KIM LACY
I am a self taught artist who grew up in a very artistic family. I made my first quilt in 1976 when I was on maternity leave after the birth of my daughter. My early work was all traditional quilting such as pillows, baby quilts, and quilted bags. In the early 1990's I began experimenting with art quilts after my mother shared the magic of Quilt National with me. I was hooked by the art quilt movement. I learned to free motion quilt and was captivated by the possibilities this provided.
In 2003, I began focusing on my quilting with greater intensity. I joined a local artisans group and started showing and selling my work. I began attending local quilting guilds which hugely expanded my vision for my own work. In 2011 I entered my first juried competition at the Denver National Quilt Festival.
I am inspired by the shapes and forms of nature. My access to the professional and amateur photography of my friends is a constant source of inspiration. Their images of wildlife, natural wonders, and fractals have been the focus of many of my quilts. Geology and paleontology have also influenced much of my recent work, especially the spiral form of the ammonite.
I have explored many techniques in quilt making. I paint on fabric and have used mono-printing and stenciling extensively. I love to work with dupioni silk. I strip-piece endlessly. I often use applique and sometimes raw-edge fuse applique. I am always on the lookout for new techniques to experiment with..
I welcome commission work and would be happy to work with you to create your perfect art quilt. Please contact me about any questions or comments you have about my work.
Acknowledgements
The number of people who deserve acknowledgement for their support and inspiration in my art is longer than this, but these are some of them: My partner, David Pointer who photographs all my work, my sister and master-quilter, Dana Lacy Chapman, my children Jess & Christopher, and my photographer friends Sam Jones, Theresa and Michael Roberts, and Bob White.
Quilt Shows, Awards, and Organizations
Television:
The Quilt Show, Show 2606, Posted 3/8/20. (https://thequiltshow.com/watch/show-list/video/latest/show-2606-kim-lacy-inspired-by-nature-ricky-tims-trapunto)
Shows:
American Quilter’s Society, Grand Rapids, MI, August 2022
Deciduous Deli
Angels in the Architecture
Studio Art Quilter’s Association Regional Exhibit WILD, Brigham Museum of Art and History, Brigham City, UT, 2022
Kodachrome Reflections
American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, April 2022
Angels in the Architecture
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Evolutions, Golden, CO, April–July 2022
20 Shades of Gray
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA, 2022
Ammonite Flow
American Quilter’s Society, Daytona Beach, FL, February 2022
Deciduous Deli
Copper Enamel Ammonites — 2nd Place Wall Quilts, Stationary Machine
Betts and Bardie
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA, 2021
Ammonite Cairns
Loving Klimt
International Quilt Festival, Houston TX, 2021
Fire in the Stone Mosaic
Angels in the Architecture II
Feathers
Visuals # 4 Online Quilt Competition, April 2021
Angels in the Architecture II — Best Sewing Machine Workmanship, Innovative
Silk Sausage
Visuals # 3 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Online, 2021
Deciduous Deli
Feathers
Road to California, Road at Home, 2021
Feathers — 3rd Place “What you think you see”
Gifts
Loving Klimt
Visuals # 2, Pacific International Quilt Festival Online, 2020
Feathers
Close Encounters of the Colorful Kind
Visuals # 1, Mancuso Online Quilt Festival, 2020
Fire in the Stone Mosaic
The Wright Stuff
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA, 2020
Whaaat?
