Southern Lit. 101 Series

The quilts in the Southern Lit. 101 series were made in collaboration with my husband, Fred C. Fussell. Fred draws; I sew.

"She Would Of Been a Good Woman ..."

from Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” 26” x 26”

"Dee and Maggie"

from Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use” 26” x 26”

"Hey, Boo!"

from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird 34” x 25”

"Frankie Addams on Front Avenue"

from Carson McCullers’ novel and play The Member of the Wedding 36” x 24”

"The Misfit and His Cronies"

from Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” 18” x 17”

"Meet Mrs. Bundren!"

from the last line of William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying 24” x 24”

"On the Bevel"

from William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying 24” x 24”

"It's a Outrage!"

from William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying 22” x 25”

"Into the Secret Shade"

from William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying 22” x 25”

Public Collections

Apollo Revisited: Homage to Alma Woodsey Thomas

Gifted to First Lady Michelle Obama by The Congressional Club, Annual First Lady’s Luncheon, Washington D.C., May 2016.

"Frond Series: Matisse-Inspired"

These three quilts, and the two following, hang in the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Care Center, New York, New York. Photography by Samuel Morgan Photography, for Cade Tompkins Projects as Curator of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Koch Collection.