What Would You Think of a $75,000 Quilt?

Mary Emma Allen — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:55:17 +0000

William Lehman, at Artist Hideout, called my attention to his post about renowned quilter Nancy Crow. He had discovered a story about her in his local news which told how her rather accidentally become involved in quiltmaking when she discovered she couldn’t realize her dream of becoming a potter. She was allergic to clay dust.

So Nancy turned to quiltmaking and her work now brings prices between $8,000 and $75.000.

When I became involved in qultmaking again in the 1970s (I first quilted with my grandmother at age 8), Nancy was starting to make a name for herself. It has been exciting to watch her become, over the years, a very well-known quiltmaker and author.

In a world where often the quilter and fabric artist’s work isn’t appreciated monetarily as it might (unless you do this yourself, you don’t know the time, effort, and ingenuity involved), it’s gratifying to know someone can be recognized and rewarded for their creativity as Nancy is.