Ammonite Cairns
American Quilter’s Society, Daytona Beach, FL, 2020
Cloudy with a Chance of Color
The Tale of a Chameleon of Color
Road to California, Ontario, CA, 2020
Betts and Bardie
Antelope Canyon Mosaic — 3rd Place, Abstract
International Quilt and Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner, WA, 2019
Paleo Puzzle — 1st Place
Art Deco Ammonite
World Quilt New England, Springfield, MA, 2019
High Noon on Coyote Buttes Mosaic — Honorable Mention, Innovative Quilts
International Quilt Association: A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2019
Betts and Bardie — Honorable Mention, Painted Surface
Ammonite Cairns
Sunset on Coyote Buttes — Landscape Exhibit
American Quilter’s Society, Charleston, SC, 2019
The Wave on Coyote Buttes Mosaic
The Tale of a Chameleon of Color
American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, Fall 2019
Antelope Canyon Mosaic — 1st Place, Wall Quilts Pieced
Sunset on Coyote Buttes Mosaic
The Tale of a Chameleon of Color
The Wave on Coyote Buttes Mosaic
American Quilter’s Society, Grand Rapids, MI, 2019
Antelope Canyon Mosaic
Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA, 2019
Cloudy with a Chance of Color — 2nd Place Wall Quilts Mixed/Other Techniques
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, In Praise of Silk, June 15–Aug. 4, 2019
Fire in the Stone
The Wave on Coyote Buttes
American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, Spring 2019
Copper Enamel Ammonite — Honorable Mention
Antelope Canyon Mosaic II
American Quilter’s Society, Lancaster, PA, 2019
Mosaic Ammonites
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton VA, 2019
Antelope Canyon Mosaic — 1st Place, Innovative
Betts and Bardie
American Quilter’s Society, Daytona Beach, FL, 2019
Volga River Ammonite
The Wave on Coyote Buttes Mosaic
International Quilt Association: A World of Beauty, Houston TX, 2018
Antelope Canyon Mosaic — 3rd Place, Large Abstract
Copper Enamel Ammonite — 1st Place, Painted Surface
Fire in the Stone — Landscape Special Exhibit
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA, 2018
Betts and Bardie
American Quilter’s Society, Virginia Beach, VA, 2018
Antelope Canyon Mosaic II
Paleo Puzzle
The Wave on Coyote Buttes — 2nd Place Wall Quilts, Fiber Art
American Quilter’s Society Paducah, KY, Fall 2018
Paleo Puzzle — Judges Recognition Award
High Noon on Coyote Buttes
High Noon on Coyote Buttes Mosaic — 1st Place Wall Quilts, Art Quilts
American Quilter’s Society, Grand Rapids, MI, 2018
Paleo Puzzle — Best Original Design
High Noon on Coyote Buttes
MQX Midwest, Springfield, IL, 2018
Pyrite Ammonites
The Wave on Coyote Buttes Mosaic — Best Surface Design, 2nd Place Wallhanging Large
World Quilt New England XVI, Manchester, NH, 2018
Sunset on Coyote Buttes Mosaic — Best in Country, USA
Mosaic Ammonites III
Quilt Odyssey, 2018
Ammonite Celebration — 3rd Place Mix/Other Technique Wall Quilts
MQX New England, 2018
Kaleidoscope Ammonites
Art Deco Ammonite II
Russian Ammonite
American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, Spring 2018
Sunset on Coyote Buttes
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA, 2018
Amethyst Ammonite
Transcendental Fractal — Judges’ Choice
American Quilter’s Society, Lancaster, PA, 2018
Paleo Puzzle — 2nd Place Large Quilts Stationary Machine
Sunset on Coyote Buttes
American Quilter’s Society, Daytona Beach, FL, 2018
Paleo Puzzle — Honorable Mention
Ammonite Garden II
Fire in the Stone
Moroccan Ammonite
Road to California, Ontario, CA, 2018
Volga River Ammonite
Transcendental Fractal
Mosaic Ammonites
International Quilt Festival, A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2017
Volga River Ammonite
Kaleidoscope Ammonites
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, 2017
Pyrite Ammonites
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA, 2017
Ammonite Confusion — Best use of Color Innovative Quilts
Yin Yang Ammonites
MQX Midwest, Springfield, IL, 2017
