Quilters Quotes

9 quotes from 4 authors

Quilters weave stories as much as fabric, and their words echo that same patience and creativity. In nine quotes from four seasoned stitchers, you’ll find thoughts on tradition, improvisation, and the magic of a riff. Whether you’re a maker or a curious observer, the insights resonate.

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Nobody starts out a perfect quilter.

Sandra Dallas

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Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk…

Jennifer Chiaverini

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When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship…

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work…

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit,…

Kirby Larson

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I think, writing-wise, I am probably more of a quilter than a weaver because I just get a little scrap here and…

Rich Mullins

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In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set…

Jennifer Chiaverini

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People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters…

Jennifer Chiaverini

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Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes,…

Jennifer Chiaverini

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