Barbara Laverty Escobar
Residing In | Winnetka, CA USA |
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Spouse/Partner | Michael John Escobar |
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Occupation | Fiber Artist, Retired Adult Health Educator |
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Children | Peter Robert Hamilton, born 1969, deceased 1987 Miguel del Arco, 1975 AFS Exchange student son from More… |
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Barbara's Latest Interactions
My artistic drive settled into quilting. It keeps me poor and productive. I have so much fabric yet to turn into cuddlly quilts I can never die. California has been good to me. Got to make props for movies: Wild Wild West, K-Pax, A Little Princess, Primary Colors where director, Mike Nichols loved my banners. Jeff Bridges rang my bell in K-Pax. Kevin Klein pointed out my needle point in Wild Wild West. It was a thrill to go on the studio lots - the best was Warner Brothers.
Seeing the same studio I'd seen in all those Warner TV shows from the 60's. Many of
the quilts are from shows I've done of my work. I teach doll making, ethnic clothing
design, pillow making at Quilt Emporium in Woodland Hills, CA.
I also have read Tarot Cards for a living for over 30 years. I am quite accurate
Need for cash drove me to healthcare work. I retired from Kaiser Permanente after 29 years. I taught smoking cessation, Arthritis Management, and Chronic Condition self-care. I liked guiding my patients to live the fullest life possible in spite of physical maladies. I loved working with my patients who wanted to quit smoking. They had lived colorful lives and wanted to continue living so were willing to give up some vices. It was like hanging out with my family. I brought pictures of the tobacco industry from Kentucky. Many in my family were tobacco farmers... Oh the stories.