VIRTUAL QUILT FESTIVAL SPECIAL EXHIBITS
List as of 9/22/20. More to be added later.
Leafy Applique (96” x 112”) by Kaffe Fassett
Kaffe Fassett: 85 and Fabulous
Kaffe Fassett is the undisputed genius of color. From his partnership with Bill Gibb in which multi-colored, complex knitwear designs became his trademark, to becoming the first living textile artist to have a one-man show at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Kaffe has reigned supreme in textiles, patchwork, needle arts and more for over 50 years. As he reaches a milestone birthday this December, we reflect on his influence which has encouraged quilters across the world to embrace the brilliance of glorious colors and the beauty of bold designs in their craft and into their lives.
Autumn Visit (44” x 32”) by Fengmei Li.
Landscape Quilts
From valleys and volcanoes to mountains to monuments, landscapes often inspire artists, including many in the quilt world. This expansive exhibit will showcase stunning geographical wonders.
Remembering Old Nauvoo (78” x 60”) by Susan McBride Gilgen and Cheryl Paul Styler.
Landscape Quilts
From valleys and volcanoes to mountains to monuments, landscapes often inspire artists, including many in the quilt world. This expansive exhibit showcases many stunning geographical wonders.
Tennessee Autumn (42” x 54’) by Nancy Hershberger.
Landscape Quilts
From valleys and volcanoes to mountains to monuments, landscapes often inspire artists, including many in the quilt world. This expansive exhibit showcases many stunning geographical wonders.
How to Enter Your Quilt:
• Limit to two (2) entries per person.
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD) per quilt.
• Registration closes on May 15, 2024.
• Size requirement: minimum 24”, maximum 94” on a side.
• The piece must be completed between 2021 and 2024.
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A Day in the Garden (38.25” x 48.25”) by Connie Pavlovich.
Landscape Quilts
Sponsored by Taylor Seville
From valleys and volcanoes to mountains to monuments, landscapes often inspire artists, including many in the quilt world. This expansive exhibit showcases many stunning geographical wonders.
Square Pegs (39” x 39”) by Katie Fowler.
Layers of Memories: Katie Fowler
Sponsored by Wonderfil
Fowler’s quilts reflect a lifetime of her fascinations and preoccupations. She enjoys making art about things that capture her imagination like rock stars and their songs, stories, world travel, and fractal geometry. And she’s found her creative delight using fabric, paint, stitch, and scissors. The quilts in this exhibit will spark treasured memories for viewers.
Mary Lu Booker President’s Quilt (67” x 8”) by Sandy Sutton and quilted by Cecilia Hosford.
Lest I Be Forgotten
Curated by Sandy Sutton
This collection of 19th, 20th and 21st Century signature quilts illustrates the many reasons why they were made, including friendship, presentation, commemoration, memorial, and fundraising examples. Many methods of making the signatures are shown, such as stamped ink, signature ink, and cross and running stitch embroidery. The collection includes a wide variety of pieced and appliquéd quilts.
A Star Among Stars (75” x 85”) by O. V. Brantley with Maxine Moore.
Long Time Coming: A Retrospective of O.V. Brantley's Red and White Quilts
Sponsored by O.V. Brantley Quilt Studio,
Brittany Hervey, India Kleeman, Eric Kleeman, and Curtis Mack.
Curated by Tisha Smith
Design source: LaPasagalia pattern by Willyne Hammerstein.
The exhibit features red and white quilts made by O.V. Brantley over a 20-year period. They document her background growing up African-American in the segregated South, her professional career as a lawyer, and her time as a mother. She was also active in sorority life and social justice activism. The exhibit also showcases her collection of red and white fabrics acquired during extensive travels.
Vibrant Kaleidoscope (83” x 85’) by Linda Cooper.
Lost Star
Sponsored by FreeSpirit
Curated by Anne Dawson
By study, replication, and reinterpretation, we pay homage to the anonymous quiltmaker who designed and executed this complex and beautiful antique quilt. Sheila Bishop, who named the quilt Lost Star due to its missing provenance, and her computer-whiz son Grant worked together to create the templates. Anne Dawson then produced an approachable, coherent pattern. Quilting friends rallied, each beautifully interpreting the original quilt in their own way.
Vibrant Kaleidoscope (83” x 85”) by Linda Cooper with Shanie Veenendahl.
