About Julie Luoma...

Check out Julie's contest quilts at the bottom of this page.

I've been quilting for.. Although I've been watching friends quilt for many years, I only started quilting myself last March.

I began quilting because.. I met Margaret Miller and purchased her book, Angleplay, and I was so energized by all of the creative ways to quilt, that I just had to do it.

I learned to quilt by.. asking my friends lots of questions. I research on the internet, and I've taken a couple of classes

My style is.. going to be unique to me.  I like modern and art quilts.  I love to look at quilts for inspiration, but have no desire to exactly duplicate one.  I want my quilts to be an expression of my creativity.

I was inspired by.. my very good friend, Jacque Davis, who has been quilting for about 20 years and she encourages me in all of my efforts.  Also, as I mentioned before, Margaret Miller in her books and classes has set me free to use colors and textures freely and to re-arrange with gusto.

My inspiration comes from.. I went to the quilt show at Sisters, OR and took pictures that I look through quite often.  I also look online at every quilting site I can find.

When designing..  I see blocks or colors combinations that I like and I start playing with them. I'm attracted to.. I love anything blue or bright. My stash.. fits in two medium sized plastic tubs.  I really enjoy completing projects and don't plan on having a big stash.

I belong to.. 3 online groups:  SewingNightOwls (a Yahoo! group) who give me general encouragement in everything crafty; The Quilting Board for answers to every questions and tons of pictures; and Scrappy Quilting also for fun, pictures and answers to questions.

My non-quilting hobbies.. I do machine embroidery and enjoy digitizing my own designs.  Combining embroidery and quilting are really interesting to me.  I also like to read and garden.

I entered Quilt Design Star™ because.. I thought that it would be fun to enter my quilt and see if there were any others like it.  What you should know about me.. I feel like learning to quilt has unleashed a storm of pent-up creativity from inside me.  I look forward to creating and sharing my quilt designs.

50th Birthday Quilt is Julie's Design Star™ entry quilt.

Sunflower Tweeets is Julie's Design Star™ Challenge 1 quilt.

Quiltometry is Julie's Design Star™ Challenge 2 quilt.