WELCOME........
TO THE CYBER HOME OF THE ORPHAN QUILTER!My name is Tricia Lynn Maloney and I am an author, designer, and quilt instructor.
My first quilt book, ORPHAN BLOCK QUILTS: Making a Home for Antique, Vintage, Collectible, and Leftover Quilt Blocks, published by Krause Publications, was published in September 2010.
I've also been featured in McCall's Quilting and Quiltmaker magazines. I am a regular contributor to Quilter's World magazine and will have quilt designs featured in several upcoming House of White Birches books. Additionally, I am a beginning fabric designer with Northcott Fabrics.
Currently, I am beginning a new book project with Kansas City Star Quilts. The new book is projected to be out in July 2013. Interested in following my journey as I put this book together? Check out my BLOG!
This is my book!
ABOUT THE ORPHAN QUILTER:
I made my first quilt (I fondly call it "Big Ugly!") in 1996 and my sewing machine hasn't stopped humming yet. I had always been interested in quilt history and antique quilt items, but my world really changed in 2006 when I went to a local garage sale and suddenly found myself the astounded owner of a large collection of antique and vintage quilt blocks, tops, and fabric. Of course I had to do something with those orphan quilt blocks -- so I made a quilt. And then another and another until I decided that I had to write a book about giving orphan quilt blocks homes in completed projects. Orphan quilt blocks, of course, are simply any quilt blocks not already part of a completed project.
This is me!
