I design and create one of kind quilts out of clothing. My goal is to give a piece of ancestrial history to follow the generations into the future. My purpose is to mend the heart that knew the soul, one stitch at a time. My sister Barbara showed me the joy of quilting in 1998. But my Texture of Life quilts unfolded to me in 2005, when a young girl of 16, who worked for us,was killed while riding an atv four wheeler. She left behind a one year old little boy, who will never feel the texture of her. I had never made a t shirt quilt before and all the quilts I had made up to this point where from patterns. But I felt a need to give this little boy something to sleep with at night. So I asked this young girls parents if I could have her t shirts. They said yes and sent me two bags of clothing. In the bag where jeans with her handwriting on them, t shirts, socks, hats, pajamas, and sweat shirts. I was feeling a little overwhelmed knowing that I had to use everything. I began by sitting down with the clothing and separating them. When I was done I had made 3 quilts for this little boy. One was made from her flannel pj's and fleece, with a hat on the back so that he could run around with a cap. The 2nd was made of her t shirts that had great sayings. Like, Born an original, Don't Die a copy, Unconditional Love, Smile it confuses people, You are Special, and many more. The 3rd quilt was made up of all her martial art clothing. She became a martial art instructor after her child was born.
