained at a reception celebrating her grandmother’s works at the Florida State University…
PieceWork Magazine – Inspiration at the Audubon
Wander the exhibits at Audubon’s Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida, and you might find Lauren Austin quietly sketching or observing, gathering inspiration for her next quilt project. As the center’s Artist in Residence, Austin readily incorporates birds into her work—even X-rays of their broken bones! Austin made her first quilt at age…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 