The Dreaming Quilt Series includes 15 full-size, functional art quilts made entirely from fabrics handpainted, dyed, and printed over 30 years of my career. It was created starting in July 2020, during the COVID19 Pandemic and finished in February of 2021. 100% of the sale of these quilts goes to support cultural nonprofits or scholarship programs of the purchaser’s choice. (UPDATE: In Paying it Forward, Selections from the Dreaming Quilt Series, seven quilts from the series are on display September 29 – December 29, 2021 at the Pumphrey Family Gallery, International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE. Read more. One other Dreaming Quilt is part of Quilts = Art = Quilts at the Schweinfurth Art Center.) The Crafts Emergency Relief Fund, or CERF+, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) and Surface Design Association are also helping to promote this project. Please contact me if you’d like to be a part of this. Shown above: Dreaming Quilt 1: Blue Light, Blue Leaves, 81 x 83″, 2020.
All fabrics start out white. Techniques include handpainting, monoprinting, screen printing, resist dyeing, immersion dyeing and machine piecing and quilting. Quilt backings are also made from my own handpainted or dyed fabrics. All quilts are being quilted by Sarah Yoder Parker; I could not have completed this project without her assistance. For this series, I was interested in making pieces that nourish the spirit as well as provide a functional use.
How does this work? The exhibition venue receives their consignment portion, if applicable, and donor/purchasers would earmark a donation to a cultural nonprofit or scholarship program of their choice. In almost all cases, I work directly with a donor to make this happen; all pieces are listed in my website sales shop. A list of suggested nonprofit organizations includes the American Craft Council, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Peters Valley School of Craft School, John C Campbell Folk School, CERF- The Artists’ Safety Net, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Surface Design Association, The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, International Quilt Museum, Fuller Craft Museum, Racine Art Museum, Textile Center of Minnesota, Textile Society of America, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, National Basketry Organization, Handweavers Guild of America, Modern Quilt Guild, American Tapestry Alliance, Quilters Alliance and Americans for the Arts. Also suggested are numerous scholarship programs, like the Craft Futures Fund, especially those targeting participants with barriers to participation. Please contact me if you have ideas for venues that might be interested. Pictured here is half of the collection.
