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The design for the center of this quilt was
inspired by looking through a kaleidoscope. I wanted it to
be somewhat floral, so I designed abstract poppies for each
corner of the center panel. The curve of the poppies echoes
the curved piecing of the kaleidoscope design. The outer border
was designed to extend and enhance the center. The entire
design was drawn to scale on graph paper and colored in several
color combinations before the piecing began. The outer borders
fall into the ":four patch" category for drafting
purposes, and the individual templates were made, using the
paper folding method.
This is the first quilt in which I used curved
seams. It is also the first quilt I ever entered in a show,
the first quilt that won a national award, and the first of
my quilts to be published.
Exhibitions
and Awards:
- SILVER DOLLAR CITY: SPRING ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL QUILT
SHOW, 1983, Branson, MO (THIRD PLACE)
- ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES,
Annual Juried Quilt Show, 1983, Fredricksburg, VA (SECOND
PLACE)
- NATIONAL QUILTING ASSOCIATION SHOW, 1983, Bell Buckle,
TN (THIRD PLACE)
- FLYING GEESE QUILT GUILD SHOW, 1984, Fond du Lac, WI (FIRST
PLACE & BEST OF DIVISION)
- QUILTING: NEW DIRECTIONS, 1984, Stevens Point, WI (FIRST
PLACE)
- LAKESHORE QUILT SHOW, 1984, (invitational) Maintowoc,
WI
- HOUSTON QUILT FESTIVAL SHOW, 1984, Houston, TX
- DOOR COUNTY INVITATIONAL QUILT SHOW, 1984, Washington
Island, WI
- AMERICAN GALLERY OF QUILT AND TEXTILE ART, 1985 (solo
exhibition) Gig Harbor, WA
- DE KALB COUNTY QUILTERS SHOW, 1985, (invitational) De
Kalb, IL
- SPECTRUM: THE TEXTILE ART OF CARYL BRYER FALLERT, Traveling
Solo Exhibition, 1996-1998 Museum of the American Quilters
Society, Paducah, KY, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL,
Illinois State Museum Gallery, Lockport, IL, Illinois State
Museum, Springfield, IL, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles,
San Jose, CA, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin FL, New England
Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Publications
- QUILTERS NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE, January, 1984, p.21
- QUILT ART '85, Engagement Calendar, AQS, Paducah, KY
- MAQS PERMANENT COLLECTION CATALOG, 1991, AQS, p. 67
- TRADITIONAL QUILTER, 1997: Golden 50th Issue, p. 38
- CARYL BRYER FALLERT: A SPECTRUM OF QUILTS, 1996, AQS Books,
pp. 18-19
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