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About Sue Sherman Quilts
Sue Sherman, National and International Award-Winning Quilt Artist
My fabric creations connect me to the spectacular places and wildlife I have seen in my travels. I aim to give the animal kingdom a voice, by transforming white cotton into lifelike images through many hours of precise painting with dyes and thread. I am passionate about protecting earth’s creatures along with their habitats, and hope my work will inspire you to share my sense of urgency around this message.
My quilts have won awards at national and international quilt events including the (Canadian) National Juried Show, the International Quilt Festival (Houston), the Festival of Quilts (Birmingham), and the American Quilters Association (Paducah, Charleston). I am also a Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).
My textile art journey included experiments with many different techniques before settling on my current technique of painting with dyes.
Juried Shows and Awards
2025 Quilt National (Athens, Ohio)
"The King Family" was juried into "Quilt National", which opened on May 23, 2025 at the Dairy Barn Arts Center! You can learn about all the accepted quilts and artists at https://dairybarn.org/quilt-national-25/
2024 Festival of Quilts (Birmingham, UK)
"Dear Humans . . ." won "Best of Show" at the 2024 Festival of Quilts, Europe's largest quilt show.
2024 Grand National Quilt Show "Delights" (Canada)
"Bad Boy of the Bluffs" won the Janome Award of Excellence at the 2024 Grand National Quilt Show. This is a biennial Canadian fibre art show. This year's theme was "Delights".
2022 International Quilt Festival (Houston)
"Dear Humans . . ." won the "Superior Threads Award for Thread Mastery", one of the six top prizes in the "judged show" of this international festival. You can see my interview about this quilt, with Bob Ruggiero, Quilts Inc's VP of Communications, at https://youtu.be/oF7-gMxMwds This quilt also won the "Visitors' Choice award at Quilt Canada in 2022.
2023 National Juried Show
"Life in the Anthropocene" won "Best in Show" at the Canadian National Juried Show for 2023. You can see the winning quilts at NJS Award Winners 2023 - Canadian Quilters Association/Association Canadienne de la Courtepointe
2023 National Juried Show
"Sanctuary?" won the Sustainability Award of Excellence at the 2023 (Canadian) National Juried Show.
Errata
- Northcott "Dream Village" PTN2811, Page 4 green floral cutting instructions: 'Cut 3 strips 4" wide x WOF. Subcut into 26 squares 4"x4".' Although this cutting instruction will work as shown, it does not match Figure 4 which shows height of Piece A slightly higher than Piece E. Instruction on Page 4 can be changed to 'Cut 3 strips 4-1/4" wide x WOF. Subcut into 26 squares 4-1/4"x4-1/4".'
- Northcott "Dream Village" PTN2811, Page 4 cutting instructions: for the green floral, add to the beginning of the 3rd and 4th paragraphs "With the 4" side at the top and referring to Figure 3 on page 3".
- Northcott "Dream Village" PTN2811, Page 4 cutting instructions: for the dark pink and purple spot fabrics, change "Using template H from page 13 . . " to "Using template H from page 17 . . ".
- Northcott "Dream Village" PTN2811, Pages 5 and 6 cutting instructions: for the pink gingham, stripe and yellow ice cream fabrics, change "Using template I from page 13 . . " to "Using template H from page 17 . . ".
- Northcott "Shimmering Penguins" PTN2673, page 6. Under the column heading "Triangles Needed to Make 1 Block" the sub sub headings should read "S M L S M L S M L", to match the sub sub headings on the right side of the table.
- Northcott "Shimmering Penguins" PTN2673 Queen Size quilt cutting instructions top of page 16, for 30 large dark grey triangles: Second line should read "Subcut into fifteen 6-7/8" squares".