While growing up in India, rich colors, hand-woven textiles, and hand-crafts were part of Sujata's daily life. She learned to appreciate the irregularities and imperfections of handmade crafts. Her instinctive ability to work with colors and textures combined with an education in graphic design has helped her develop a unique style as a quilt designer.

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Inspired by the utilitarian quilts and handmade crafts from around the world, she developed an abstract form of traditional quilt blocks and subsequently published the book, Cultural Fusion Quilts.

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This presentation includes a slide show of her travels in India as well as her journey as a quilter. The slide show is followed by a trunk show of original quilts. She will share how she connects the dots between memories of the past and today's creative process.

Through 30 years of quilting Sujata has realized that the art of stitching, the very thing she disliked growing up, has become her favorite way to write personal stories onto quilts.

In this presentation Sujata will share her latest quilts in a slide show and the stories behind each quilt.