Summer Bouquet Art Quilt by Kathie Cook 

29" high x 29" wide

Designed to be hung on a wall.

Has a quilt sleeve on the back to slide a wooden dowel through for hanging. Hang on a wall that does not get direct sunlight as the sun will fade the colors. 

Made with high quality quilt cottons, beads, lace, and sheer fabric. A combination of hand and machine sewn.

Care instructions: NOT to be put in a washing machine. Vacuum.

Kathie Cook Biography

Kathie has been quilting for 35 plus years. Her quilts are all hand sewn.
She works in two styles:
1. Abstract landscapes, where she builds a quilt inspired by her natural surroundings.
2. Improvisational piecing, where she sews lots of components that are then arranged. Color is always the driver of any new piece.

Her quilting resume includes:

• Juror Award - Fairbanks Interior Artisans show


• Acceptance to 2007 Quilt National


• Acceptance to 2007 Form Not Function - Quilt Art at the Carnegie


• 2013 Individual Artist Project Award from the Rasmuson Foundation in Alaska

Kathie was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey in 1951. She graduated from
Lowell Community College with an AA in Early Childhood, The University
of New York with a BS in Education, Boston University with an EdM in
Counseling and attended Harvard’s Principal Center. She and her husband
were married in 1971 and via his Air Force career traveled around the U.S.
and lived for seven years in Germany. She taught in Massachusetts, in Alaska and with the Department of Defense Schools in Germany. Her final education assignment was Elementary School Principal in Fairbanks, Alaska where she was awarded the 2002 National Distinguished Principal Award. She retired in 2011 from a 30-year career in elementary education and now is fully invested in quilting and creating. She and her husband moved to Sequim in 2015.

Artist Statement

I am a quilt lover. I am an art lover. Like so many others, my journey has gone from traditional patterns to creating my own. I need to be up close and personal with the fabric, and therefore my quilts are 100% hand sewn. My favorite artists are: Claude Monet for his use of light, Edouard Manet for helping to launch the impressionist movement, Vincent Van Gogh for his simplicity and bold colors and Andrew Wyeth for he sense of place. My favorite quilt makers are: The Ladies of Gees Bend for their practicality of using every scrap of fabric, Nancy Crow for her sense of color and composition and Alice Beasley for the boldness of her belief that quilts tell a story. I strive to incorporate these attributes in my work.