Featuring quilts by Stan Green
When: 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 7 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday the rest of the month
Where: Sequim Museum & Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim
Contact: 683-8110
Quilting has been in Stan Green’s family since before his time.
His inspiration for quiltmaking comes from many avenues of his life, including his grandmother who had a goal of making quilts for each of her 13 grandchildren. Inspiration also comes from his wife Mary whom he quilts with side by side in their home studio.
“Mary has been my inspiration, she’s a very great quilter herself,” Stan said. Before he started making his own quilts, he used to sketch designs for Mary to quilt.
While Mary tends to quilt traditional designs, Stan enjoys sketching his own designs and hand-quilting each piece.
“I still do very traditional quilts and he’s always gone off and done his own thing,” Mary explained.
Stan and Mary both have experience working at publishing companies, such as Rodale, Inc., that had a program specializing in quilting books. Stan was a photo director and Mary worked as an editor-in-chief. Stan said his experience in the publishing industry also contributed to his inspiration to make quilts.
At least two dozen of Stan’s quilts will be on display at the Sequim Museum &Arts Center starting the first week of April. His exhibit is called “Color and Texture: One Man’s Adventure in Quiltmaking” featuring quilts Stan has completed from the mid-1990s to some of his most recent designs today.
“It will be very exciting for me because I have so many quilts,” Stan said. He has had his quilts exhibited before but has never been able to showcase so many at one time. This time, he will be able to show quilts he has completed over 20 years.
Stan always has had an eye for art and color. He studied fine arts at the University of Oregon and also enjoys photography, pottery, painting and sketching.
“Color is very important to me,” Stan said of his quilt making process. “I’m really drawn to bright colors.”
Stan explained a lot of the quilts he makes use hand-dyed fabric with a wide palette of colors to choose from. One of Stan’s signature elements of his quilts is that he hand-quilts all of his work in order to achieve a thicker texture in his designs. He also hand-cuts many of the pieces of fabric he incorporates into each design. “I haven’t planned out the whole quilt; I start at one section and work it through, then go off from there,” he said.
One of Stan’s favorite pieces he has completed is a quilt called “Sunrise Sunset” based on the scenery of the straits across from his home in Diamond Point. He explained the colors in the quilt represent water patterns and the vibrant colors that come across the water in the morning and the sunset on the straits in the evening.
Stan is one of the few male quilters in the Sequim area. His work has been on display at previous shows, such as last year’s fall quilt show featured at the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival where he was the only male quilter to show his work.
Stan’s quilts will be on display from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, April 7, at the First Friday Art Walk located at the Sequim Museum &Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim where coffee and live music will be provided. His exhibit will remain on display at the museum through the end of the month from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Saturdays.
