Quilting Arts - USA (2021 - Spring)

by Cate Coulacos Prato

Carolyn

Skei

MCKINNEY, TEXAS

“Elba Isle Hancock” (2018) • 70" x 12"

This portrait of Carolyn’s maternal grandmother is pieced

with fused appliqué and heavily quilted. It won First Place

and a Judge’s Choice Award at the Dallas Quilt Show in 2019.

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arolyn Skei loves art.

She loves looking at

it, learning about it, and—

especially—making it.

Calling herself a ‘dabbler,’

Carolyn enjoys photography

and digital design, mixed

media, book making,

fabric surface design, and,

of course, art quilting. If

she’s not making art in her

home studio, she’s taking a

workshop, visiting exhibits,

or giving a talk about art.

“Art is one of the essential

parts of my life, emotionally and

mentally,” Carolyn says. “I don’t

think I’d be as happy a person if I

didn’t have art at the center of my

life.”

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