Design Concept

This quilt is a celebration of pattern and color. The design grew out of a series of abstract sketches, loosely based on some original, spiral quilting patterns that I have used in many of my quilts. Some of the fabrics were hand dyed in gradations. Others were painted in gradations, resulting in more visual texture. Some were painted with multiple colors on fabrics that had been manipulated into folds, resulting in lots of pattern and contrast.

back of quilt

The free-motion quilting was all done freehand, with no marking. I just made it up as I went. I used many different patterns and dozens of different thread colors, matching the background color in some areas and adding contrast in others.

The back is made from two fabrics in my Splash collection for Benartex, and the stripe down the center is made from left-over painted fabrics from the front.

Exhibitions:

• Bryerpatch Studio, Port Townsend, WA, May, 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
• 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

• Quilts: A World of Beauty: International Quilt Association Show, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX  November 2-5, 2017, (Second Place, Large Abstract)
• AQS QuiltWeek - Daytona Beach – Contest, Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida, February 28 – March 3, 2018
• AQS – Lancaster, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, March 21, 2018 to March 24, 2018 (Best Use of Color)
• AQS – Paducah: Spring, Schroeder Convention Center, Paducah, KY, April 18 - 21, 2018 (Third Place)
• AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids, DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI, August 22–25, 2018, (Honorable Mention)
• AQS Quilt Week Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA, October 3–6, 2018 (Second Place)
• Quiltfest Lancaster, Lancaster Resort & Convention Center, Lancaster, PA, May 9-11, 2019 2018 (Honorable Mention)
• International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA, October 11-13, 2019
• Celebration of Color (Quilts Inc. Juried Show)
• Salt Lake City Quilt Festival, JULY 21-23, 2022 (Best of Show)
• Long Beach Quilt Festival, AUG 4-6, 2022
• Houston Quilt Festival, NOV 3-6, 2022
• 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 & Media

• Portfolio 23: The Art Quilt Sourcebook, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc, 2016, p. 68
• AQS Spring Paducah Show Book 2018, p. 82
• AQS Catalogue of Show Quilts, 2018, p. 4
• American Quilter Magazine, July 2018, pp. 50 & 69
• American Quilter Magazine, January 2019, P. 71
• The Daily Dish, ABC4.com - Salt Lake City, UT, 7/20/22
• The Place, Fox13 Salt Lake City, UT, 7/20/22
• The Quintessential Quilt: Commemorative Program of the 2022 International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, p. 30
• The Quintessential Quilt: Commemorative Program of the 2022 International Quilt Festival, Salt Lake City, p. 10