History of Camelia's Unique Creations
Photo ©Janis Sluder
Pictorial expressions on fabric of
P. Buckley Moss Museum
in Waynesboro, Virginia
During 1992 and 1993, she owned Camelia's Creative Smock Shoppe, specializing in English hand smocked and French hand sewn garments. In 1993, 1994, and 1996, Sew Beautiful featured three of her hand smocked dresses in their magazine.
In 1995, she expanded her horizons by learning to quilt. Camelia is sentimental and it shows in her quilt labels. She feels the history of a quilt is important and upcoming generations should have information and history about the person who designed and created each quilt. Her friends laugh when she works on a label and remind her "the label doesn't need to be as long as a book."
Several quilting articles about Camelia, by Amarillo, Texas
author, Gilda Bryant have appeared in quilting magazines including:
Quilt
World, “Luscious Labels,” January 2002
Quilter’s World,
“TLC For Antique Quilts,” Dec. 2005
Piecework,
“Rescuing Antique Blocks,” September/October 2006
In 2003, Camelia implemented her love of photography, quilting, and writing, into designing and selling quilt patterns.
Her first living history book Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains was published in 2008. Timeless beauty of Virginia's covered bridges, gristmills, rock churches, and historic dwellings have become her passion.
She currently resides in Virginia.