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Duncan Slade
In this interview, quilt artist Duncan Slade explains to Karen Musgrave how Nuveen Inc. commissioned a quilt for their headquarters in Chicago. The result was "Waterfall," a very large piece that incorporated digital and traditional quilting…
Kathi Babcock
Kathi Babcock learned how to quilt from a book she got when she was about 19 or 20 around the time of the bicentennial. Her mother taught her how to sew on and she views her quilting as an extension of that. She led the group that made the quilt she…
Deborah Barr
Deborah Barr majored in art, and was a painter before she stared quilting. She has been quilting for about 20 years, and views quilting as her new medium. Barr like to use a lot of heavily patterned fabric, and does not like to follow traditional…
Tags: African Art, Bob Dylan, design process, machine quilting, music, nature
Evangelina Angulo
Evangelina Angulo began quilting in January 2006 in a quilting class she took while furthering her education. Though she still has some of her quilts, Angulo prefers to sell her quilts to people who will appreciate them, and to help put her son…
Terese Agnew
Terese Agnew began as a sculptor from Wisconsin, however, shifted to quilts as a better medium to promote her artistic expression. Because of her artistic background, many of her quilts try to use fabrics in interesting and creative ways. In her…
Tags: Art as inspiration, art quiltmaking, background in art, design process, Exhibition, INOVA (Institute of the Visual Arts: University of Wisconsin), International Quilt Festival, name brand lables, Politics, Quilt Purpose - Activism/Awareness, Quilt Purpose - Exhibition, quilting from a photograph, sculptor, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, textile/garment workers, Wisconsin