About EllenEllen is an award-winning quilt maker who loves sharing her passion for innovative design. Her students have described her teaching style as "relaxed and enabling." She inspires others to find their own creative voice by veering off the paths labeled safe and correct.
Ellen's work has been featured in national, regional, and local publications. She is also the author of several quilt patterns featuring her original log cabin designs. Ellen has been on the teaching faculty for many conferences and symposia. She has lectured and conducted workshops for dozens of guilds from the Carolinas to California. Her work has received over 60 awards and she has exhibited in over 30 galleries in the US and Canada.
She attended Northern Illinois University as an
education major. Ellen lives in Charlotte NC with her husband Bill. In addition to her quilting interests, Ellen owns a small antiques business and collects vintage textiles and buttons. But most of all, she loves to make people laugh.Artist's StatementI create bright, contemporary quilts as well as those with more personal themes. My work is mostly intuitive and often created from unusual thrift store fabrics, bits from my vintage textile collection or my handed-dyes. No one has ever called me normal nor is it one of my life goals. I've purposely avoided taking traditional classes in design, preferring instead to follow my heart. I want my quilts to have a quality of being truly my own. My quilts speak for me. They are my voice. I hope that one or two will speak to you, touch your heart or even make you laugh.
My greatest joy comes through teaching. I've been so blessed and inspired by the fabulous quilters I've met along the way, many of whom remain good friends to this day.
Hold on My Heart...Throw Me a Lifeline
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