{"id":33813,"date":"2020-11-12T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T20:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=33813"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:56:18","slug":"black-sheep-quilts-customized-designs-can-be-unique-gifts-of-art-for-any-time-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/11\/black-sheep-quilts-customized-designs-can-be-unique-gifts-of-art-for-any-time-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sheep Quilts Customized  Designs Can Be Unique Gifts Of Art For Any Time, Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33846\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33846 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/11\/black-sheep-quilts-hc-sm.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"692\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This quilt was made by Adam Hoffman of Black Sheep Quilts to memorialize former EDC Warren County CEO Ed Bartholomew. It was done at the family\u2019s request, made of Bartholomew\u2019s ties. Courtesy Black Sheep Quilts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Susan Elise Campbell<br \/>\nBlack Sheep Quilts LLC founder Adam Hoffman, turned a passion for fabric art into the business of crafting custom quilts for gifts and occasions of all kinds.<br \/>\nHoffman grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country, where one could be accustomed to seeing quilts hanging out on the line and where people go to purchase hand-made items, he said.<br \/>\nHis great grandmother was a quilter, but he didn\u2019t put needle to cloth until 2020 making patchwork corduroys for himself. He enjoyed making baby quilts and bedding as gifts. But it was the popularity of his original t-shirt designs that people took interest in. He wore some of the designs while tending bar and people started to inquire about them.<br \/>\n\u201cMy shirt was a conversation starter and that is good for a bartender,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHoffman began to make shirts with logos, faces of band members, and other custom designs for clients. Then New York non-essential businesses went on pause because of the pandemic and Hoffman\u2019s career as a bartender came to an end.<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cI was a pre-school teacher for 17 years and a bartender for three,\u201d he said. \u201cNow I\u2019m a quilter. I don\u2019t call myself an artist, but what I am doing is art.\u201d<br \/>\nThe art comes out of working with the client and asking questions to get a sense of why the quilt is being made.<br \/>\n\u201cEvery quilt tells a story,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy I am making the quilt is in the design every step of the way.\u201d<br \/>\nThe business is operated out of his home.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t have to rent space or stock fabrics or dyes,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no overhead working out of the home with a family of four and a couple of cats. Quilts are all over the kitchen table and on the floor.\u201d<br \/>\nSocial media is a key marketing aspect.<br \/>\n\u201cSocial media is a challenge for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI had to be convinced to sell myself. But I\u2019m always thinking about it.\u201d<br \/>\nAnother challenge is convincing people why his quilts might be considered expensive.<br \/>\n\u201cEven a small quilt can take 20 to 30 hours to make, plus the cost of fabric and backing,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nOftentimes fabric is provided by the client. One gave Hoffman her dog\u2019s bandanas and he memorialized the pet by making a small quilt for her bed.<br \/>\nOne particularly large memorial quilt has captured the attention of the press. It is an oversized quilt made from the neckties of the late Ed Bartholomew, former president of EDC Warren County and mayor of Glens Falls. Bartholomew, a renowned and popular official for many years, died in July.<br \/>\n\u201cEd\u2019s widow, Maggie, had donated all of his clothes to charity, but she somehow had not parted with a big bag of his ties,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cWhen we talked about what the end result should look like, Maggie said, I\u2019ll leave that up to you.\u201d<br \/>\nHoffman took apart every single necktie and separated the backing, the lining, labels and stay loops in the making of the quilt.<br \/>\nFor more information blacksheepquilts.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan Elise Campbell Black Sheep Quilts LLC founder Adam Hoffman, turned a passion for fabric art into the business of crafting custom quilts for gifts and occasions of all kinds. 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