Meet One of Our Members!
Linda Kurcz is a self-taught sewer who began hand sewing Barbie clothes at an early age and later made doll clothes for American Girl dolls and sold them at area shops and the Country Sampler at Ogden Mall in Naperville years ago. It was making a series of stained glass quilt wall hangings that earned her enough money to buy her first Viking sewing machine. She is now a long-arm quilter who enjoys the fun of scrappy quilts and particularly enjoys displaying a scrappy quilt that was made from the leftovers of many, many doll clothes.
Because her father was in the military, her family lived all over, but she has always thought of Michigan as home. It was there she spent her teenage years and attended high school and college. She recalls that two grandmothers and a few aunts from Pennsylvania Dutch country created many functional bed covers and were a source of sewing and quilting inspiration. It was not until she made t-shirt quilts for her two daughters, that she took an interest in a longarm machine to complete the quilts herself.
It is always an idea or technique, rather than a pattern or fabric, that kick-starts a new quilt for Linda. After she has the idea, she searches her stash to find just the right fabrics to make it work. There are two quilters she particularly admires: Linda Taylor, a long-arm quilter and pioneer in artistic and freeform quilting; and Sharon Schamber, a master quilter who specializes in developing new, fast and precise quilting techniques.
Also a member of the Fiber Art Divas, Linda joined the guild about 2001 at the invitation of friends who were members and has helped in public relations and with Gatherings in the past. She currently enjoys teaching the art of sewing for dolls at an area shop and improving her quilting skills.
Thank you, Linda!
September 9, 2014
Because her father was in the military, her family lived all over, but she has always thought of Michigan as home. It was there she spent her teenage years and attended high school and college. She recalls that two grandmothers and a few aunts from Pennsylvania Dutch country created many functional bed covers and were a source of sewing and quilting inspiration. It was not until she made t-shirt quilts for her two daughters, that she took an interest in a longarm machine to complete the quilts herself.
It is always an idea or technique, rather than a pattern or fabric, that kick-starts a new quilt for Linda. After she has the idea, she searches her stash to find just the right fabrics to make it work. There are two quilters she particularly admires: Linda Taylor, a long-arm quilter and pioneer in artistic and freeform quilting; and Sharon Schamber, a master quilter who specializes in developing new, fast and precise quilting techniques.
Also a member of the Fiber Art Divas, Linda joined the guild about 2001 at the invitation of friends who were members and has helped in public relations and with Gatherings in the past. She currently enjoys teaching the art of sewing for dolls at an area shop and improving her quilting skills.
Thank you, Linda!
September 9, 2014
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