Lost Star
Curated by Anne Dawson
By study, replication, and reinterpretation, we pay homage to the anonymous quiltmaker who designed and executed this complex and beautiful antique quilt. Sheila Bishop and her son Grant worked together to create the templates. Anne Dawson then produced an approachable, coherent pattern. Quilting friends rallied, each beautifully interpreting the original quilt in their own way.
Blooming Bright Eyes (19” x 23”) by Lorraine Turner.
Love Comes in All Colors
Sponsored by Silver Needle
Lorraine Turner is a talented artist and animal communicator. The bridge between the Animal Kingdom and humanity reveals a bond that is woven by our heart strings. Through her work as a fabric artist and professional animal communicator, she has connected the threads which continue to bring this clear and consistent message.
Rodeo Clowns (45” x 45”) by Jackie Hillman.
Many Ways to Carve a Goose (Disappearing Flying Geese)
Sponsored by Omnigrid
This exhibit shares the results of Texas quilt artist Jackie Hillman’s 2009 discovery of a dramatic way to add originality to quilts using the traditional Flying Goose block. Her extraordinary quilts show how this versatile block can be split in different ways to create quilts ranging from whimsical to sophisticated.
Copper Pennies (21” x 21”) by Amy Pabst.
Micropiecing: 200K by Amy Pabst
This series of 21 miniature quilts focuses on the traditional Pineapple block done on a very small scale. All blocks are 2” or less, and all strips are 1/8” wide or less. Each quilt has thousands of pieces, and the series was considered complete when the total number of pieces reached 201,751. Eighteen of these quilts were pandemic quilts, completed after March 2020. The quilts are machine foundation pieced and quilted in the ditch.
Squares with Round Holes" (22" x 26") by Ann Leibovitz
Modern Geometric Abstract Mini Challenge
This year, Long Beach Modern Quilt Guild redesigned their guild logo. The challenge for members was to use the three new colors, a neutral, and an optional wildcard fabric. They then selected a geometric shape and created a quilt with a perimeter less than 96 inches. The quilts hung as part of LBMQG's annual fiber art exhibition, Perspectives at the Alpert Jewish Community Center. See the entries here!
21st Century Modern Log Cabin (46” x 55’) by Geraldine Warner.
The Modern Quilt Guild—Points of View from QuiltCon 2022
Sponsored by The Modern Quilt Guild
Curated by Amanda Hines Bernay
This exhibit showcases modern quilts that feature a clear focal point surrounded by the rest of the design elements in the quilt, drawing the eye in. These quilts, made by MQG members, were selected from quilts that hung at QuiltCon 2022 in Phoenix.
The Circle of Life by Debbie Bloomer.
The Monarch Cherrywood Challenge
Sponsored by MistyFuse
The monarch butterfly, known for its annual migration across North America, is in the endangered category of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Come see how quilters are trying to make others aware of the monarch’s plight.
My Australia (258” x 61”) by Helen Godden.
My Australia
Sponsored by Taylor Seville
Helen Godden has hand painted with dye, a 22-foot long whole cloth, free-motion, machine quilted piece on stationary Handi Quilter machine. Her original design depicts many of her favorite native animals and birds, flora, and landscapes of her homeland, Australia. She created it during the Covid lockdown over a period of six months.
Vintage Cobblestone Road (41.75” x 52.75”) by Peyton Reaves.
Onalaska Middle School Quilt Artists
Sponsored by Brother
Children are the future of not only the quilting industry, but the world. It is important to share our cherished arts with them so they can carry these forward to future generations. The students at Onalaska Middle School in Onalaska, WA, have learned to design, piece, quilt, longarm quilt and hand finish their projects. They are proud and honored to share their artwork, and excited to show what future generations can accomplish with needle and thread.
A Time to Dance (48” x 47”) by Hope Wilmarth.
One Song, Three Verses
Sponsored by Global Artisans
While searching for her artistic voice, Hope Wilmarth discovered that while she had one song of creativity, there were many verses to it. Three of the verses to that intrinsic tune are exhibited here in three perspectives: Abstract, Nature, and Contemporary. Her work continues to evolve with different techniques. In this exhibit, Wilmarth shares a variety of her fiber song styles.
Uncharted (50” x 38”) by Hope Wilmarth.
One Song, Three Verses
Sponsored by Aunties Two
While searching for her artistic voice, Hope Wilmarth discovered that while she had one song of creativity, there were many verses to it. Three of the verses to that intrinsic tune are exhibited here in three perspectives: Abstract, Nature, and Contemporary. Her work continues to evolve with different techniques.
