Maureen Whalen Cole is an active member of Quilts on the Wall Fiber Artists of Southern California and has participated in their many challenge projects and exhibits. She was a participant in Fine Focus 04. In 2002 she won a third place ribbon for Small Art Quilts at the Houston International Quilt Festival. Fabric has always been, and continues to be, her primary fascination. She enjoys searching through her stash to find just the right fabrics for a particular piece and feels that this part of the creative process is the most challenging and rewarding.

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Commercial cottons, pearl cotton thread
Rubber stamping, machine piecing, hand and machine quilting

Over the years I have made many quilts in which words or quotations were used to contribute to the design and add context. After reading this quote from Marc Chagall, I wanted to illustrate in fabric his wonderful description of the color wheel.