Former Beacon Journal staffer Connie Bloom is publisher and editor of the first edition of QSDS Voice, a magazine about quilting on the cutting edge rather than just cutting the edges. Or, as Connie writes in QSDS Voice, “renegade quilt makers.” This is not your great-grandmother’s quilt-making. This group prefers the term “fabric art.”
The QSDS stands for Quilt Surface Design Symposium, based in Columbus. It’s the leading edge of “non-traditional quilt-makers.” The QSDS conference was born in Columbus in 1990 with Linda Fowler and Nancy Crow as its midwives. Tracy Rieger replaced Crow in 2001 and joined Fowler as QSDS’ directors. The mailing address is 464 Vermont Place, Columbus, OH 43201. Go to Connie's website and sign up to receive copies of QSDS Voice.
Connie, once my co-worker in the BJ Features Department, took a Beacon buyout in 2008 and plunged into fabric art. She has a working studio at 111 N. Main Street in Akron, Red Light Galleries (a former bordello), next door to Luigi’s. Call ahead at (330) 472-0161 if you want to meet Connie, who married Bob Shields in 2008 after 10 years of togetherness.
Click on the headline to see the earlier BJ Blog story about Connie’s love affair with fabric art.
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