My Quilts

Since 2021, Teresa has finished over 30 antique quilt tops using her modern longarm. Each of her quilts is finished with hand-guided, free motion quilting – no computers. The stitches honor the patchwork and bring out the beauty that was created by the maker long ago. This series of quilts has been exhibited at the International Quilt Festival, Int. Quilt Museum at the Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Texas Quilt Museum.

“Bits of Me” is partly autobiographical. The English letters, Japanese and Korean words, animals, humans, buildings, and other images, reflect a part of my story. Other symbols are purely graphical. The design was inspired by Composición Universal, a 1937 painting by Uruguay-Spanish artist Joaquín Torres-Garcia. Linen and woven fabric is from Japan, and the taupe palette is Japanese inspired. The applique is raw edge, fused, and machine stitched. All of the quilting is free motion, no computers. Cotton batting and thread.

Deep midnight blues, shades of gray and black, with pops of bright blue, come together in this improvisationally pieced quilt that reflects the palette of the streets of my favorite city, Manhattan. The word Manhattan is stitched 142 times with 1,363 yards of black silk thread. The quilted letters are almost unreadable on the front, yet they pop on the solid white backing. There are 3,383 pieced patches.

Grace’s Star. Made 2023. Inspired by a 1968 Star quilt made by Grace Zimega (Teton/Western Sioux) who lived on the Standing Rock Reservation. I entered it into the Cherokee National Holiday Quilt Show (which is open to everyone) and it won 1st place in Machine Pieced/Machine Quilted! So honored.

The “Crazy One” was shown at Quiltcon 2024. It got lots of love, likes, and shares! So happy to see others celebrate all the joy and weirdness in this quilt. I made it just for fun. Free motion machine quilted. 2023. Double Wedding Ring pattern. It was also exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in 2024.

By Teresa Duryea Wong. 2020. 65 x 65 inches. Created from 2,475 bits of tiny fabric. Improvisationally pieced. Each piece has its own free-motion quilting motif. Fabrics are all from Marcia Derse collections. “The Blue One” was juried into the 2020 International Quilt Festival in Houston and the 2021 Quiltcon show in Phoenix.

By Teresa Duryea Wong. 2021. 65 x 65 inches. Includes over 3,000 tiny bits of improvisational pieced yellow gold fabric. Each piece features its own free-motion quilting motif. “Harvest” was juried into the 2021 Quiltcon exhibition in Phoenix. “Harvest” was also exhibited at the New England Quilt Museum as part of the String Theory exhibition.

By Teresa Duryea Wong & Ronald J. Stockwell. 2023. 110 x 110 inches. Original design. This quilt was a collaboration between my son-in-law, Ronald, and myself. It was made to hang at the Houston reception celebrating Elizabeth & Ronald’s marriage — a Chinese banquet. The Chinese symbol is Double Happiness. Ronald designed the birds. The bottom is woven strips and hand tied. Free motion quilting over top half.