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Glenna Arkens
I took sewing in 4-H, high school and college.
Quilting entered my life
while I was a District Manager for JoAnn Fabrics - that's about 30 years ago. I
taught "Quilt In A Day" demonstrations in my district and learned how to quilt
from books. Along the way, I honed my quilting expertise by taking classes from
local and national quilting teachers. Off and on over the years I have also
painted. Right now I am painting in watercolors.
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Because of my artistic inclinations, one of my specialties is machine drawing. I
create a realistic picture from photos and make a quilt from my subject.
I do this by cutting out and fusing pieces of fabric unto a base cloth. Then I
"free motion" stitch around all the pieces.
Finally, I sandwich batting and backing fabric behind my picture and machine
quilt the three layers together.
I do machine
drawings of flowers, lighthouses, fish, animals, houses and landscapes.
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The compliment I hear the most is "you certainly can put colors together." I
love color. Since I make wall hangings out of photos I take, most of my subjects
are their natural color, but I tend to lean to the cool side of a palette.
Greens, aquas, blues, and purples are usually used as borders and bindings. I do
try to make a brown hanging once in a while just for a challenge.
Quilts 'n Stuff by Glenna is located in a 'turn of the century' house on 14th
Street in Escanaba, Michigan. My husband is a retired Private Investigator and Claims
Adjuster - and my computer expert along with Amber Lippold.
In my shop I carry art quilts, pillows, accessories, pins and notecards of my
work. I also have quilting fabric (lots of batiks), hand dyed:
thread and wool. And of course I have my newest invention, the "perfect miter
binding by Glenna" tool (to help with getting nice flat mitered corners on your
bindings).
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