Quilting Queens

It seems like Yolanda del Rio has always sewn, learning first from her mother growing up in Juarez, Mexico, and later sewing for her daughters as they were growing up in California. Last night inaugurated the third phase of her sewing: the San Miguel Quilters exhibit at the Bordello Gallery. Each of the talented quilters displayed a hand made jacket and some quilt squares. There were over a dozen quilts for sale or display and a fundraising raffle. Yoli proudly displayed her hand beaded and quilted Frida jacket.

You have to realize that she created these beautiful pieces while completely redoing her home which burned the night of the Zumbathon, almost exactly 2 months ago. The new living room furniture is still in plastic and the tile floors hardly dry from the refinishing but she completed the jacket and the Guadalupe square behind her in this photo.

Here are a few of the details from the jacket. You can click the image to see more detail.







Yoli said she felt like her mother was at her side as she was designing, beading and quilting her jacket and I felt like Charlotte, Bryan's mother, was smiling on it as well. She created this jacket over 20 years ago.


She would have loved the quilt show last night.