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I F Y O U C A N S TA R E AT A
PIECE FOR LONGER THAN FIVE
SECONDS, THEN YOU'VE DONE
S O M E T H I N G R I G H T. . . B E C A U S E
IT'S INTERESTING ENOUGH
T O M A K E P E O P L E S T U D Y I T.
- Judy Short

Among her finished pieces is a bold quilt with artdeco flair.
"A few years ago, a friend handed me a bunch of
scraps - pieces leftover from her quilt. She knew I'd
have an interest in them- because she knows I'm a
little crazy," Short chuckled. "She kept giving me more
scraps. In the end, I had a shopping bag full of colorful
little pieces. A few months ago, I decided to see what I
could do with this pile of wonky triangles."
After randomly placing them together, she found her
desired combination by adding neutral bits to create balance.
"It actually looks like a sheet of music to
me," she said. "I call it 'The Beat Goes On.'
It has a rhythm to it, and it tells the story of
how I do what I do."
If a picture is worth a thousand words,
the same can be said for her quilt designs.
Stand back, let your eyes roam the fabric
and you will see a story emerge.
"If you can stare at a piece for longer
than five seconds, then you've done something right," she said. "Because it's interesting enough
to make people study it."
Since moving to The Villages nearly a decade ago,
Short has made friends and joined several clubs to share
her fervor for fabric and color, such as The Quilting Guild
of The Villages - a club with around 1,200 members.
In her quilting room and all around her home, you'll
find wall quilts, framed quilts and quilts neatly draped
over sofas. And by the look of her handiwork, you'd never guess she was the girl with the poor grades in home
economics.
"It was the worst grade I ever got in school," she said,
laughing. "During the semester when we had to sew,
most people made an apron or something practical. I
chose to make a white sharkskin coat with bound buttonholes and lining and a chesterfield collar. Nobody
told me to try something simple."

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