There is a force within me that must create. It speaks to me, inspires and motivates me. For twenty years  this energy had been directed towards fabric and thread, resulting in quilts and quilted clothing.

With the new milennium I have felt the need to move away from what is considered "traditional" into the realm of fiber art. This wonderland of avant garde creations beckons me like an enchantress.

While learning daily, new techniques, new ways of thinking and approaching my art, the challenge tempts me. I hope to present work that offers good design, composition and colorplay in the arena of fabric and textiles.

It is the creative process, the 'doing' of it, that gets me out of bed every day.
The feel of fabric and thread, the touch and glimmer of beads, the visual pleasure received, is my reward.  To paraphrase Georgia O'Keeffe, " ...the idea of filling a space in a beautiful way", that is my goal.

Linda Harshbarger
Tangerine Sky Studio
October 2006

Linda Harshbarger attended Western Michigan University and Auburn University as an Art Major.

After several years of raising two sons, and home sewing she directed her creative forces into quilting in the early 1980's.

Initially self-taught, ala the trial and error method, she later benefited from  lectures, seminars and classes at the American Quilters Society shows in Paducah, Kentucky.

She has taught a "Quilting Basics" class through the Outreach Program at Auburn University.

Her quilts have been displayed in Huntsville and Montgomery. Also nationally in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Missouri and California.

In 1988 her quilt, The Last Supper, won first place in the Pieced/Innovative category at the QuiltersHeritage Celebration in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
"Seize the Day", a quilt completed in 1992, was selected as a State Winner in the Coming Home with Lands'End  Second All American Quilt Contest.
Consequently being put on permanent record at the Library of Congress by

The American Folklife Center. It can be accessed at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/

A wall quilt, "Infinity", is featured in America's Best Quilting Projects, published by Rodale Press.

Since 2000 she has turned her interest from traditional quilting to fiber art and surface design.Her fiber art has been shown in Auburn, AL,  Mobile, AL,  Athens,GA,  and in the "My World in Black and White" tour in 2003.

Linda is a charter member of the Cotton Boll Quilt Guild of Auburn/Opelika.
A subject of biological record in "Who's Who in American Quilting" First Edition - 1996
Member Studio222, Auburn, AL
Member Surface Design Association

Linda and her husband, Fred, currently reside in Lee County, Alabama.