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 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, Quiltmaker, and Quilter's World magazines.
My newest adventure is just beginning -- I am now designing quilt fabric for Northcott Silk. Watch for my first collection which was inspired by my book, Orphan Block Quilts.
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!