One Bullet (72” x 73”) by Marilyn Farquhar.
The Only Constant Is Change by Marilyn Farquhar
Life has changed for the artist Farquhar, and it has changed her approach to quilting. She used to create only what she considered “joyful” quilts. She now allows her emotions to speak through her quilts which include despair and loss, but also hope. She hopes her quilts generate conversations among viewers.
One Bullet (72” x 73”) by Marilyn Farquhar.
The Only Constant Is Change: Marilyn Farquhar
Life has changed for the artist Farquhar, and it has changed her approach to quilting. She used to create only what she considered “joyful” quilts. She now allows her emotions to speak through her quilts which include despair and loss, but also hope. She hopes her quilts generate conversations among viewers.
What’s Next? (52” x 36”) by Lynn Hanna with Jennifer Boling, Donna Gaston, Laura Greene, Barbara Mathews, and Kim Wingert.
Our Artistic Journey by Evolving Threads
Curated by Laura Greene and Lynn Hanna
Organized by Kate McCarthy and Janna Calkins
This collection of unique quilts was in response to monthly challenges that the artists created for each other. Their themes were My Happy Place, Stripe Out, Reflections, Beneath, Contrast, Rock, Layers, and What\'s Next. Quilts were created by a diverse group of women who challenged each other in a supportive and inspiring community which allowed them to evolve as artists.
Churn Dash (69” x 69”) by Francoise Rigaud.
Quilts de Légende
Sponsored by Bohin
Sponsored by Bohin Curated by Catherine Bonte
Thread, passion, tiny stitches and harmonious makin, this is how the adventure of the Quilts de Légende was built. It included the search for the perfect model to best showcase the skill and expert hands of these French quilters. Exclusive fat quarters, copied from historic design, are showcased in this exhibit’s works.
Poster Pop (51.5” x 56”) by Kari Vojtechovsky.
The Quilts of Bee Sewcial
Sponsored by Aurifil, Hobbs Bonded Fibers, Lucky Spool, Studio 39 and Leanne Chahley, Margaret Rukstalis, Bridger J. Ruyle, Remington A Ruyle, Robert A Ruyle, Stephen R Ruyle, Robin and Keith Struve, Lucky Spool, Studio 39
Curated by Stephanie Ruyle and Leanne Chahley
Bee Sewcial is an international, improvisational quilting bee. Each month, the selected group leader provides an inspiration—a theme, palette, restrictions, etc.—for the members of the bee to follow when they design and make a block. The monthly group leader designs a quilt using the improv creation of each contributing member. Each quilt is unique, yet reflects the cohesion and trust they have toward each other.
Rings (60” x 60”) by Debbie Jeske.
The Quilts of Bee Sewcial
Sponsored by Brother and Moore’s Sewing Center
Curated by Stephanie Ruyle and Leanne Chahley
Bee Sewcial is an international, improvisational quilting bee. Each month, the selected group leader provides an inspiration—a theme, palette, restrictions, etc.—for the members of the bee to follow when they design and make a block. The monthly group leader designs a quilt using the improv creation of each contributing member.
Remembering Cynthia Collier
This retrospective celebrates the memory, work, and creativity of Collier, an award-winning quiltmaker, teacher, pattern designer, and antique quilt collector. She found her passion for quilting in 1986 after taking a sampler class and learning the basics from experienced quilters in rural Tennessee. She also learned to make 1840s Baltimore Album style quilts and specialized in those, as well as pieced quilts in the 1830s Medallion style. It was her hope that viewers could look through the “window” of her work and be taken back in time to a walk in the woods or a respite in the garden, feeling refreshed and peaceful.
Rocks Revisited (42.5” x 29”) by Estelle Porter.
Rock, Pebble, and Stone
Curated by Jane Fellows
Rocks, pebbles, and stones are formed by sedimentation, fire, and pressure, and are acted on by external forces after formation. In this exhibit, each artist used the soft media of fabric, fiber, and stitch to create a work depicting the qualities of rock, pebble and stone: hardness, texture, color, luster, shape, and size.
