The Dragonfly Gallery’s “Artist of the Month” this joyful month of June belongs to none other than Louise Coombes, expert designer and maker of quilts.
Louise Coombes is an active and beloved member of the Aroma Hills
Artisan guild. Give her three paper plates and a string and she will create a Lamborghini …OK, that’s an exaggeration. Just give her all your old ties and she will
create a masterpiece quilt—no lie. The possibilities are endless.
Louise Coombes discovered quilting in 2005, and was fascinated by
all the different techniques that may be employed; the more complex and
intricate the better! She began making quilts for clients in 2009 when friends
visited and made the request, and around the same time she discovered that
local quilt stores needed someone to make quilts for non-quilting folks who
walked in requesting quilts to be made for a variety of occasions, including;
weddings; graduation; memorial or simply “just because”, and so Joyous Quilter
was born. Aided by specially designed computer software, she designs unique
quilts for each client; T-shirt quilts are ever popular but, of particular
enjoyment, was a recent request for a sack full of neckties to be made into two
wall-hangings. One of her quilts, “Fair Ribbons”, was made from a huge box of
4H ribbons and was featured in a National Quilting magazine earlier this year!
Louise enjoys the prospect of a new challenge and has made quilts
and wall-hangings from all manner of things; clothing of all descriptions,
photographs, the aforementioned 4H ribbons as well as machine embroidered words
and embellishments. She is even planning a project to incorporate her own
wedding dress and her hubby’s wedding suit, along with photos of the occasion
and a variety of embellishments from the day, into a wall-hanging – Wedding
Planners take note!
Inspired by the wonderfully talented and encouraging Aromas Hills
Artisans group, of which she has been a three year active member since moving
to the beautiful (and cooler!) environment of Aromas, Louise is also planning
to work with Interior Designers to move into what is perhaps perceived as more
‘artistic’ wall-hangings, representing landscapes or abstractions....or
whatever!
Visit www.joyousquilter.com for
stories and pictures of all her quilts in many Galleries.
To see Louise Coombes’ work in real life, visit the Dragonfly
Gallery at 380 Blohm Ave., Aromas, CA
831-224-888
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