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Working and playing with fabric has always been my passion. I started as a dressmaker/designer. I experimented with cloth and pushed the dressmaker technique envelope. I went beyond the pattern. When I discovered the quilt I was fascinated that large cuts of fabric could be cut into small pieces of fabric, mixed together with other seemingly unrelated fabrics, then sewn together to make one strong visual statement. I was in heaven. Currently, my variations of the string quilt not only push the quilting envelope, it redefines it. I lean towards the rich colors of African prints, tie dyes and batiks and the textures of hand woven African textiles. I integrate them with other fabrics, threads, and embellishments sewn to create a fluid visual flow. I use techniques that enable me to mold and sculpt the fabric into multi-dimensional pieces of art.

I have a lot of fabric !

Red sand Yellows Browns and Beiges Black and White
Orange and Yellows Purples and Blues Silks

 

Lately I’ve been having conversations about how much is enough, are we fabric addicts, or fabricholics, and when do you have too much?

My reply is usually, you will know when you have to much. Too much for one is not enough for another. As far as being a fabric addict, or

fabricholic, or having stashes, these all  sound so illicit. I am an artist, a fabricologist, a collector of fabrics,  a cutter of cloth.  I use my fabric,

It makes me extremely happy, and it make it makes others happy as well.

Peace and Stitch,

Candace




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