Modern Medallion (68” x 68”) by Tamara Gunther, based on a pattern by Beyond the Reef
SALT LAKE CITY MODERN QUILT GUILD SHOWCASE
Sponsored by Janome
One of the most popular current styles of quilting is modern quilts. Artists have taken a traditional look and put a fresh, contemporary spin on it, often utilizing bold colors and inventive shapes. This juried exhibit features recent works by current members of the Salt Lake City chapter of the national Modern Quilt Guild organization.
The Fury of My Heart (51” x 53”) by Susan V. Polansky.
SAQA: Color in Context: Red
Sponsored by Frank Klein
Ever since our earliest ancestors began applying iron oxide to cave walls and their bodies, the color red has played a major role in art, rituals, and spirituality. Quilts in this exhibit’s use of red can evoke excitement, danger, anger or love in the West.
Beauty Queen (36” x 48”) by Kestrel Michaud.
SAQA: Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins
From amphibians to apex predators, celebrate wild animals in their natural environments. This exhibition showcases birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles doing what comes naturally. Go WILD!
DeColores (40” x 28”) by Jennifer Day.
SAQA: Gastronomy
Sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates
Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between food and culture, featuring not only the bountiful gifts from nature, but a gift from the human hand. The art of preparing unique, delicate food is a tradition passed from generation to generation, around the world. Combining innovative ingredients, colors, textures, and flavors, works in this exhibit by members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates will inspire by the eye and the palette.
Melbourne Malaise (39” x 26.5”) by Linda Steele.
SAQA: Haven
Sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates
All living creatures need a safe place to heal, regroup, rest, or retreat. Do you nurture your loved ones in a special place? Do you create a haven for others in need? What is your haven? Here, members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates rendered the essential quality of their own haven in visual form.
Happy Tree (68” x 68”) by Ichie Miyate
Save the Planet
Be the voice of change. Show your artistic vision that features subjects like climate change, pollution, natural disaster, and drought. Make people aware that we have to make changes for nature to co-exist with humans. All styles of quilts are welcome in this call.
How to Enter Your Quilt:
• Limit two (2) entries per person.
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD).
• Registration closes on May 29,2024.
• Each work must measure a minimum of 24” on each side.
• The quilt can be NO LONGER than 94” ON A SIDE.
• There is no made by date.
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The Sun on the Next Traveler’s Horizon (96” x 81”) by Nate Robbins by Nan Akins. Based on a photo by Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times
The Sporting Life
Sports have long been ingrained into world culture from ancient times up until today, where fans are passionate about their teams and their players. This exhibit spotlights and showcases sports and the love of it from the most familiar types (football, basketball, baseball, soccer) to the more specialized (badminton or curling, anyone? How about Quidditch!).
Ava’s Dream Quilt (52” x 42”), a contest entry by Ava Barratt. Design Source: Gyleen X. Fitzgerald`s book, The Dream.
Stars of Tomorrow
Sponsored by
Young quilters ages 7 to 15 entered their works into this call. All styles of quilting were welcome – pieced, appliquéd, painted, embellished, and even colored with crayons.
Push-Pull (70” x 65”), a contest entry by Yvonne Fuchs
Stitching It Together
Sponsored by
Hand and machine quilting were the focal point of the quilts in this category. Machine quilting was completed on both domestic and longarm machines.
Home is Where the Heart(h) Is by Jo Wollschlaeger with Kazumi Peterson
Structure and Solidity: Quilts from QuiltCon
Sponsored by The Modern Quilt Guild
Organized by Amanda Bernay
In our ever-changing world, quilts are an anchor that links us to the past and centers us in the present. In this collection of quilts, the quilt design is anchoring. The motifs evoke stability and structure, something viewers can settle into. This exhibit is compiled from several years of QuiltCon quilts.
Urban Wall (30” x 30”) by Jill Kerttula.
Tactile Architecture™
Buildings have a long history of inspiring the creative designs of quiltmakers. In the 19th century, American quilters developed classic architectural patterns such as Log Cabin, Schoolhouse, and Brick Wall. This annual juried exhibit challenges quiltmakers to create works based on architectural themes and inspirations.
Shelter Me (55” x 55’) by Leila Sigler. Inspired by photos from SAS Airline Magazine.
Tactile Architecture™
Buildings have a long history of inspiring the creative designs of quiltmakers. In the 19th century, American quilters developed classic architectural patterns such as Log Cabin, Schoolhouse, and Brick Wall. This annual juried exhibit challenges quiltmakers to create works based on architectural themes and inspirations.
Shelter Me (55” x 55”) by Leila Sigler.
