GOURD QUILT

THE GOURD
ARTISTS GUILD

present

THE WORLD'S
FIRST
GOURD QUILT

Through John Stacy's Patch Pal e-mail list, "The Gourd Artist’s Guild" One hundred and twelve Gourd artists from three countries; United States, Australia, and Canada have united to create the WORLD'S FIRST GOURDPATCH QUILT. Each of the artists applied their particular artistic style to a flat 4"x4" gourd tile. Lynette Dawson and daughter, Margaret Schroeder, have stitched it together, framing the beautiful artwork with their design. These gourd artists with their use of numerous art mediums are showing the world that a gourd is the perfect canvas.
Almost everything can be done on a gourd!
No other project has been done of this kind. It's gourd history in the making!

There are 12 artists on the quilt from Texas. Maggie Gess, John Stacy, Hellen Martin, Fred Dunlap, Dorothy Miller, Bob T. Dunfield, Sandee Toone, Allison Dale, Rowena Philbeck, Bill Bertholf, Rosie Galyean, Toby Vandinlandingham.

Also look for the quilt to be featured in a new book called, “Beyond the Basics, gourd art” by David Macfarlane this fall.

To learn more about the quilt, its creation, read artists profile, view artists tiles, see the assembly and descriptions go to http://www.thegourdquilt.com.

Last update March 7th, 2006.