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My Story:

As a kid growing up in Michigan, my favorite things were drawing something, reading something, and listening to music and, so far, nothing has changed. It was only after majoring in economics in college, marrying, and having three kids that I’d let anyone see any of my artwork. After receiving an AAUW grant when I was about fifty, I enrolled at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas and proceeded to take only art and art history classes for four years – I couldn’t get enough of it.

My main interest at the end was sculpture, which was a little impractical to continue, and weaving. After moving to Hilton Head, I was introduced to quilting and have loved every minute of it – mostly because it involves drawing and design, and, of course, handling all of those great fabrics. If I make one quilt about dancing I usually do two or three more. The same with chefs (there are three) and Egypt (three), etc.

My hope is that the viewer will have as much fun looking at the quilts as I did in making them.

Marilyn Taylor

HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES:

	CHEESECAKE WITH MICE Wes suggested that as long as I was doing chefs I should do one with a fancy cake. Cheesecake just popped into my mind so, of course, it had to have cheese on it…..and what’s cheese without mice? So we have a happy chef and happy mice!
AFRICAN DANCERS My husband suggested that I do something African and musical with these wonderful fabrics.
	HAS-BEEN This entertainer, like so many, has stayed around way too long. I wanted this to look somewhat pathetic – but cute!
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC As often happens, I was just doodling and something suggested these figures dancing, so I put them in this romantic setting.
	OZ It was fun to do a quilt that might appeal to children because of its familiarity and variety of characters.
START These three kids appear in three of my quilts just because I like their faces and school seems to be the place to put them. Nobody seems to notice that the little boy on the left is cheating!
	TRIO I love musical performances of any kind and, alas, can only dream of being a part of it. This was the first of several “musical” quilts.
IN THE MUSEUM AFTER HOURS It always looked to me like Egyptian figures were going to jump off the walls any minute – and sure enough!
	DREAMIN’ I found early on that reading can take you anywhere you want to go and I’ve always loved it.