Sat, May 02
|Bethany Wesleyan Church
Barbara Blackmon-Gussak - Collage Quilting Demo
Barbara draws inspiration from the natural her love of creation with a unique style of realism.
Time & Location
May 02, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Bethany Wesleyan Church, 457 Delaware Ave, Palmerton, PA 18071, USA
About the event
Barbara Lynn Blackmon-Gussak is a fiber artist newly transplanted from Mesa, Arizona to Danielsville, Pennsylvania. She draws inspiration from the natural her love of creation with a unique style of realism.
Her jump into fiber work began in her early teens as she started to create macrame pieces - wall hangings and flowerpot holders. Creating this decorative functional art from fiber was just the beginning. After a creative pause during college and her early career in nursing, her journey led her to Fairbanks, AK where she was reintroduced to fiber arts – this time through quilting. Over the next 21 years, she mastered a variety of quilting techniques before finding her way to art quilts. Her first commissioned piece was her first Collage Quilt: a full sized art quilt of an African Elephant.
She had this first piece appraised and through the process she was encouraged, by the appraiser, to…