Design Concept
My favorite traditional quilt block is the "Log Cabin". I love
the endless interactions that take place between the blocks when they are
sewn together, and the complex visual texture created by the hundreds of different
scrap fabrics used in many of the 19th century log cabin quilts which have
been preserved.
SKYLIGHTS is a scrap quilt made from strips of fabric, left over from several
of my other quilting projects. The construction of this quilt is based upon
the traditional "Log Cabin" pattern. Instead of squares or rectangles,
I have used quadrilaterals in which no two sides are the same length. This
creates a series of diagonal lines across the surface of the quilt, rather
than the traditional horizontal and vertical lines. The center of each quadrilateral
is a deep turquoise, the color of the sky on a cloudless day. This suggested
the title "SKYLIGHTS".
The machine quilting was done freehand, with no marking, in a random, meander
pattern.
Exhibitions:
- GINZA QUILT-EYE GALLERY, (solo exhibition) 1992, Tokyo, Japan
- FAVORITES, Eastcoast Quilters Alliance, 1992, (juried) Westford, MA (HONORABLE
MENTION)
- QUILTERS UNLIMITED 1st ANNUAL MID-AMERICA SHOWCASE, 1993, Kansas City, MO
- THE KNITTING AND STITCHING SHOW, (invitational) Oct. 21-24, 1993, Alexandra
Palace, London, England, & Nov. 25-28,1993, Harrogate Exhibition Centre,
Harrogate, England
- CONTEMPORARY QUILTS: FOUR VISIONS IN FIBER, 1994, Stocker Arts Center Gallery,
Elyria, OH (invitational)
- QUILTFEST USA: INVITATIONAL QUILT EXHIBIT, 1994, Louisville, KY
- NEW QUILTS FROM AN OLD FAVORITE: LOG CABIN, Museum of the American Quilters
Society, (juried), 1994-1997, Paducah, KY and traveling
- EBONY ODYSSEY, Kentucky State University Art Gallery, Frankfort, KY, 1997
(invitational)
- AUSTRALIAN QUILT FESTIVAL, (invitational) 1997, Melbourn, Australia
- ART QUILT FORUM, 1999, St. Louis, MO
Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2002, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, 2002,
MAQS Log Cabin Quilts Exhibit
- "Evolving Styles - 20 Years of Color & Design"
Solo Exhibition: LaConner Quilt Museum, LaConner WA, March 16 - May 15, 2005
- Caryl Bryer Fallert: A Retrospective, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, August 20 - October 31, 2015
- Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion, University Museum, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, January 26 - April 16, 2016
- Fantasias in Fiber & Beads: (two person show) Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA, May 5-29, 2016
- Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion, Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, July 31-October 9, 2016
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