2018 Featured artist - Susan Hondros
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I cannot tell you how honored I am to be chosen as the Featured Artist for West Sound Quilters 2018 “Coming Up Roses” Quilt Show.
While I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, Kim, I fell in love with a baby quilt pattern and wanted Great-Grandma Lyda to make it for me. I was given a beautiful handmade quilt when Kim was born. I got bitten by a quilting bug. I am a self-taught quilter, who hones her skills involved in making every mistake possible in quilting, a fact that humbles me, and a love of learning new quilting techniques. I started quilting 36 years ago, after giving birth to my youngest daughter, Becky. We were in Germany, it was cold and snowing outside. When my girls were taking a nap, with a cup of tea, I picked up a needle and thread, and my stash of fabric scraps left over from sewing my girls’ clothes. I still prefer hand-piecing and hand-quilt. Fully believe that quilting rules are made to be broken. The main thing is to have fun and relax. It’s a work of art. |
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After buying a house in Port Orchard in 1985, a year later I looked at a quilting magazine and was thrilled to see that there was a quilt show at the Ben Franklin store. I went there and was warmly greeted by small group of seven ladies, Crazy Quilters. Jane Wood was President at the time and had started the Port Orchard Quilters Guild. We were all sitting around a quilting frame, and were working on a “Sister’s Choice” raffle quilt. Craving participation in the sacred sisterhood of the fiber addicts, I became a member.
The Crazy Quilters passed around quilting books and magazines. A Guild Library was born in 1988.
During the summer of 1989, I taught my girls how to put the pieces together as I wanted to enter a quilt at the Puyallup Quilt Show, only to find that Kim sewed a piece of fabric to her skirt. I still look back and laugh.
I have been retired for almost 4 years and still enjoy my grandchildren. I taught my oldest grandson how to sew and cut fabrics. It’s amazing how you can create a bond that way.
I still find pleasure to be a part of the West Sound Quilters’ Guild. I also belong to two mini-groups, “Hoop-Dee-Dos” and "Piecers of Grace”. I feel very blessed to be a part of the Guild and groups who we share a bond and gift. The gift is that we share our love of quilting.
The Crazy Quilters passed around quilting books and magazines. A Guild Library was born in 1988.
During the summer of 1989, I taught my girls how to put the pieces together as I wanted to enter a quilt at the Puyallup Quilt Show, only to find that Kim sewed a piece of fabric to her skirt. I still look back and laugh.
I have been retired for almost 4 years and still enjoy my grandchildren. I taught my oldest grandson how to sew and cut fabrics. It’s amazing how you can create a bond that way.
I still find pleasure to be a part of the West Sound Quilters’ Guild. I also belong to two mini-groups, “Hoop-Dee-Dos” and "Piecers of Grace”. I feel very blessed to be a part of the Guild and groups who we share a bond and gift. The gift is that we share our love of quilting.