Kimberly Childs

Quilt Art

"My life has been a patchwork creation. Consequently, it seems apt that I work with pieces of fabric stitched together to make a whole cloth. I grew up in environments as diverse as a Kentucky farm where I watched my Grandmother quilt to an English boarding school where we were taught fine needlework. Is this why I love to combine silk and denim in my art quilts?"

"In 1985, amidst the pressures of my psychotherapy practice, I took a quilt class and knew immediately I had found my passion. That was my first and last traditional quilt: from then on, I have stretched the boundaries of fabric any way I could conceive." Kimberly finds nature a never ending inspiration. Trees, with their deep roots and strong lines have been a continual subject.

Currently, dancing figures dominate her quilt art which she creates with fabric she dyes herself. "My work is about joy and humor, delight in our environment and our marvelous bodies which contain our magical five senses."

website: KimberlyChilds.net