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There is always some sewing involved. It can be painstaking, such as the raw-edge fabric locks affixed to "My Head is Spinning," from Fort Myers Beach quilter Caren Lyell, or simple, such as Piscitelli's hemmed leather purse. "I was just in awe what this group was doing," said Mary Pat Palombo, also of Bonita Springs, who joined to learn more about the techniques and found herself in the ideal role: education chair. She has developed wall hangings with three-dimensional components, such as her puffy "Quarantine Blooms" in the show. The pandemic figures into this exhibition, as it has in...

Marco show of quilted art is far from sew-sew Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples Daily News "Quilted art" barely begins to describe the exhibition at the Marco Island Center for the Arts. The first clue may be that elegantly cloaked macrame sheep welcoming you in. Robes, purses, kimonos, pillows, wall hangings that swirl or float and, yes, quilts line the walls of the art center, all of it the work of Southwest Florida's Art Quilters Unlimited. For them, sewing is only one part of a complex creation. © Alex Driehaus/Naples Daily News/USA TODAY - FLORIDA NETWORK "Covid Self ...