Design Concept

In the neighborhood near my former home in aducah KY there are Bradford Pear trees which produce autumn leaves in an amazing variety of different colors and patterns. For several years I picked up especially beautiful specimens and scanned or photographed them. This quilt was inspired some of the characteristic patterns in these beautiful leaves. It is not meant to be a picture of a leaf, but simply a play on some of the design elements of the leaves. All of the fabrics in the center of the quilt were hand painted and dyed. The outside border fabrics are from my Caryl’s Feather collection, which I designed for Benartex.

The quilting is done with many different colors of polyester top-stitching thread. The appliqued spots in the center of each leaf section are quilted in the color of the background, to make the pebbly pattern look like it is floating.

Exhibitions:

• Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn, NY, October 2015-January, 2016
• Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion, University Museum, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, January 26 - April 16, 2016
• Fantasies 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
  • Nixon Centre for Performing & Visual Arts, Newnan, GA January 9 - February 17, 2017
  • Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX • March 30 - June 25, 2017
• Color, Light, & Motion: Fine Art Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Art at the Old Alcohol Plant Gallery, Port Hadlock, WA, July 8-August 26, 2018
• “Transformative Style – Originality, Revolution, & Repute”, North Olympic Arts Festival, Sequim Museum & Arts Center, Sequim WA, October 5 – November 24, 2018
• Schacktober Fest, Schack Arts Center, Everett, WA, September 12-22, 2019
• Minding Color (SAQA Regional Exhibition), Pacific Northwest Museum of Quilts and Fiber Art, La Conner, WA, August 4, 2021 – October 31, 2021
• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, VA, April 1-May 2, 2022
• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, VA, April 1-May 2, 2022
• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), Quilt Show Reno, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno NV, June 9-11, 2022
• Reflections of Light: Recent Works by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, July 13 to October 20, 2022
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Special Exhibit,
  • Quiltfest Greenville, Greenville Convention Center, Greenville, SC, April 20-22, 2023
  • Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, September 14-17, 2023
  • Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, October 12-15, 2023
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Recent Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset Iowa, December 12, 2023 - March 10, 2023
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Recent Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden CO, 7/22 – 10/19, 2024
• A Life in Color: 50 year Retrospective Solo Exhibition, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY, March 14-October 7, 2025

Publications and Media:

• Peninsula Daily News, October 5-11, 2018, Sec. C (Arts & Entertainment), p. 1