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On exhibit at Prosser Public Library:
December 2011 - January 2012
Marguerite Washington
Biography & Artist’s Statement
The late Marguerite Washington began designing and
creating jewelry in the early 1980s. She began with
silversmithing and then transitioned to making
beaded jewelry. She started quilting on a lark, in
2001, simply because it was something she had never
done. She traveled in Africa, Europe and across the
United States collecting beads and fabric, never
knowing what the use for the fabric would be. She
quickly realized that the union of fabrics is
similar to, and as exciting as, construction with
beads, in their shapes, colors and textures.
Although some of her quilts are made by traditional
methods, her preference was for “improvisational”
work, a process that Marguerite felt played to her
creative spirit. Her mother and grandmother were
hand quilters. She became the third generation
quilter of her family.
Marguerite Washington was a Bloomfield resident. Her
work has been exhibited at the Windsor Art Center,
the Bloomfield Town Hall, the Huntington House
Museum in Windsor, the Prosser Public Library, and
was featured as a part of the Community Threads
quilting project. She passed away in 2009. Her
family has generously allowed us to exhibit her
quilts again here at the library.
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