Meet Batya

Who I am

I love quilts. My family and I live in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Firmly middle aged at 43, I still feel the wonderment and the delight of a child! (My twin sons see to that!!)

I am a wife, mother and a daughter. Singer. Story teller. Quilter. Chef. I am a scientist and an artist. Photographer. I laugh, cry, tell a few jokes, wipe a few tears. I am WOMAN!

My philosophies of living

EVEN Being a "creative" person, it is difficult to express my awe and appreciation of the world that G-d has given to us.

• The world is not a "random event." Cherish it and all that is in it!

• Be holy in all actions. Even folding laundry can be an exercise in praising the Creator! (For example: Thank G-d I have a washing machine and don't have to beat clothing on a rock in the middle of a frigid river! Thank G-d I have active boys to whom I have the privilege of providing comfort and clean clothes!)

• If it's no fun, why bother? So... make every action count!

• Greet every person with a pleasant smile!

• Don't take myself too seriously!

The types of quilts that excite me

Color, texture, movement. New ideas, new ways of using fabric. To categorize it, call it ARTQUILTS. I love it how people can put together fabric and create space where there once was none. Or thought. Or feeling. I love the ... possibility.

Beautiful stitchery (machine-made or by hand). Exotic choices of fabrics and colors. Choices of surface embellishment. Careful work. Loving expressed in fabric.

I admire the work, love and tenacity of the quilters who produced the lovely, old-fashioned appliqued bed quilts, the ones that immediately shout QUILT to the uninitiated. You know - the faded greens and reds on a white background. But that's not my style or taste. And the less said about Sunbonnet Sue....

Why fabric?

Fabric is womanly.

It's not trapped in a single form, but is pliant, drapeable, fluid. It's colorful, yet is translucent and solid at the same time. It's touchable, begs to be touched, has a visual as well as a tactile texture.

It's collectible and portable. It promises the excitement of the hunt, chasing down the perfect purple, dreaming of the ideal background fabric. I can carry it, nuzzle it, feel it and smell it. I can cut it, shred it, paint it, trade it. What a medium!

Fabric is organic. From the cotton boll to the bolt, it's a product of the earth merged with technology. Fabric is also traditional. Women have woven it and worked it for millenia. That's one of my connections.

Last update: 10 May 2001

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