Last weekend my best friend from high school was in town for a visit. She brought everything she needs with her- her family and her artwork. So, while her husband and son are lovely people, it turns out that I only photographed Heilbron and her artwork. Heilbron has been making wonderful creations for as long as I can remember and it seems to me that working with fabric, she has found her medium. Her quilts are stunning.
In this photo you can see the work that went into creating this design, which she calls her starry night pattern. Heilbron explained that she cut triangles and then stitched them together into hexagons which use the motif to create a new pattern. It is evident that she enjoys math and playing around with geometry, but she seems to greatly enjoy discovering how some of the more subtle parts of the original design can become more dominant in the process. I think she is a human kaleidoscope which creates and then freezes the best combinations and stitches them into place to share with others.
If we are lucky, Heilbron will begin to sell some of her quilts on etsy. She is in the early stages of getting her business started. I know she will soon have some incredible handbags and super squishy and safe bookbags for little kids with lovely applique designs in her etsy shop, called ArtisanalLife.
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