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I’m sitting here surfing some of my favorite web-sites and missing Beverly Maxvill. I heard from a friend that she passed away a couple of weeks ago from Breast Cancer. Another lovely women lost to that terrible malady. Her cancer went undetected because she had no medical insurance. (Don’t get me started on that subject!)
I’ve been looking forward to seeing her new line of fabric. Its being produced through Benartex. They have an interesting but short bio of her Quilting/Artistic career on their web-site. http://www.benartex.com/page/page/beverly-maxvill-280.htm Check it out. I love her line of fabrics and I wish she were around today to give her a call and congratulate her.
Without Beverly I don’t think I’d be as into quilting as I am today. She was an inspiration to so many of us in the Macomb County, Michigan area. Beverly was our “go-to” gal whenever we had a design dilemma or technical question. She always challenged us to go beyond our current skills, learn new things and try new techniques.
I remember I was working on a large hand appliqued wall hanging and while hand quilting it I cut a tiny hole into the background fabric. I was very distraught about it. She advised to look at it as a design opportunity and suggested covering the hole with a hand embroidered bumble bee. Now its my favorite part of that quilt. The lesson I learned – there’s nothing you can screw up on your quilt that can’t be fixed with a “design opportunity”.
Thanks Beverly! You’ll be sorely missed.
Don’t let Breast Cancer take another creative woman like Beverly Maxvill – http://www.karmanos.org/detroitraceforthecure/index.asp
Beverly’s last days were made more comfortable at the Harbor Hospice in Muskegon, MI. If you’d like to do something in her memory, a donation to them would have pleased Beverly.
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