Transcendental Fractal — Judges’ Choice
Mosaic Ammonites II — Faculty Choice
Ammonite Celebration — 1st Place Wall Hanging Large
American Quilter’s Society, Des Moines, IA, 2017
Art Deco Ammonite
Amethyst Ammonite
Moroccan Ammonite
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Fibonacci's Flame
Lime Ammonite II — Best Wall Quilt Interpretation of Theme
World Quilt New England, Manchester, NH, 2017
Turquoise Ammonite
Mosaic Ammonites II
American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, Fall 2017
Mosaic Ammonites II
Lime Ammonite
Quilt Odyssey, 2017
Paleo Puzzle — 2nd Place Large Mixed Technique
American Quilting Society, Grand Rapids, MI, 2017
Russian Ammonite
Sacred Threads, 2017
Pyrite Ammonites
American Quilting Society, Paducah, KY, Spring 2017
Ammonite Celebration — 2nd Place Wall Stationary Machine
MQX New England, Hampton Falls, NH, 2017
Ammonite Confusion — Best Surface Design
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA, 2017
Paleo Puzzle — 1st Place Innovative Quilts
Ammonite Celebration
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Evolutions, Golden, CO, 2017
Sunset on Coyote Buttes
Sunset on Coyote Buttes II
International Quilt Festival, A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2016
Fibonacci's Delight — Judges’ Choice
Fire in the Stone — 1st Place Art: Naturescapes
Pacific International Quilt Festival XXIV, Santa Clara, CA, 2015
Ammonite Festival
Fire in the Stone
International Quilt Festival, A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2015
Pyrite Ammonites
Sunset on Coyote Buttes
World Quilt Show: New England, Manchester, NH, 2015
Ammonites in Gold
Ammonite Festival
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO, 2015
Pyrite Ammonites — 1st Place Innovative Wall Quilts
Ammonite Garden II — Best Colorado Quilt
Pacific International Quilt Festival, XXIII, 2014, Santa Clara, CA, 2014
Ammonite Garden II — Honorable Mention Wall Quilts
Ammonites — Honorable Mention Innovative Wall Quilts
International Quilt Festival, A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2014
Swarm
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA, 2014
Bugs in Silk
Fossil Play
World Quilt Show: New England, Manchester, NH, 2014
Antelope Canyon
Monumental Scree
Monte Vista Crane Festival, Monte Vista, CO, 2014
Many Crane Quilts
Front Range Fiber Artisans Annual Show, 2013
Coyote Buttes, Yellowstone, Dunes, Antelope Canyon
International Quilt Festival, A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2013
Antelope Canyon
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO, 2013
Orion Nebula
Fractal Ferns
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2013
Antelope Canyon — Best Use of Color
Monumental Scree
Front Range Fiber Artisans Annual Show, 2012
Crane Magic Series
Quilt Colorado, 2012
Antelope Canyon — Honorable Mention, Teacher's Choice Award
Fractal Ferns
Denver National Quilt Festival, 2012
Ammonite Garden — Honorable Mention
Gathering on the Platte
Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Fabric Art at Its Finest, 2011
Ammonite Garden — Best of Show
Gathering on the Platte — Second Place
Fractal Dancing — Honorable Mention
Fractalated
Remembering Theresa
Denver National Quilt Festival, 2011
Fractalated
Fractal Dancing — Best Quilt by a Colorado Artist
Necedah Whooping Crane Festival, 2009
Coal Creek Canyon Mountain Artisans Guild
Summer and Holiday Show 2005–2008
Publications:
Art Quilt Studio, Autumn 2018, pp, 7–11
Quilting Fossils
Machine Quilting Unlimited, September/October 2017, p. 58
Ammonites featured in Landscape Quilts, Stitching Rocks, Kit Robinson
Machine Quilting Unlimited, July/August, 2015, p. 79
Pyrite Ammonites – Noteworthy Quilts
Galleries:
Bee and Laurel's Art and Antiques, Edgerton, WI 2016–2017
Many large and small quilts
Memberships:
Studio Art Quilt Associates 2016–present
Piecing Partners Quilt Guild 2016–present
American Quilter’s Society 2016–present
International Quilt Association 2009–present