Amy Pabst – Meet the Artist


Author and quilter Amy Pabst grew up in rural West Virginia, where there’s a strong heritage of quilting. Her exhibition ‘Micropiecing: Quarter Million’ presents a series of 27 miniature quilts that focuses on the traditional pineapple block on a very small scale.

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Foundation pieced pineapple quilt by Amy Pabst - Meet the Artist
Foundation pieced pineapple quilt by Amy Pabst – Meet the Artist

All blocks are less than 2.5cm, and each piece is less than 3mm wide. Each quilt has thousands of pieces, and the series was considered complete when the total number of pieces reached 250,000. The design sources for Amy’s quilts include antique and contemporary quilts, as well as original designs. 

Variation on pineapple foundation patchwork
Variation on pineapple foundation patchwork

Amy Pabst

Amy is a West Virginia native, discovered quilting in 2011 after finding a book at her local library. Since then, she’s created countless quilts and become a prominent figure in the quilting community.  Amy is a teacher, speaker, and judge for the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, and she actively participates in local and international guilds.  Her first book, Log Cabin: The 100,000 Pieces Project, was published in 2020 by Quiltmania.

Currently, Amy is a full-time fibers student at Marshall University, with minors in creative writing and women’s studies.

Christmas quilt by Amy Pabst
Christmas quilt by Amy Pabst

Filmed at the Festival of Quilts 2024.

For a more inspiration, please browse the ‘Meet the Artist’ collection on my YouTube Channel.

Further reading

If you’ve enjoyed watching this video, you might like the work of Lynne Edwards featured in a video from the Festival of Quilts 2023.

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