TAHAWUS CENTER WINDOWS GALLERY
"Warmth and Beauty"
A Celebration of Five Adirondack Quilters
Luvie Tuller
"I grew up in New Hampshire in a family of eight girls and began sewing
very young, taking hand-me-down clothes apart and repurposing them."
Luvie Tuller,
Essex, NY
"My mother had a treadle sewing machine that she used for making our clothes; many out of flour sacks. I still have her first portable electric sewing machine (left to me by my sisters). I made clothes for my own children until they grew up and refused to wear homemade clothes."
I taught elementary school in Peru, NY, and one year a parent of one of my students volunteered in my classroom and decided that I was a good candidate to become a quilter. She taught me about the new tools and guided me through my first quilt, "Trip Around the World". I have taken many classes since then. Although I make many machine pieced quilts, I love to do hand applique and hand quilting."
Luvie, now retired after a long career in education, and after moving to Essex, NY, continues to quilt and show and sell several original pieces locally. She enjoys donating quilts for local fundraisers.
"When asked my favorite part of making a quilt, I would say that it is seeing what happens when all of those little pieces are put together. It's magic!!"
CONTACT: luvie1939@gmail.com