Welcome to Cackleberry Quilts
Thank you for stopping in to visit Cackleberry Quilts. One of the first questions that everyone asks is "What is a Cackleberry?" I grew up on a farm in Western New York named Cackleberry Farm. When deciding on a name for my quilting studio/business I went over many names but nothing really grabbed me. One morning I thought "Cackleberry Quilts", going back to where I started. Later that same day two different people contacted me with the same name. I thought that was too coincidental and decided to go back to where I learned to sew and appreciate fabrics and fibers. My mother was the one who named the farm and, though she is gone now, I know that she would be happy knowing that Cackleberry still lives on. By the way, Cackleberries were the product of the chickens that we raised and I delivered those eggs door to door with my father at a young age. I was known around the area as the "little egg girl" throughout elementary to high school.
This site was set up because of the repeated requests from friends and family to see the art pieces and quilts that I was working on. Before this, when I was asked where they could see the quilts the answer was always "Come to my home and I can show you". This is a very poor response to their question so I am endeavoring to use this venue to show the quilts and keep you aware of what I am doing with my art.
What I do is really two parts. I do custom longarm quilting on a Gammill Classic machine. All my work is free motion with some ruler work. The other part of what I do is my "art quilts". I do thread painting and quilting to create art pieces. Using my regular domestic sewing machine as the paint brush and the thread as the paint, I create these art pieces. When you learn the technique of thread painting you can bring that into your regular quilting. You can add that special embellishment to what was a very traditional piece. I tell students before the class starts that we will be following NO rules. This makes it so freeing.
This site was set up because of the repeated requests from friends and family to see the art pieces and quilts that I was working on. Before this, when I was asked where they could see the quilts the answer was always "Come to my home and I can show you". This is a very poor response to their question so I am endeavoring to use this venue to show the quilts and keep you aware of what I am doing with my art.
What I do is really two parts. I do custom longarm quilting on a Gammill Classic machine. All my work is free motion with some ruler work. The other part of what I do is my "art quilts". I do thread painting and quilting to create art pieces. Using my regular domestic sewing machine as the paint brush and the thread as the paint, I create these art pieces. When you learn the technique of thread painting you can bring that into your regular quilting. You can add that special embellishment to what was a very traditional piece. I tell students before the class starts that we will be following NO rules. This makes it so freeing.
