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From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. Games People Play by Nancy Taylor, Image 1.

    Nancy Taylor

    Games People Play, 2001

    Cotton

    50 x 50 in (127.0 x 127.0 cm)

  2. Leaves and Strings by Gloria Greenlee and Linda Taylor, Image 1.

    Gloria Greenlee and Linda Taylor

    Leaves and Strings, 2000

    Cotton

    67 x 59.5 in (170.18 x 151.13 cm)

  3. Urn in Paradise by Mabeth Oxenreider, Image 1.

    Mabeth Oxenreider

    Urn in Paradise, 2000

    Cotton

    47.5 x 47.5 in (120.65 x 120.65 cm)

  4. Haiku by Nancy Taylor, Image 1.

    Nancy Taylor

    Haiku, 1999

    Cotton

    75.5 x 38 in (191.77 x 96.52 cm)

  5. Magnetism by Emily Gentry Senuta, Image 1.

    Emily Gentry Senuta

    Magnetism, 1997

    Cotton

    38 x 38.5 in (96.52 x 97.79 cm)

  6. Brigandini by Nancy Taylor, Image 1.

    Nancy Taylor

    Brigandini, 1997

    Cotton, netting

    65.5 x 50 in (166.37 x 127.0 cm)

  7. Expanding Spectrum by Judith Larzelere, Image 1.

    Judith Larzelere

    Expanding Spectrum, 1996

    Cotton

    61 x 60 in (154.94 x 152.4 cm)

  8. Art Nouveau by Nancy Taylor, Image 1.

    Nancy Taylor

    Art Nouveau, 1995

    Cotton

    42 x 42.25 in (106.68 x 107.32 cm)

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About the artist

Judith Larzelere

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.