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Fiber Artist
Linda Salitrynski is a fiber artist based in Painted Post, New York, whose work explores color, texture, movement, and intuitive composition through quilting, stitching, hand-dyed fabrics, and mixed-media surface design.
Originally trained in music and business, Linda earned an Associate’s degree in Music with a concentration in violin before completing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and advanced graduate studies in taxation. While her academic path was diverse, textiles ultimately became her true creative medium.
Since the early 1980s, Linda has studied extensively with nationally recognized quilt and fiber artists, including Nancy Crow, David Walker, Hollis Chatelain and Caryl Bryer Fallert. Their influence helped shape her evolving artistic voice while encouraging a spirit of experimentation and fearless exploration.
In 1987, Linda founded Country Keepsakes, a quilting and fiber arts business specializing in fabrics, quilting supplies, hand-dyed textiles, and creative materials for fiber artists. Over the years, her work has received numerous national and international awards, including Best of Show honors.
Artistic Process
Linda approaches fiber art much like a painter approaches canvas — layering fabric, thread, color, texture, and surface design to create richly expressive compositions. Some works begin with carefully structured concepts, while others emerge intuitively through improvisation and discovery.
Her practice moves between two primary approaches: pieced work and improvisational fiber art. Her pieced quilts often explore dynamic curves, rhythmic line, and densely quilted surfaces using commercial and hand-dyed cottons enhanced with rayon and trilobal threads. Her improvisational work embraces spontaneity and experimentation, incorporating paints, yarns, embellishments, foil, Tyvek, and unexpected materials.
At the heart of Linda’s work is a deep belief in creative freedom and curiosity. She views the artistic process as an evolving conversation where intuition, experimentation, and even mistakes become essential elements of discovery. Unexpected outcomes are not failures, but opportunities that often lead the work in exciting new directions.
Inspiration
Linda draws inspiration from the world around her — color, sound, movement, texture, nature, architecture, and the layered visual patterns of everyday life. Even away from the studio, she considers herself immersed in the creative process, constantly observing and absorbing visual experiences that later emerge in her work.
This ongoing practice of observation and “daydreaming” fuels her artistic vision, providing both solutions and new possibilities. For Linda, creativity is not something switched on and off, but a continuous process of exploration, imagination, and transformation.
Workshops & Commissions
In addition to creating original fiber art, Linda teaches quilting and fiber art classes designed to encourage exploration, play, and creative confidence. She also welcomes inquiries regarding commissions, exhibitions, and teaching opportunities.
Explore more about Linda's current Workshops & Lecture offerings.
Country Keepsakes: Fiber Arts Materials & Supplies
Linda is the founder of Country Keepsakes, a fiber arts small business she established in 1987. What began as a quilting business has evolved into a resource for fiber artists, offering hand-dyed fabrics, quilting and fiber art supplies, and creative materials for makers at all levels. For more than 35 years, Country Keepsakes has also featured Linda’s signature line "Nightingale Colorworks" of hand-dyed 100% Pimatex cotton fabrics. The business also offers silk dupioni, contemporary cotton fabrics, cotton batiks, and a carefully selected range of fiber art supplies.
Country Keepsakes continues to serve customers both online at CountryKeepsakesOnline.com and in person at quilt shows, exhibitions, and fiber art events.
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