Kathie Kerler

Kathie Kerler - Fiber Artist, NQA Certified Judge, and Writer

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The Perfect Combo

It’s no secret that a lot of quilters like gardens and often feature flowers in their work. American Quilter’s Society is taking advantage of this to collaborate with the Chicago Garden and Flower Show for a brand new exhibit. Quilts will be hung above the floral exhibits, complementing them in a way I can only […]

December 15, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: American Quilters Society, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Navy Pier, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival

Still–way behind on my posts. On October 10th I drove up to Everett, WA with my husband, Mike, to go to the preview party for the International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival. I had been notified that I had winning entries so I was anxious to see what they were! For a complete list, click […]

November 24, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

The Quilt Festival in Birmingham, Part Two

Here are some of the wonderful quilts in the judged show that I admired. In fact, I loved them all. It’s important to know that miniatures in England cannot exceed 12″ unlike our shows which required 24″. A twelve inch quilt is truly miniature. Miniature Quilts: I don’t know how, but I managed to not […]

October 18, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Quilt Festival in Birmingham, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Award of Excellence

Exciting news! Last Thursday I drove up to Everett, WA for the Preview Party for the International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival and learned my hand embroidery titled “Summer Meadow” earned not only a first place but an Award of Excellence. All of the quilts and fiber arts were mixed together rather than hung by […]

October 17, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Art Quilts, Hand Embroidery, International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival, Pacific International Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, Quilt Shows, Special Awards - Leave a Comment

It’s a Winner!

I’ve been completely remiss in posting to my blog having been caught up in a trip to the United Kingdom, home maintenance, working on landscaping, stitching Christmas stockings, French studies, and working on the Poppies and Periwinkle quilt that I swear will never be done. Hmm, looking at that list tells me why I haven’t […]

October 1, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Northwest Quilting Expo, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Evolutions 2019 Juried Challenge

Today I receive postcards from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum’s Evolutions 2019 Juried Challenge. It’s always exciting to see your quilt featured. Mine is in the lower right-hand corner and is a thumbnail image, which shows the center of the quilt.  I wish I could go to the artists’ reception on July 26th, but I […]

June 22, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Evolutions 2019 Juried Challenge, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Quilting in Alaska

Last week I had the pleasure of judging for Capital City Quilters. Although the guild has had a number of shows, this is the first time they have had it judged. The guild had two Best of Shows: one large and one small. The large/bed BOS was a design by Border Creek and was a […]

June 16, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alaska, Best of Show, Juneau, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Quilt Show Extravaganza

I’ve had the pleasure of judging five shows so far this spring, which has put me behind in posting images of some of the winning quilts, as well as some of my favorites. Umpqua Valley Quilters Guild in Roseburg expanded their show this year, adding classes and special exhibits. Linda Schmidt from Dublin, CA was […]

May 16, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Best of Show, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Viva Las Vegas

Last week I had the opportunity to judge for Desert Quilters of Nevada for the second time. They were a great group to judge for thanks to Judging Floor Coordinator Cory Allender and her assistant Melissa, as well as the enthusiastic guild members who assisted in the judging room. The best of show was stunning […]

April 17, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Desert Quilters of Nevada, Las Vegas, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Evolutions in Quilts

Just received the news my quilt “Terra I” has been accepted into the Evolutions Juried Challenge at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado. This is the second time I’ve submitted to this challenge which the museum offers every two to three years. I was fortunate to be the grand prize winner in 2010 […]

April 4, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Juried Exhibitions, Quilt Shows, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum - Leave a Comment

What a Lot of Quilt Show

Last week I had the pleasure once again of judging the Clark County Quilters Show in Ridgefield, Washington. My fellow judges were Val Pellens and Gerrie Thompson. As usual, the caliber of quilts were high which made judging so enjoyable. This show has best of show for large and small/wall quilts which is great, because […]

April 1, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Best of Show, Clark County Quilters Guild Annual Show, International Fairytale Challenge, Machine Quilting, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows, Surface Design Technique, Wearable Art - Leave a Comment

