There is always some sewing involved. It can be painstaking, such as the raw-edge fabric locks affixed to My Head is Spinning, from Fort Myers Beach quilter Caren Lyell, or simple, such as Piscitelli s hemmed leather purse. I was just in awe what this group was doing, said Mary Pat Palombo, also of Bonita Springs, who joined to learn more about the techniques and found herself in the ideal role: education chair. She has developed wall hangings with three-dimensional components, such as her puffy Quarantine Blooms in the show.
The pandemic figures into this exhibition, as it has in all life over the past year. But it was being planned back in 2019, both Palombo and Piscitelli said. Some, but not all, the artists submitted quilted works they devised during the pandemic for Out of the Ordinary, as the show is titled.