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  1. Expanding Spectrum by Judith Larzelere, Image 1.

    Judith Larzelere

    Expanding Spectrum, 1996

    Cotton

    61 x 60 in (154.94 x 152.4 cm)

  2. Full Spectrum by Judith Larzelere, Image 1.

    Judith Larzelere

    Full Spectrum, 1993

    Cotton

    58 x 58 in (147.32 x 147.32 cm)

  3. Two Flower Forms by Judith Larzelere, Image 1.

    Judith Larzelere

    Two Flower Forms, 1998

    Cotton

    39 x 69 in (99.06 x 175.26 cm)

  4. Untitled by Judith Larzelere, Image 1.

    Judith Larzelere

    Untitled, 1996

    Cotton solids

    48.25 x 48.25 in (122.56 x 122.56 cm)

Judith Larzelere began her artistic career in textiles with embroidery as a seven-year-old. She learned to knit from her fifth grade teacher and continued her love of art by earning an MFA from Rutgers in 1966 with specific training in painting. Her love of color and working with textiles drew her to quilting. She began making abstract quilts full-time in the late 1970s, in conjunction with the art quilt movement.

Rather than working with traditional geometric designed squares, Judith developed a technique of strip piecing. She selects her solid colored cottons, rotary cuts them into specifically chosen widths, sews them together, and cuts them again into fine, uniform strips. She orders these strips on her design cloth, a mapped muslin. Though it may appear that the piece is not actually quilted, the completed strips are individually sewn through batting to the back as she goes; a technique known as flip and sew quilting.