Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion - Top Stich, Joan Frantz


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Danish-born Joan Frantz began quilting five years ago when a friend introduced her to the rotary cutter. “A sucker for gadgets, I quickly became addicted to working with fabrics and cutting them up,” says Joan, who lives in Fort Myers, Florida. When one of her first quilts required a tricky gradation of colors, she signed up for a fabric-dying class and now dyes virtually all of the fabrics she uses in her prize-winning quilts. “I sometimes use acrylic and oil paints, foil, and beads to further enhance the surface.”

“Firebirds,” made with hand-dyed cotton and silk, reflects the vivid hues and lush vegetation of Florida’s western coast. “I was inspired by the Bird of Paradise plants that grow in my own garden,” Joan says. “When the sun lights up the flowers, they look like they’re on fire.”

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