Traditional to Packrat Quilter

For the January meeting, the Lincoln Quilters Guild  speaker was Roxann O'Hare.  Roxann is a past president of our guild, and co-owner with her husband of the Cosmic Cow in Lincoln and the Udder Store in Seward.  Both stores are fabrics shops and filled with inspiration.  It was a delight to hear Roxann talk about her quilting story, because I have admired her work and passion for quilting and creating over the years.  It's always fun to see the first quilt and it's shown above.  Roxann created her first quilt in 1978 and it's a batik quilt. 

The most recent quilt Roxann has made is the raffle quilt she made for our guild.  It's called, Black, White and Bright All Over. It will be raffled off this coming May 2012.  It really is colorful and was made using MANY partial seams.

The quilt, Anywhere USA, Roxann made for her husband.  It's a beautiful quilt!!!

This quilt was made after a friend of her son took his own life, and Columbine School shootings.  There are shell casings sewn on to the heart.  The words of the song, If It Were Up to Me, by Cheryl Wheeler is printed on the panel in the heart.  It's really a quilt that makes you feel emotion and is very meaningful.

The inspiration for this quilt came from Ruth McDowell. 

I loved this piece below.  It shows what you can to do to bring life to some fabrics that weren't so great.  Just by adding the strips of circles it really gave the fabrics a new look.

In this quilt, Roxann used thinly sliced pieces of a tree branch to add nature to this quilt.  Roxann loves nature, flowers and circles.  It's part of her style.  Roxann believes in following rules, BUT she also thinks you can bend the rules when designing and making quilts.

It was fun to hear Roxann talk about her quilts, I have to say I saw Roxann in a new way.  It was great to hear one of our own members talk about quilting.  I'm glad Roxann had a weak moment and agreed to give a presentation.  I really enjoyed it!!