Becky Wolsk wrote to us today and sent some images of textiles to which she has added words! Being a writer and a quilter, it is a natural thing to do!
Becky Wolsk is a writer who is based in Washington, D.C. She states that she “moonlights as a quilter and vice versa.” She reveals that she began integrating writing and quilting through cloth books that she calls “patchbooks.”
This messages superimposed on these black and white fabrics are: 1) “Flurry of paper clips,” and 2) “Letters on keys unlock mysteries.”
Patchbooks allow her to stitch together words, pictures, and fabric, “so each page doubles as a patchwork quilt.”
In a quilt titled, “Time Heals All Bones,” she uses “handwritten captions and raw-edge applique to make a conceptual connection between quilt-stitching and bone cells stitching back together after an ankle fracture.”
Becky is currently writing The Text Isle Patchwork Cookbook, which she is illustrating with patchwork and applique. She plans to publish it in 2011. The online home of her cottage industry is www.textislepatchwork.com
For her essay-lists on the intersection between writing and quilting, please go to this link in particular:
http://www.textislepatchwork.com/Library_of_Lists.html
We are pleased to feature Becky’s work here. To see more of Becky’s examples, please visit her website!
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
