Meet One of Our Members!
Nancy Lindberg’s quilts, usually composed of strong colors, are whimsical, sparkly, surprising. and beautifully crafted. A look around the walls of her sewing room quickly acquaints a visitor with her imaginative artistry. Her quilt, “Flamingo in the City,” a quilted rendition of Chicago’s Daley Plaza Picasso sculpture, awaits hanging at the quilt show at Rosemont this year. Another glowing work showcases a fractured moon over mountain peaks alive with beadwork. Lizards roam cheerfully on a third fanciful piece that invites a closer look.
Her mother’s treasured and trusty Singer 401 machine, upon which she learned to sew, sits front and center, where she does all her piecing. With a smile, she points out there is no place for hand piecing in the kind of quilting she does, even though her quilts are often built with the use of precise hand applique, beading, and hand quilting. Another machine stands nearby for other more complicated machine work
Growing up in Naperville where her father owned Van Ham Shoes, Nancy first learned to love fabrics from her mother, who was an excellent seamstress, and from her grandmother, an accomplished quilter. It was a natural move from that start to becoming a home economics teacher at Washington Junior High School in Naperville, a position from which she is now retired.
She began quilting after she retired while living in Stockton California, where a friend persuaded her to join the River City Quilters’ Guild in Sacramento. Later she spent some time in Catonsville, Maryland, where she was president of Village Quilters and also headed up their special events program. Since joining RQG in 1997, she has served in hospitality and also as the chair of RQG’s newest opportunity quilt.
Thanks, Nancy.
May 15, 2014
Her mother’s treasured and trusty Singer 401 machine, upon which she learned to sew, sits front and center, where she does all her piecing. With a smile, she points out there is no place for hand piecing in the kind of quilting she does, even though her quilts are often built with the use of precise hand applique, beading, and hand quilting. Another machine stands nearby for other more complicated machine work
Growing up in Naperville where her father owned Van Ham Shoes, Nancy first learned to love fabrics from her mother, who was an excellent seamstress, and from her grandmother, an accomplished quilter. It was a natural move from that start to becoming a home economics teacher at Washington Junior High School in Naperville, a position from which she is now retired.
She began quilting after she retired while living in Stockton California, where a friend persuaded her to join the River City Quilters’ Guild in Sacramento. Later she spent some time in Catonsville, Maryland, where she was president of Village Quilters and also headed up their special events program. Since joining RQG in 1997, she has served in hospitality and also as the chair of RQG’s newest opportunity quilt.
Thanks, Nancy.
May 15, 2014
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