Fiber Artist, Linda Tucker
Category: Place To Do in Thomasville
Tucker is a retired K-5 teacher with 39 years of experience. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Ohio University, a Master’s from the College of Mt. Saint Joseph, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maine in Augusta. She has spent her entire life creating in all kinds of media. She is currently a 7-year member of the Cotton Pickin’ Quilters, a local Thomasville quilting group, but it was sixteen years ago that she decided to make her first quilt. Basic ½ square triangles - and she was self-taught. Since then, she has probably made close to 40 quilts. She enjoys volunteering and is very involved in making charity quilts for the Tree House and Halycon Home. During COVID, she made over 2,000 masks for Archbold Memorial Hospital, independent doctors, neighbors, friends, and family. Her quilt reflects her love of Thomasville and how much it has to offer. She plans to use 38 different fabrics and an appliqué process to tell her story.
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