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Rail Fence
(my first quilt)
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- Copyright © 1976 Caryl Bryer Fallert
- Size: 80" x 90"
- Techniques: machine pieced and tied
- Materials: fabric: 100% cotton and cotton/poly blends
/ batting: old wool-knit filled quilt
- Price: nfs
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Design Concept
In 1974, my husband and I bought an old farm
in Missouri from Ida Vohs, a 79 year old woman who made quilts.
She had closets full of quilts, and I was entranced when she
got them out and showed them to us. At that time I was a painter,
and also dabbled in a number of other mediums. I had been sewing
since I was ten years old and quilting seemed like one more
fun thing to try, so I bought a book on quilts from the literary
guild. In that first book was a picture of a quilt called
"Rail Fence". It seemed pretty simple, and I figured
I could make it without a pattern. So I gave it a try.
This is my very first quilt, made in 1976. I didn't know very much about quilts or how to make them, so I made a single template out of cardboard and cut out each piece with scissors. The print fabrics are drapery samples from a book of discontinued wallpaper samples. The solid fabrics are heavy "trigger" cotton/poly blends. I laid out the pieces like a knitting pattern and began to sew. The whole quilt was made with 5/8" seam allowances, and when I started to sew the rows together I discovered that accurate cutting and seaming might have made the task easier. I didn't know how to quilt, so I tied it with knitting yarn, using a sheet as a backing. Instead of batting I used an old, very used-up quilt that had been made by my husband's grandmother. It was filled with layers of thin, white, wool, knitted fabric, which I can only conclude, must have been worn out long underwear. The finished patchwork comforter weighs about fifteen pounds, and is very warm even on the coldest nights. |
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Exhibitions:
- Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, (retrospective exhibition of my work) Cedarburg, WI, January 14-April 12, 2015
- 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
- Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, July 31-October 9, 2016
- Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX • March 30 - June 25, 2017
Publications
- First Quilt/Last Quilt series Quilters Newsletter Magazine,
1990's
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