Design Concept

The design for this quilt grew out of a series of drawings I did in 1987. I kept this design in my "inspiration" file for decades, always thinking I would eventually use it. In 1989, I made my first "Garden Party" quilt, which was loosely based on thumbnail sketch B, but with many variations from the original design. In Garden Party #2, I have used sketch C and made fewer changes to the original shapes.

and I consciously avoided blues and yellows. The background fabric was painted in a subtle gradation from purple to orange, echoing the subtle colors I see from my studio window almost every day as the sun rises over the water of Puget Sound.

The quilting was done with dozens of different colors of thread in various organic patterns that might be found in nature. Although the theme of this quilt is “garden”, it is a purely abstract design and is not meant to represent any particular species.

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Exhibitions:

• American Quilters Society: Lancaster, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA • 3/29 - 4/1, 2017 (Best Use of Color Award)
• American Quilters Society Show: Spring: Paducah , Paducah, KY, April 26-29, 2017 (Honorable Mention)
• Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, CA, October 12-15, 2017 (Third Place, Innovative)
• The Artist as Quiltmaker, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH, May 13 - July 28, 2018 (Award of Excellence)
• Ouilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn, NY, October 27, 2018-January 6, 2019
• Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Arts Center, Paducah, KY, April 20-June 8, 2019
• International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA, October 11-13, 2019 (Third Place)
• Pushing the Surface, (invitational), Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH, May 29th to September 5th, 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-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

• American Quilter Magazine, July 2017, p. 71
• The Artist as Quiltmaker XVIII, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, 2018, p 19
• Fantastic Fibers, catalog, 2019 Yeiser Arts Center, Paducah, KY, p.14
• Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Autumn, 2020, pp. 40-42 (feature article)
• Quiltfolk, issue 32, p. 23 (feature article)