Barb Mortell is a textile artist who has been making colourful studio quilts for over twenty years. A stitcher since she was five years old , she now makes quilts that are pieced and quilted one by one, and are all original designs which develop as they are being constructed. She loves to combine colourful and visually exciting fabrics and finds inspiration in the accidental friendships that occur in the collision of unexpected bits of patchwork. Her quilts are intended to be viewed as paintings, but could keep a person warm in a pinch.