Quilt Show Smorgasbord

Yesterday was the Northwest Quilters Guild annual show at the Expo. I started the day with my talk about my design and construction process and the World Challenges I have participated in. A few minutes after I began my stepmother, Theola, and stepsister, Kelly, showed up. I was so surprised as neither of them are […]

March 25, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Northwest Quilters Guild, Quilt Shows, Vintage Quilts, Zigzag Pizzazz - Leave a Comment

My Vintage Yellow Quilt Collection

Today Mike and I hung nine of the 14 quilts I’ve collected over the past twenty plus years at the Northwest Quilters Guild show. The focus of the collection is simply the color yellow–my favorite color. Yellow makes me feel positive and happy. A side benefit to hanging the quilts was the ability to take […]

March 21, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Northwest Quilters Guild, Quilt Shows, Vintage Quilts - Leave a Comment

World Poet Challenge

I’m participating in a new challenge with quilters from the US, France, and Japan. There are 90 quilters, with 30 from each country. Each quilter creates a 50 cm quilt based on one of 30 poets, which means each poet will have three quilts. I chose Emily Dickinson whose work I adore. We were asked […]

January 25, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Emily Dickinson, Led drawing/tracing pad, Photoshop Elements, Quilt Shows, Quilts, World Poet Challenge - Leave a Comment

The Visions Experience

Last Saturday was the opening of Quilt Visions 2018: Connections. I was honored to have my piece “Terra I” selected as one of the 43 works out of 353 by a jury of three renowned artists. As this year was the first time I’ve submitted to Visions, one of the two premier art quilt venues […]

October 24, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: art, Quilt Shows, San Diego, Seaport Village, Visions Art Museum - Leave a Comment

World Fairy Tale Quilts Have Arrived

This Saturday and Sunday, all 90 World Fairy Tale Quilts will be on display for the first time in Oregon, having traveled Japan, France, and throughout the United States. Here’s a link from the Newport News Times that tells all about it. https://newportnewstimes.com/article/world-fairy-tale-art-quilts-show-coming-to-yachats Here’s my quilt.

October 23, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: International Fairytale Challenge, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Guest Artist as Butterfly

Saturday was my first time exhibiting in costume! When I was invited to be the guest artist at the Columbia River Piecemakers Quilt Guild Show, I was told most of the guild members would be in costume. Why? Because St. Helens is the site where Disney filmed Halloweentown, which the town celebrates during the month […]

October 14, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Columbia River Piecemakers, Fiber Art, Halloweentown, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Sunbonnet Sue As You’ve Never Seen Her!

Without a doubt, the most creative quilt at the Northwest Quilting Expo was made by Flora Joy of Johnson City, Tennessee. She wrote, “Twelve separate, freestanding curvy blocks have been sewn at their top borders to a separate base quilt. Viewers can lift each Dutch doll/Sunbonnet Sue to read the block’s unusual but true story […]

October 8, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Boise, Boise Basin Quilters Show, Fabric Zoom, National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, Northwest Quilting Expo, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows, Sunbonnet Sue - Leave a Comment

Quilt Show Extravaganza!

The last two weeks of September were filled with judging three quilt shows in succession with wonderful quilts in each. The first show I judged was in La Conner, Washington located on a channel of the Swinomish River. I was lucky enough to have a room at the Channel Lodge with a beautiful view of […]

October 7, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Boise Basin Quilters, La Conner, Northwest Quilting Expo, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Fest, Quilt Judging, Quilt Shows - Leave a Comment

Stitchin’ in Halloweentown

I am delighted to be the guest artist at the Columbia River Piecemakers Quilt Guild upcoming show. It is held in conjunction with Halloweentown, a celebration sponsored in St. Helens, which recognizes the filming of the movie of the same name. Hope to see you there. Can’t wait to see how the guild members dress […]

September 12, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Columbia River Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Halloweentown, Quilt Shows, St. Helens - Leave a Comment

Visions Art Museum

I’m a member of the Visions Art Museum. As an artist and particularly someone who works with fiber and mixed media, it’s important to me to support this museum where fiber is the focus. As luck would have it, my son lives in San Diego where Visions is located, so when I visit him, I […]

August 10, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, Quilt Shows, Visions Art Museum - Leave a Comment

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