GLOWBIRDY QUILTS LLC

Formal Education

Bachelor of Arts in Geology, University of Vermont, 1977; Master of Science in Geology, State University of New York at Albany, 1979; Master of Science in Health Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000.

Quilting Education and Experience

Carla was originally a self-taught quilter.  Her first quilt completed in 1982 was a hand-quilted king size bed quilt.  Since 2008 she has taken many textile fiber art classes through the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild (CVQG) and the Vermont Quilt Festival (VQF).    She quilts on a Viking Epic  and a Handi-Quilter Avante long-arm. In addition to her wall art quilts, Carla contributes quilts to the CVQG Community Quilts and the Vermont Modern Quilt Guild Community Quilts.  

Quilt Memberships

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Champlain Valley Quilt Guild, 2008 to present - Community Quilts 2009-2010, Membership Chair 2014 to 2019, Quilt Show Committee 2016 to present;

American Quilter’s Society, 2009 to present;

SAQA, 2012 to present; 

Vermont Modern Quilt Guild, 2015 to present;

Mountain Art Quilters 2016 to present;

Friend of the Vermont Quilt Festival 2016 to present.

Awards and Recognition

 Awards received in both CVQG and VQF quilt shows;

Article in “The Other Paper” October 9, 2014;

Quilts featured on local CBS show “Across the Fence” October 2016;

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"The Nest" won Best of Show at the 2018 CVQG quilt show.

Exhibits

The Best Little Quilt Show in Vermont, Jamaica, VT, July 2012;
CVQG Traveling Exhibit Starry Celebration 2015 to 2016; 
CVQG Show 2016 Special Exhibit, 3 panels of art quilts;
CVQG Traveling Exhibit All That Jazz 2016 to 2017;
SAQA Trunk Show 2017;

CVQG Traveling Exhibit From Darkness to Light 2017 to 2018;

Exhibit of 14 art quilts in Shelburne, Vermont Town Offices January 2018;

SAQA Global Exhibit "Aloft" 2020:  Squirrel Aloft

Other Interests

Birding; pet cockatiels; photography; reading; walking; and of course, collector of fabric and thread!