Just a smidgy of what I do in the way of story quilts and that doesn't count the hoochy piecing or flower power fun

Since so many people are new to me and to my blog, I thought I would show a few things that I do and make the point that I am a story quilter. I teach others to do a story quilt about who they love or what they love and what matters to them. I do this because in 80 years, someone will look at what you do and what will they know about you from the quilts you make? These quilts are a diary of sorts about our lives and who and what we love. The dog above is "Betty" my Grandkids lab. I did a quilt about my Grandson and Betty needed to be in it.

Below is a figure off of my fabric that is out now by Benartex and my email address is Lattegirl so it made sense to put her in there.

Above, my Grandmother was a cowgirl in South Dakota and so it was a fun subject to do a quilt about.

I teach a workshop called Hoity Toity Houses and you piece these large houses and leave room to put people in the windows and doors and animals on ledges and it is a ton of fun.

I taught in New Mexico a couple of years ago and I ended up doing the largest quilt ever. There were so many wonderful stories there and people that were beautiful of all shades and well, it was just a fabulous place with fabulous color!

This lady is a mix of Freda Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe. It is loaded with crystals, buttons and milagros

This lady lives in a garden of color, stratas and fun. Her dress is made up of one of my fabric lines from Benartex...I love how the fabrics look together

I love angels and I wrote a book about quilted angels in 1996.

I loved both of my Grandma's who were both very different and lovely in their own way. The quilt has a little description of my Canadian Grandma who lived with very little but made such lovely meals and  gave such wonderful hugs, I never realized she wasn't rich.

My husband working in the garden.
If you would like to learn more about Story quilts I have a book available now called "Out of the Box" that is how to's and stories and creative ideas on how to get out of the box. July 11th I have a new book coming out with a friend named Mel McFarland (a really creative and fun friend) that is called "Out of the Box with Easy Blocks." Martingale is the publisher. I teach workshops all over and you can see my schedule and other things on my website at Marylouweidman.com
I am updating the store and will have my fabric on there soon as well as my new book.
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