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by Ann Fales

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     Growing up, mother made all our clothes and did wonderful handwork in the evenings.  I received my first embroidery kit when I had the mumps at the age of five and was making many of my own clothes by age nine.

     I began quilting in 1994 because I was inspired to make wall art using fabric.  I took a quilting course from Phyllis Sawyer at Foxboro Fabrics to learn the basics, and haven’t looked back since.  I have been stimulated to expand my designs to incorporate more abstraction.  In my work the goal is to use the richness of the fabrics with the textures created by the three-dimensional nature of quilting and thread to evoke the magical beauty and complexity of the natural and psychological worlds.  I love working with batiks and with silks.  I also dye and paint some of my own fabrics.  My preference is still to applique and quilt by hand, but I have incorporated machine quilting and free motion machine embroidery into much of my work as well.

     In 1998 I joined the Prince Edward County Quilters’ Guild.  I decided to exhibit the quilt I had completed while in B.C. at the 1998 PECQG Show and, much to my surprise, won an “Honorable Mention” ribbon.  Since then, I have won a number of awards in guild competitions.   As a member of the Quinte Fibre Artists I have been stimulated to expand my design and technical capacity as well as to strive for artistic excellence in the periodic shows we mount as a group.  I have also exhibited my work in the Quinte Arts Council “Expressions” shows and with the Stirling Fine Artists group shows.  My work is also displayed annually at the Tweed and Area Studio Tour.

Feel free to contact me at ann@quiltedimages.com if you have any comments or would like further information on any or my work.

MEDIUM

• Quilted Fabric Art

MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES

• Cotton and Silk Fabrics; Embellishment;  Machine Pieced, Machine and Hand Applique, Machine and Hand Quilting and Embellishment.

EDUCATION & TRAINING            

• Basic Quilting Techniques and Specialized Workshops, Loyalist College Continuing Education, 1994 – present.  Instructors included:  Phyllis Sawyer, Joan Reive, Nancy Latchford.
• Advanced Technique and Design Workshops, including:: Canadian Quilting Association, Toronto, 2000:  Margaret Miller, Marion Spanjerdt, Gail Hunt and Jim Wilford.
• Quilting By the Lake, New York, 2000:  Reynola Pakusich, Alison Goss.
• Fiberworks, Kingston:  Judith Dingle, Pam Godderis, Penny Berens
• Prince Edward County Quilters’ Guild:  Joan Reive, Greta Kristiansen-Jacobs, Dot Stevenson, Vicky LaFleur, Rita Rotman, Lyne Lusk, Marlene Mead.

EXHIBITIONS        

• Prince Edward County Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show Juried Challenge 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004.
• Expressions,  2001, 2003.
• Quinte Fibre Artists Exhibition “The Art of the Quilt”, Sept. 2002
• Belleville Public Library Art Gallery.
• Tweed & Area Studio Tour, 2002, 2003, 2004.
• “Quilted Images”:  One-woman show at Tweed Heritage Centre Gallery, 2004
• Stirling Fine Artists displays at West Wind Café Gallery in Stirling, 2004-5.

AWARDS     

• Best Overall Quilt, PECQG Show, 2004
• Best Overall Wall hanging (Ontario Quilting Connections Award), PECQG Show, 2004.
• 2^nd Best Overall Quilt, PECQG Show, 2002
• Numerous first, second and third place ribbons in PECQG Juried competitions 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004

MEMBERSHIPS     

• Quinte Arts Council
• Tweed and Area Studio Tour
• Prince Edward County Quilters’ Guild
• Canadian Quilting Association
• Stirling Fine Artists
• Quinte Fibre Artists