Kathie Kerler

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

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From Inspiration to the Finish Line

At 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 23rd, I’ll be presenting my design process at the Northwest Quilters Guild show, describing how I move from inspiration through research and sampling to the final artwork. The quilts I’ll be using to illustrate my talk are those I’ve created for two international traveling exhibitions. The first one toured […]

March 14, 2019 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Northwest Quilters Guild, Presentations, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge, World Poet Challenge - Leave a Comment

What a Display!

Clark County Quilters had the final exhibition of the World Heritage Sites International  Challenge among the show’s special exhibits. I had no idea what any of the quilts looked like other than my own and didn’t know what to expect. Wow! I was impressed. Ninety quilts thematically linked make a wonderful display. While there was […]

April 20, 2018 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Clark County Quilters Guild Annual Show, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

World Heritage Sites Exhibition in Springfield

You may recall I participated in a challenge among quilters in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Thirty quilters in each country created 20″ quilts based on a chosen world heritage site, such as the Grand Canyon or the Statue of Liberty. I chose Chartres Cathedral in France. I wish I could say I […]

December 5, 2017 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Quilt Shows, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

Traveling Exhibitions!

I received my images back from photographer Kayley Hoddick for the World Heritage Sites Challenge so shipped the quilt off to Linda Steller in Eugene, OR, our American coordinator. Here’s a link to all of the world heritage sites, if you are interested. There are over 1000. I’ve probably been to a handful. It always […]

October 13, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: International Quilt Festival/Houston, Quilts: A World of Beauty, Traveling Exhibitions, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

Finishing the Top

To finish the border, I appliquéd the red triangles with red rayon thread. Then I couched the blue triangles with a Kreinik Metallic Braid in size medium in a matching blue. I considered couching around the inner edge of the triangular border with metallic black but decided to use the same Kreinik blue. Here’s the […]

August 25, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog, Uncategorized Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, London City and Guilds, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

Quilt Building Doesn’t Always Go According to Plan

My next step was to construct the blocks in the four corners. I had my fabrics and needed to choose thread color and stitch. I matched the thread to the blue “four-leaf clover” under the fleur-de-lys. I know there must be a name for this motif, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I […]

August 20, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

How to Build a Quilt From the Ground Up–Part II

As promised, here is how my World Heritage Site quilt featuring Chartres Cathedral is progressing. The first step was sampling threads and stitches in order to embroider the cathedral. From my stash, I chose a six-strand floss in the same shade of blue to match my blue fabric. I have done a lot of embroidery […]

August 19, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - Leave a Comment

How to Build a Quilt From the Ground Up

As mentioned in a previous post, I’m participating in a new International Challenge. This time the subject is World Heritage Sites. Mine is Notre Dame Cathedral in Chartres. By the way, this Notre Dame is not to be confused with the more famous Notre Dame de Paris. I’ve been to Chartres twice, once during a […]

July 31, 2016 - Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Design, Fiber Art, Quilts, World Heritage Sites Challenge - 1 Comment

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