CarolAnne

I was living in Annapolis, Maryland, when Maria Mccormick-Snyder offered a precision piecing workshop all day at her home. Needless to say, the workshop changed my piecing skills.  I saw her quilt Chrysalis...it was completed except for the backing. It was of a glimmering silk construction that was a real beauty and the pattern design was ahead of its time.  This was likely 1978, from my memory.  I was organizing my quilting books today and thought about that great experience.  I was about 27 years of age and I'm in my 60s now.  I have taught this technique to many friends over the years.  I don't know when she passed away....she may have been almost 30 years older than me. Maria changed the American quilting world with her designs that were "outside the box".