ABOUT
About Suzanne
International Award Winning Quilter
Suzanne taught herself to quilt from a library book in the late 70’s because her four children needed covers on their beds. As you can tell from her quilts, Suzanne has a fascination with nature, folk art, and images from ancient times. Suzanne has chosen to make her quilts by hand, a process that she finds meditative using her own techniques. For example, she quilts without a frame or a hoop.
Suzanne’s quilts have won numerous awards including:
- One of the Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts
- Ten awards at the American Quilter’s Society show in Paducah, including the Gingher Award (a $10,000 prize for best hand workmanship and the Timeless Treasures Award (a $12,000 prize for best hand workmanship).
- Best of Show at Vermont Quilt Festival, Silver Dollar City, Rockome Gardens, Quintessential Quilt Show in University City, MO, Dogwood Festival in Knoxville, TN, Columbus Heritage Quilt Show in Columbus, IN.
- Silver Award in Fabric Gardens, Osaka, Japan
- First Prize Quilt Expo III, The Hague, Holland
- Several awards at the International Quilt Festival in Houston
- Grand Prize in applique three years in a row awarded by Better Homes and Gardens Books at the International Quilt Festival
- Selected as one of the “30 Distinguished Quilt Artists of the World” in Tokyo, Japan
- Toujour Nouveau and Mother’s Day are in the permanent collection of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.
Suzanne's Exhibition
She has had other quilts shown by invitation at the New England Quilt Museum, Phipps Conservatory, Montshire Museum of Science, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Mitchell Museum, Wilmington Museum of Natural History, galleries in the San Francisco and Los Angelos Public Libraries, Wickrath Castle in Monchengladbach, Germany, the lobby of the House of Representatives in Washington, Art St. Louis,Brigham City Museum, Texas Quilt Museum, and a one woman retrospective at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and the Sam Houston Museum, as well as a special exhibit at the National Quilt Museum
