Barbara Dahlberg's Website and Galleries

                                          Welcome!

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Rainforest 30" x 24" private collection
My quilts are a mix of traditional and art quilting techniques. I love color.  My designs are often inspired by the beauty of nature and the changing seasons.  I like to use shapes from nature and play with them, experimenting with color and texture.  Sometimes designs come from the fabrics I find and sometimes from just an idea, what would happen if I did...?  I enjoy learning new ways of doing things and changing things from what they were before.  Quilts are my passion, joy and connection to the creative spirit in all of us. 
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Gail's Fantasyland 40" x 46" private collection
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She's Always Liked Cats 18" x 22" collection of the artist. Design from an old photo, age 18 months. Custom work available from your photo.
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Jaguar 24' x 24". Currently traveling with Inspired By Endangered Species curated by Donna DeSoto and is in the book Inspired By Endangered Species by Donna DeSoto published by Schiffer Publishing. Available from the publisher and on Amazon.
Many of my quilts are for sale. You will find some on my Etsy shop. Link is below. If you are interested in one that is not listed there please contact Barbara for availability and additional information. Price list for all currently available quilts can be sent upon request. Inquiries for custom work are always welcome.

Click on this link to watch Jean Truelove's YouTube video on her visit to Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in September 2019. She includes my Blue Guitar exhibit at 6:30 minutes.
             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WosW3Hog5xI


Click on this link to watch my Quilt Alliance YouTube video story from Sacred Threads 2015:
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSo3llAt7U    

          Click on this link to visit my ETSY site:
             etsy.com/shop//BarbarasArtQuilts
         My online store featuring art quilts, fiber and fabric bowls, fabric
                         postcards, fabric bookmarks, and fabric jewelry.                                      

        Current and Upcoming Shows and Events
​Backyard Escape, Sacred Threads healing quilt exhibit, traveling to hospitals and venues nationally. My quilt It's A Beautiful Day is included in the installation at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UChicagoMedicine),  July 2020 - December 31, 2020. See a virtual tour at  
https://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com/

Eye Contact: creating a connection, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA, July 2020 - December 19, 2020, https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/
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Inspired By Endangered Species. Here are the next venues scheduled.
​          October 9, 2020 - January 12, 2021:
National Quilt Museum (Paducah, KY) (entire collection)
https://www.quiltmuseum.org/endangered/

          March 4 - March 6, 2021:
Indiana Heritage Quilt Show (Bloomington, IN)
(entire collection) http://ihqs.org
         
​June 19 - July 25, 2021:
Forest Preserve District of Will County (Joliet, IL)
(entire collection)
https://www.reconnectwithnature.org

The Bowie Arts Committee Virtual Exhibit, Bright Colors, is now publicly available through this link: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmQeydgv. It includes my quilt LOVE from my Lorikeets series. 

Working With The Muse, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD, October 9, 2020 - January 24, 2021, www.annmariegarden.org

Artists Sunday, shop art on the Sunday after Thanksgiving November 29, 2020,  https://artistssunday.com/

                                 Current Class
Learn to Quilt: Modern Baby Quilt, Tomorrow's Treasures, Crofton, MD, October 21, 28, November 4 and November 11, 2020. www.tomorrowstreasures.info.
            

                         

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