Tactile Architecture™
Buildings have a long history of inspiring the creative designs of quiltmakers. In the 19th century, American quilters developed classic architectural patterns such as Log Cabin, Schoolhouse, and Brick Wall. This annual juried exhibit challenges quiltmakers to create works based on architectural themes and inspirations.
Piece by Hsin-Chen Lin with many others.
Taiwan Art Quilt Society: Butterfly Garden
Sponsored by Taiwan Art Quilt Society
Sponsored by Taiwan Art Quilt Society Curated by Hsin-Chen Lin
Taiwan is a butterfly kingdom, yet butterflies are now rarer there and around the world. How can we turnover such a tragedy? How long have we not encountered butterflies in our living space? How does a mutually beneficial environment to both butterflies and humans look like? Works in this exhibit try to answer those pertinent and important questions for a sustainable butterfly ecology.
Turning Lemons into Lemonade by Sara Sharp
Text on Textiles
Words are a design element in many ways. Show us what you can do with words dyed, painted or pieced on a fabric. This exhibit showcases quilts in which words and fabric come together to form a unique statement. Let your voice be heard!
How to Enter Your Quilt:
• Limit two (2) entries per person.
• There is an entry fee of $20 (USD).
• Registration closes May 29, 2024.
• Each work must measure a minimum of 24” on each side.
• The quilt can be NO LONGER than 94” ON A SIDE.
• The piece must be completed between 2021 and 2024.
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Rock Pool Theme: Island Vacation (47” x 43”) by Denise Burkitt.
The Traveling Artist
When Denise Burkitt travels, she is open to being amazed! Her exhibit reflects her creative experience on the journey—the feelings and mood of a place as well as her sensory connection to the surroundings. The inspiration of colors, textures, shapes and line intuitively energizes and sparks a passion to paint directly onto fabric via mark-making with various tools.
Thank You Ma’am For Everything (54” x 72”) by Devida Bushrod. Quilted by Happy Tails Quilting—Robyn McElroy Brown
Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
The passing of the longest reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II (who was Queen from 1952 to 2022), has left a lifetime of memories and respect. This exhibit honors the monarch’s memory with quilts that memorialize her long-standing dedication to her position and her people.
Twelve Bolts of Fabric & A Bushel of Apples: Quilt Legacy of Laurene Sinema
Sponsored by Family and Friends of Laurene Sinema
Curated by Janet Carruth
Organized by Shirley Weagant, Janice Beals, Mamie Coffey, & Diane Pitchford
Laurene Sinema, an international teacher, quilt judge, fabric designer, and author of nine books, opened The Quilted Apple in 1978. Her boundless people skills, motivational teaching, and impeccable handwork changed the quilt world forever! This memorial exhibit showcases her outstanding work.
Square in a Square Kaleidoscope (61” x 61”) by Carrie Wikander.
A Twist on Tradition
More quilters than ever are combining different styles and designs into a single work of art. The quilts in this exhibit were originally submitted for the regular “In the American Tradition” exhibit. But so many had a decidedly Modern-looking design, they qualified for their own exhibit!
Ripples (50” x 50”) by Connie Dyer Zafiris.
Two Color Quilts
Sponsored by Zappy Dots
Curated by Charleston Modern Quilt Guild
Organized by Kimberly McPeake, Phoebe Harrell, and Whitner Kane
The Charleston Modern Quilt Guild challenged their members to make a quilt with two solid fabrics. Any design, any size, and challenge were accepted. The artists here learned and were inspired by the color choices.
Past (24” x 16”) by Olga Avdeyeva.
Ukraine. Past. War. Future.
Sponsored by Omnigrid and Prym
A project of works inspired in three parts. Past: Tripillia, as an older people’s civilization who lived on the territory of modern Ukraine. War: To survive, you need to live, so to live. You need to find the Light within yourself and try to give it to others. Future: The kindest jobs that make you smile. Quilters in this exhibit range from beginners to masters, and give a message to all humanity about what we can lose if we allow the darkness to consume us or fear to be stronger than us.
Remembering Old Nauvoo (78” x 60”) by Susan McBridge Gilgen and Cheryl Paul Styler
Utah United and Utah Guilds Showcase
The Beehive State is home to scores of quilt guilds and groups which all celebrate their love for and creativity with the art form. The Utah Quilt Guild is the state’s largest, with chapters and members spread throughout its borders. Current work from members in guilds across the state are shown here.