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Featured Artists ~ Lois
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| Our featured artist,
Everett resident Lois Nay, displays an amazing range of
quilting interests and scope of skills in the collection
of her beautiful quilts. |
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| Lois took her first quilt
class in 1981 in Lakeland, Florida, where her husband had
just taken on a new job. Trying to stay in out of
the Florida heat and looking for something to occupy her
time while their new home was being built, she one day
happened to wander into the only quilting and fabric store
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Lois was immediately intrigued by
all the pretty quilts and gorgeous fabrics. Deciding
that she, too, could do this, she signed up for that first
class. The rest, as they say is history....after making
one quilt (which she calls "rather crude"), Lois was hooked. |
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| Moving
to Marysville, Washington in 1991, Lois quickly sought out the
local quilting community. And, she says, her
introduction to the many wonderful quilters, quilt shops,
teachers and artists in this area was quite an eye-opener.
She promptly joined Quilters Anonymous and Camano Island
Quilters, and remains active in both groups. |
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"I'll be forever
grateful for the things I have learned and the friendships
I've made through the quilting community in the Pacific
Northwest", she says. Lois has taken many quilting classes,
with great enthusiasm, and is always among the first to try
out new techniques, new materials, new machines...and new
gadgets: "I have to keep up, you know!" she laughs. |
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Lois has also
studied with some of the most respected quilt artists on the
national scene. A passionate and prolific quilter,
Lois found it a tough task to winnow down her collection to
the representative group represented here. Though she
professes not to create original designs, her originality in
the way of her excellent craftsmanship, her artistry and her
superb eye for color and design is shown clearly in this
vibrant presentation...her spirit radiates from her works. |
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