MARY BAJCZ

I’ve made quilts for over 28 years and am still delighted by the endless
ways a myriad of fabrics can be combined into a beautiful and useful
quilt - art that can keep you warm. I enjoy the serendipity in quilt
making. I start out with an idea for a block, a theme, or a drawing,
assemble a pile of fabric and start sewing. I watch to see what
works and what doesn’t and alter my design as the quilt grows.
Borders, sashes, embellishments, the actual quilting design, the
threads chosen to do the quilting, and even the binding, all add to
the finished work.

Lately, I am making more art quilts and reversible silk jackets using a
technique that lets me draw with my rotary cutter. I feel that I've
found my artistic voice in this technique.

Professional Affiliations

Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild
Paradigm Art Quilters
Adventurous Quilters
Village Fine Arts Association
Needlework and Textile Guild of Michigan
Black Sheep Weavers and Fiber Guild
International Quilt Association
American Quilters Society
Fiber Art Network

Quilts in Exhibitions

World Quilt and Textile 2001
Gerald Ford Museum
Great Lakes Quilt Show, Judges Choice for Use of Color
Views and Visions, local show, Second Place, 2001
Poetry Art Night, local show, many awards
Oakland County Quilt Guild, 2001 Most Innovative
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild Challenge, 2001 Viewer's Choice
Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational, several years
IQA "Traditional Treasures" 2004
Fiber Art Network "New Fibers" show 2004
IQA "Celebrate Spring" and "Traditional Treasures" 2005

Teaching Experience

JoAnn Stores - 4 years experience at three stores
Haberman Fabrics, Royal Oak
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild, Quilt University, 2001, 2003 and 2005
Needlework and Textile Guild of Michigan
Evening Star Quilters

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