Welcome to my website! My recent quilts have one thing in common – Color Saturation. Perhaps due to the uncertainty brought on by the Covid years, when I stayed home all the time, other than walks with my beloved pups, Martial and Harpy. I love using fabrics from my stash, lovingly collected over the past 40 years! So, when Covid gave all of us a giant lemon, I decided to make gallons of lemonade — in the form of new ventures!
Also probably like you, I spent an inordinate amount of time, sorting and reorganizing the mountains of ‘stuff’ in my Rio Rancho home. I also invested in new camera and video equipment in order to be able to offer virtual classes! I publish a “Good Morning Friends” photo every morning on my Facebook page – check it out!
https://www.facebook.com/Gail-Garber-140642642624933
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New Class!
Asymmetry in Quilt Design
National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
March 20-22, 2025
Click here for complete details!
https://quiltmuseum.org/classes/gail-garber/
Recent Publications!
American Quilter Magazine asked for a one-block repeat design that resulted in this quilt that I called “Pandemic Special”, but they called “Curvy Flying Geese”. You can get this pattern by purchasing the November 2020 issue of the magazine or by signing up for the email list at AQS.
The amazing longarm machine quilting was done by Tisha Cavanaugh, who is my most favorite machine quilter. She takes what otherwise might be an ordinary quilt top and makes it sing!
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The March 2021 Issue of American Quilter Magazine also features an article by me, “Color and Contrast in Quilting”. Inspired by one of my most popular 1/2 day classes, the article explores the multiple factors that can make or break a quilt.
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Celebration!!
What fun it was to work on my this collaboration with Kris Vierra. We called this “Celebration”, which seems to be an appropriate word for our quilt partnership. I design and stitch the quilt top and Kris works her magic in the quilting design and stitching. We hope you like it too.
Here’s the back of the quilt which really shows off Kris’ mastery in stitching.
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The 2024-25 Hawks Aloft Raffle Quilt
Designed by Gail Garber and Cynthia Figueroa-McInteer, and stitched by Cynthia and Gail, Donna Barnitz, Vicky Harms, Ed Chappelle, Sami Sanborn, Barb Deshler, Rick Deshler, Ed Chappelle, Mary Chappelle Sami Sanborn, Lizzie Roberts, and Carol Meinke. It was machine quilted by Tisha Cavanaugh, of Quilt Icing.
Learn more about Hawks Aloft, the organization that we founded in 1994 and the work that we continue to do in New Mexico and surrounding states.