At our last quilting guild meeting, quilt artist Linda Schmidt came for a visit and it was simply fabulous! She brought dozens of quilts to talk about and gave us some insight into how she creates her works.

One of my favorite thing about Linda’s quilts was that she said she likes to make the backs as interesting as the fronts. All of her designs were original creations and she’s won many major awards for her quilts.

After viewing quilts of this caliber at Road to California last month, I felt right at home with Linda showing us her amazing work. Everyone around me kept saying, “I could never do that!” I had quite a different reaction. Mine was, “I can’t wait to follow in her footsteps!”

Lord of the Rings Quilt

This was my favorite quilt that she displayed. She told us how she made it for her teenage son. She created the middle part of the quilt, showed it to him and his response was, “Where’s the rest of the story?” So she created the individual scenes as side borders. It was truly a work of art.