Designer   Notes

Ann Hermes

My inspiration most often comes from antique textiles; sometimes from a lovely finished quilt or sometimes from an old tattered fragment. Inspiration for this issue’s appliqué project came from an antique doll quilt in my collection and from a stack of hand-dyed woolens in bright, rich colors. I made the wool appliqué project and my quilting bud Dawn made a direct reproduction of the antique quilt, offering the quilter two distinct choices.

Carolyn Brewer

So many wonderful hymns have made their way into my heart, from a lifetime of singing them over and over. The poetic words repeat and explain the redemptive theme of the Bible. Add to that: little pieces of cotton fabric, small traditional blocks, woolens, a wide variety of threads (cotton, linen, silk, wool), in all different colors (variegated are my favorite), and voila: inspiration!

Michelle Gajda

Last year, my “One Little Word” was "inspire". I spent a good