{"id":33987,"date":"2016-10-16T05:36:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T12:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=33987"},"modified":"2016-10-13T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T21:26:40","slug":"freddy-moran-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/freddy-moran-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddy Moran Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freddy Moran -http:\/\/www.santabarbaraquilting.com\/images\/freddy-1.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end of July, I went to a Freddy Moran lecture at the San Francisco Quilter’s Guild. I am not a member, but they do get good speakers, so I try and go once in a while.<\/p>\n

End of July? I know. This post has been laying around for awhile.<\/p>\n

I like Freddy’s work because it is bright and I like her work because of her collaborations with Gwen Marston. I have heard her speak a few times and have dozens of quilts from the books<\/a> she has written on my “to make” list. Actually, I want to make quilts as bright as hers more than I want to make the actual patterns. She inspired me to use dots and colors as neutrals.<\/p>\n

Freddy is getting quite old (approaching 90) and her husband died last year, which sent her into a tailspin. She talked about the changes in her life affecting her work and methods in the lecture.<\/p>\n

Freddy started out her quiltmaking “career” with a sampler quilt, but didn’t feel she was very good at the technical aspects of quiltmaking. She didn’t start until she was over 60 and her kids were grown, which she thought was part of the issue. At some point she made a house block and that sent her off in the direction of multiple house blocks. She made a number of house quilts and found that bright colors were what she liked. She doesn’t think she is particularly good at technique and now doesn’t even sew much.<\/p>\n