Barb Merritt
Location: Salt Springs State Park
2305 Salt Springs Road, Montrose
Latitude 41.911918. Longitude -75.865277.
From PA-29 in Franklin Forks, turn west onto Silver Creek Road. Go one mile and turn left into Salt Springs Park.
Celebrating Sweet Seasons Collection 3
It’s amazing how time changes us, and yet it is also true that the more we change, the more we stay the same. Since retiring from an exciting and rewarding career as a senior engineering manager in the defense industry, I am more excited than ever to learn and explore new creative pursuits. I joined the Art Tour 5 years ago, and have tried to expand and grow my collections each year.
As a traditional quilter for nearly 50 years, I now spend my time learning new techniques, exploring more creative forms of quilting, and allowing myself to break the rules. I have always enjoyed the mathematics and the science of light and color intrinsic to good quilt design. Most recently I have been playing with the interaction between nature, art and technology.
I love to incorporate ‘real’ flowers in my quilts by using eco-prints and eco-dyed fabrics I have created from the flowers in my garden and woods, truly a collaboration of science and nature. Then reaching back to my very first memories of embroidering as a child, I embellish the prints and create quilted artwork.
I hope this collection of little quilts will inspire others to branch out and try something new.
Barbara Somers Merritt
Sweet Seasons Design and Quilts (on Facebook)
Life is short, try something new! You never know where it might lead!
