Design Concept

Bradford Fantasy #3 is a new version of my 2013 quilt, Bradford Fantasy #1, which was inspired by the colorful Bradford pear leaves found near my former home in Paducah, KY. The quilt top is a digital painting, based on a photograph of the unquilted pieced top of Bradford #1. The digital painting was done in Corel Photopaint on the touch screen of my Microsoft Surface Design Studio computer. It was digitally printed by Spoonflower.com. The free-motion quilting was done with many different colors of polyester and acrylic top-stitching thread in shades that are similar to the colors of the fabric. The patterns of the quilting reflect the textured surfaces that can be found on leaves when they are magnified. I designed and painted custom binding fabric especially for this quilt.

Exhibitions:

• Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition) Lattimer Center for Quilts and Textiles, Tillamook, OR, May 3-June 27, 2021
• 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 30, 2022
• Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz: Digital Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Special exhibition, Road to California Quilters Conference, Ontario, CA, January 17-21, 2023

Publications

• None as of 12/10/2022