Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Judy Dales

You might not have heard about the Top 100 Quilts of the Twentieth Century, but a Judy Dales piece made the cut in 1999. The prolific quilter replicates her own hand-drawn patterns with richly colored textiles, embellishing with layers of transparent chiffon and tulle to create wall hangings that look like watercolor paintings. Dales' abstract designs are all curves and subtle shifts of color; some evoke calla lilies, other licks of fire. These aren't your grandmother's quilts. Her show "Curves in Motion" is at Morrisville's River Arts Center through June 10. Pictured: "Little Wild Child"