Silk fabric, mixed textiles, and cotton thread

Hand pieced and hand quilted

2017

91 x 92”

This is a 4-layer quilt: a backing, batting, many small pieces of fabric, and a top layer made of silk, cotton, and a repurposed window curtain. This quilt is made without glue, and the colorful bits of fabric are held in place exclusively with the quilting.

Exhibitions: Heidi Parkes: Reuse, Reflection, and Storytelling in Cloth, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI (2023)
The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, Madison, WI (2022)
Warm Remembrances, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters Take a Moment, virtual (2021)
4th Fiber Arts Biennial: On Wisconsin, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI (2019)
Surfacing, The Draw, Appleton, WI (2019)
QuiltCon presented by the Modern Quilt Guild, Pasadena, CA (2018)
By Hand, Blue Bar Quilts, Middleton, WI (2018)
Color, Piecework Collective, New York City, NY (2017)

Awards: Honorable Mention, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, Madison, WI (2022)
3rd Place for Handwork, QuiltCon, Pasadena, CA (2018)

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