I was really excited to meet Susan Brubaker Knapp at the AQS show in Paducah.  First off she is a fiber artist, quilt pattern designer,  and teacher.  She is also a columnist for the Quilting Arts Magazine.  Her peacock feather quilt is on the cover of the current Quilting Arts magazine, along with a great article, “Focus On Line”.  Those of you who know me well, understand my instant desire to meet her–I’m kind of into peacocks myself!

What I was really excited to learn was that she had a quilt, “Pink Petal Party“, that was a semi-finalist in the AQS show.  Best of all, she did all her machine quilting on her Bernina sewing machine.  She is eager to point out that you don’t have to send your quilts out to a long-arm quilter.  Many of us have a machine that can do the same quality of quilting, as long as we are willing to learn the techniques for quilting with your home machine.  Check out the interview in front of her quilt.

Susan also has a book, Applique Petal Party,  that features this quilt.  If you are interested in developing those machine quilting skills, be sure to check out my class on Meandering Methods!

Still Passionate about Peacocks!  Linda B.