baby anne quilts

I began quilting about 3 years ago. I can't pinpoint the moment when I decided to try to quilt. As an art historian, I began to be drawn to the history of quilts. I found them fascinating: blankets are used every day by all economic and social levels and the craft of quilting turned this ordinary object into a work of art with powerful symbolic meaning.

So, when Karl asked me what I wanted for Christmas in 2004, I told him I wanted a sewing machine. And in January 2005, with the help of a how-to book from JoAnn's, I taught myself how to quilt. It took six months to finish my first quilt and I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed the process (once I figured out each step). But still, I didn't expect I would ever make another one. But when my brother-in-law suddenly got engaged...I was suddenly picking out a quilt pattern for a wedding gift!


My very first quilt!!

Nearly three years later, Karl and I are living in Germany and I found myself with a lot of time on my hands. When we moved here a year ago, I planned to do a lot of quilting with my extra time, but when I discovered Etsy a few months later, I realized I could do a lot more with my quilt hobby! After a couple of months of emails, a phone interview, and some fees, I got a new visa in my passport giving me permission to own a little online business...

Introducing baby anne quilts!