GUATEMALA CITY 2002

Heather Allen-Swarttouw, 32 Warwick, cotton, linen, silk, dye, textile ink, beads, buttons, numerous surface design techniques, embroidery, 75 x 38 in. (190.5 x 96.5 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Claudia Reynolds, Autumn Rhythm, cotton fabric - background traditional patchwork arranged in a modified color wash technique. Applique applied with a fusible web and secured with machine embroidery. Quilted in free motion and straight machine with hand beading embellishment., 54 x 24 in. (137.2 x 61.0 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Gail Ferrick, Warriors of the Light, cotton fabrics, batting and thread embellished with beads and buttons, 41 x 42 1/2 in. (104.1 x 108.0 cm), Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Patti Frinzi, Charleston Morning, layers of metallic cotton, tulle and stitching; white rayon velvet and silk charmeuse; rayon and metallic thread; machine pieced and free-motion machine stitched; wood frame., 28 x 30 in. (71.1 x 76.2 cm) framed, Courtesy of the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Ann Harwell, North Carolina Botanical Garden, fiber, quilted wall hanging, 54 x 54 in. (137.2 x 137.2 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Susan Webb Lee, Hello Darkness, cotton fabric, discharge-dyed, hand-quilted, 85 x 37 1/2 in. (215.9 x 95.3 cm), Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Buzz Coren, Vase, No.41, cherry and dyed anigre veneer, 11 x 6 x 6 in. (27.9 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina

Barbara Webster, Beet Greens, digital photograph printed onto cotton fabric, cut, pieced and quilted using hand and machine stitching., 91 x 78 in. (231.1 x 198.1 cm), Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

JoAnn Amidon, Somewhere Along the Way I Went Crazy, fabric, beads, tintype, yarns, 46 x 46 in. (116.8 x 116.8 cm), Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Susan E. Brown, Hot Stripes, mixed media: 'whole cloth' embellished with threads, yarns and ribbons, then cut and reassembled, with added tassels, fusible applique and buttons on cotton., 41 x 44 in. (104.1 x 111.8 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Christine Tedesco, Architectural Squares, Dupioni silk, 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm), Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Stephanie Ballentine, If Ye Abide in Me, appliqued cottons, 39 x 61 in. (99.1 x 154.9 cm), Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Patricia Kilburg, Romanesque VII, cottons some handpainted and cotton batting, 53 x 35 in. (134.6 x 88.9 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Rodger Jacobs, Flashpoint from the Sneaky series, curly maple, 13 1/4 x 30 x 22 1/4 in. (33.7 x 76.2 x 56.5 cm), Courtesy of the artist and Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina

Bernie Rowell, Autumn Diptych/ Golden Oaks, paint on canvas with sewn construction, collage, embrodiery, metallic fabrics and thread, 47 x 66 in. (119.4 x 167.6 cm) total diptych 47 x 33 in. (119.4 x 83.8 cm) each section, Courtesy the artist and Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina