David Walker is a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lives with his dog, Snicker.

David got his start in quilting twenty years ago. “My first quilting experience was in 1981 when I made a quilted pillow top, just one square, an eight-pointed star. At that time, I was a school teacher by profession (7th grade English and religion—22 years in all) and was a weaver by avocation. I attended a small workshop where I made the pillow top. I had no idea at the time what effect this experience would have on my life.” David’s quilts are non-traditional and largely abstract, including surface embellishments accomplished through the use of sophisticated machine applique techniques. He has, however, done some traditional patchwork quilts. “My first quilts were crib quilts—machine pieced and hand quilted. Now most of my work uses the machine applique techniques I have developed and is hand embellished.”

“Much to my dismay, I have never made a bed quilt and do not own one. I feel much like the shoemaker’s son who had no shoes.”