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Meet Carole Peterson

Carole
Peterson, a “snow bird” member of the Palmetto Quilt Guild since its
beginnings, comes to Hilton Head for 3 months each year. When she first arrived on the island over 10
years ago seeking activities and friends on the island, she found PQG members
welcoming and encouraging. In the past she has quilted with the Morning Star and Presbyterian
Church Bees, and currently she quilts with the Classic Quilters and Seabreeze Bees.
Carole
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Carole’s
passion for sewing began early. By the age of eight she
was sewing on her mother’s Singer Featherweight and by age 13 she made her own
clothing. She explored and loved home
decorating, upholstering, and all the needlework skills. Quilting hooked her in 1981 as worked on the
first block of a memory quilt for her pastor.
From
these beginnings Carole went on to become a National
Quilting Association certified judge.
Before PQG’s first judged quilt show she introduced the membership to the process through mock
judging presentations. She has made quilts for fundraisers, quilts that
celebrate special occasions and quilts for every member of her family as well
as many friends. Her quilts have found
their way to
NOW LET HER QUILTS DAZZLE YOU!
Alma Mater Quilt

Made for her high school
class reunion this quilt celebrates a longstanding scholarship fund that awards
several students from each graduating class.
The landscape represents the Allegheny Plateau and River. Featured are red and blue,
the school colors, and photo transfers of the past and present high schools. Machine appliquéd and quilted, this quilt has
a permanent home in the Kane Friends Library,
Feathered Star

Inspired by Carole’s collection of blue
and yellow fabrics for a PQG workshop with Nancy Srebro
Johnson, each block features a different fabric. The quilt won a blue ribbon at the PQG 2006
show. Machine quilted by Linda McCuean.
Four Seasons

Hand cutwork appliqué in this quilt features different
green fabrics in each block set off by background blocks of sateen cottons in
white, cream and vanilla. Finished with
wool batting and quilted by Linda McCuean. A double winner for Carole
at the PQG 2006 quilt show with a blue ribbons plus the Viewers Choice
award.
In Memory of Red Drum

Made for her oldest grandson’s 16th birthday,
this quilt celebrates his delight in catching a Red Drum fish while visiting
his grandparents on
Island Suns

Made by Carole and her daughter, Janice, this quilt
was a second place winner in a contest sponsored by Quilter’s Newsletter
Magazine. Fabric from the RJR
reproduction line of Smithsonian quilt fabrics had to comprise 75% of the
quilt. Searching far
and wide for the scrappy yellow fabric used for sun rays on an island
with no quilt shop at that time challenged both women! Janice did the machine quilting.
Golden Ginkgos

This quilt was an attempt at trying surface design
techniques in combination with an inspirational hand painted background fabric
made by Mikey Lawler.
The use of paint sticks and fiber and metallic threads helped create the
desired effect, but Carole notes, “I feel that it is still not finished.
My Hilton Head Camellias

Carole used a ruching
technique to create flowers that resemble camellias in a pattern designed by
Anita Shackelford. The quilt is hand
appliquéd and hand quilted by Carole.
Garden Symphony

Carole created a Bargello
pattern in a PQG workshop taught by Marge Edie using a phrase of music, thus
the “Symphony” in the title.