Ada Shiela

TQS have today announced the sad passing of Blanche Young aged 96 on 2nd January 2016; I recently sourced fabrics for Navajo from her book Tradition with a Twist 1996 which has been sitting on a shelf until I saw a post on QB 13th April 2015. All sub cutting is done and ready for piecing. RIP Blanche and thanks for your inspiration.

ManiacQuilter2

I had been wondering how she was doing. She lived in Orange County and I got to know her well. She started a quilt guild in Garden Grove. She loved shopping for fabrics at M*&L fabric digging thru the flat-folds. She then moved out to a desert community and then I had heard that she moved again out of state. She was a marvelous women with a good sense of humor and the ability to take the ugliest fabrics and make them in a beautiful quilt. Thanks for posting this information. So many of the women I learned my quilting skills from are mostly dead now. What a talented woman.

Dina

I love her book, Tradition with a Twist. Two of my favorite quilts have been made using patterns from that book, one of those was Navajo! It would have been an honor to know her.



Dina

Onebyone

Oh, I use to live in Garden Grove! I wasn't a quilter then though. Sad I didn't get to know who she was. I do have her book Tradition with a Twist. Who doesn't have it, it's a great quilt book.

Ada Shiela

It was your quilt shown here in April 2015 which aspired me anew to find the pattern and then realized I'd had the book for some time. I hope you'll take it as a compliment to hear that I chose the same beautiful colours as you did.

JustAbitCrazy

So sorry to hear. I have two of her books. (That quilt's on my bucket list.)

Dodie

So sad to hear I was fortunate enough to get to take a class from her at a quilting retreat many years ago
she was a wonderful teacher

illinois

I'm not familiar with this designer. Looking online, the book mentioned doesn't have a picture on the front indicating what might be inside. Are these patterns using the twister rulers? Is there a site with pictures of her quilts?

Trene

I discovered her book when I inherited my mothers stash. I've done the basic blooming nine-patch, and hope to do more of her designs. She was truly a visionary!

equigle5

I found the book on Amazon and you can "take a look inside". It can give you an idea of the type of quilts.