Cloth &
Chocolate
a group of Montgomery County, MD quilt artists
Meet the Artists:
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Members:
-
Marina Baudoin
Twila Blume - Ruth Cohen
- Anne Datko
- Melinda Lowy
- Judy Lundberg
- Karen Schulz
- Margreta Silverstone
- Linda Syverson Guild
(Glyph, 15" x 28" 2004)
Other Quilts:
- Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island, 2004
- Japanese Tea House, 2007
Anne Harmon Datko
(301)949-9458
The discovery of art quilts some ten years ago has led me to a world of exploration in fiber. I have since experimented with many styles (abstract, representational, landscape) and techniques (fabric dyeing, painting, stamping, raw-edge applique). But my greatest pleasure is in building fabric collages using the amazing commercial fabric now available. I combine one fabric with another, sometimes adding a touch of a hand-dyed fabric, but always letting the patterns and colors lead me. Free-motion quilting gives the piece another dimension and beads, couching and other embellishments are the finishing touches. And, the amazing thing is that there is always another piece of fabric waiting to serve as inspiration.
Autumn, 17.5" x 18", 2005
Gallery Exhibits
- 2010—Creative Threads: From Fiber to Fine Art, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
- 2010—Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
- 2010—Tribute to Fiber Art, 3nd Annual Juried Exhibition, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
- 2009—Tribute to Fiber Art, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
- 2009—Creative Crafts Council, 27th Biennial Juried Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD
- 2006—Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
- 2006—Fiber Fantasy: Potomac Craftsmen Fiber Guild and Special Guests, an invitational show at The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD
- 2006—Fiber’s Finest: Fiber Art Study Group Exhibition, Gilchrist Museum, Cumberland, MD
- 2006—Quilts: A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
- 2005—Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX and Chicago, IL
Selected Publications
- 2008—R. Gillman’s Create Your Own Hand-printed Cloth
- 2006—K. Bresenham's Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project
American Beauty Goes Down Under, 46" by 54", 2009
Memberships
- Cloth & Chocolate
- Fiber Arts Study Group
- Nimble Fingers Quilters
- PM Patchwork Quilters
- Potomac Fiber Arts Guild
