Welcome!

 

*New work and Double Wedding Rings on Exhibit

at The Festival Of Quilts 

Visit the website shop!  ...or my NYC Store!

*New~ Pre-Order Autographed copies of

MODERN QUILT MAGIC!

VFW Quilts NYC Store: 325 West 38th St. Suite 811

Mon- Thur 10-1pm, Friday  12-6pm 

July-August we are closed Saturdays, Saturday Hours Resume Sept. 9th

 

 

 Looking for a class? These spots are filling fast!

Upcoming classes!

 

 

VIDEOS!

A full page of all the quilty info you crave!
Watch Victoria on Sewing With Nancy! PBS!
 
Watch me on Double Wedding Rings: Sewing With Nancy here online:
EPISODE ONE: CLICK HERE
EPISODE TWO: CLICK HERE
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My books are available in my SHOP. Click here to buy a signed copy...

 

 

 

About Victoria

Me? I had fine art training and am a painter at heart who has sculpted, still does photography and basically isn't happy unless I am making something. I've always known I'd become some kind of artist but to my surprise QUILTS became my greatest passion...
I grew up in Minnesota. My father is a farmer with an upholstery business and my mother sews and is generally a creative person. Her mother, my grandmother, was an avid QUILT maker and her QUILTS have inspired me all my life. To be a little girl buried under her warm quilts during the Minnesota winters was wonderfully comforting. As I grew I was transported into the world of color by the color in her crazy QUILTS and as I got older I used my sewing abilities in my art, which was frowned upon at the College of Visuals Arts in St. Paul for being "too crafty". 

 

After I graduated, I focused all my efforts on my art and moved to New York City in 1994. Starting out in NYC was intimidating and expensive, so I always had my sewing machine handy to whip up a few skirts for work. I painted furiously, had a few shows, but in the end, I kept coming back to sewing.

In 2008 I saw a popular quilting blog online and I thought "Hey! I can do that" and here I am.

My approach to QUILTING  is very much the way I draw. I use warm up excercises to get me started... 15 minutes at a time...

15 minutes of "play" and inevitably a QUILT idea emerges.

I love QUILTING for myself and I love QUILTING for other people. It makes me very happy to be commissioned to make a QUILT for someone who I know will cherish it. A QUILT I have made keeps me attached to the people who live with it and that, besides my loving family, brings me the greatest joy.

 

If you are interested in having me come to speak or do a workshop on my process and techniques, please click HERE and submit the REQUEST form.

-Victoria