SSQA - Carol Meyer Teacher

CAROL MEYER
Ruidoso, New Mexico
Teacher ~ Lecturer ~ Designer

See Carol's Quilts below

"I discovered quilting in 1979 when I was taken to a quilt shop in Berea, Kentucky by a friend. I had never seen a quilt before but knew that was what I wanted to do. After several years of traditional quilting I decided to do it my way and "paint" pictures in fabric. I also decided that I was not enjoying the process by constructing on the sewing machine. Since 1986 I have done everything by hand and thoroughly enjoy my work. I am not in a hurry and would rather produce quality than quantity. I tell my students to make all the quilts for the family by machine and then make all the quilts for yourself by hand.

Although many of my quilts have been very successful, it is the personal satisfaction that "makes my heart sing." My personal challenge is to do appliqué pictures in fabric without painting or dyeing fabric but to look at fabric as paint on a palette." ...Carol Meyer

Carol Meyer lives in Florida and New Mexico. When in Florida she and her husband have lived in a motor home but later this year they will move into a winter home in Charlotte County. Her company, Casita Roja Quilt Co. sells her art quilts and a line of pictorial patterns for quilters.

Carol creates completely handmade art quilts, many of which have won national and International awards. She was the New Mexico winner of the "Great American Quilt Contest" in 1986 celebrating the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. Her quilt "Liberty; Promise of America" traveled for three years with the Museum of American Folk Art of New Your traveling exhibit throughout the United States and Japan. She has also won top awards at the NQA and IQA shows in 1988, 1989, and 1992. One of her quilts was nominated as a Masterpiece Quilt by NQA in 1988.

Carol has also exhibited at the Cornell Museum in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Woodlawn Plantation at Mt. Vernon, Virginia, the Amherst and Schweinfurth museums in New York, the Malverne Quilt Exhibit in Worstershire, England, and at the Governors Gallery at the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe. Many of her pieces are in private collections in Hawaii, South Africa, Australia, England, and throughout the Continental United States. She has also had One-Person shows at the Venice Art Center in Venice, Florida and at the Eagle Ranch Art Gallery in Alamogordo, New Mexico. One quilt "Night Flowers" was purchased by the International Quilt Association as part of a collection that hung at the Hague in the Netherlands several years ago.

Carol teaches quiltmaking throughout the United States and is primarily known for her pictorial work. All of the classes she offers are hand quilt disciplines. She is a quilt judge trained by NQA, but is not certified.

E-mail Carol for additional information on her classes or lectures.

CAROL MEYER
Casita Roja Quilt Co.
PO Box 2367
Ruidoso, New Mexico 88355
Phone: 505-257-3744
e-mail: redhousenm@yahoo.com