The Bennington Quiltfest will be featuring an eclectic collection of quilts made by Lucille Makrin over a 30 year period as their special exhibit in 2022.

Lucille Makrin, of Queensbury, N.Y. has loved fabrics since childhood by making doll clothes and eventually her own garments. Her grandmother nurtured her hand-needle skills and techniques. Lucille began her own cake decorating and doll clothes sewing businesses as a young mother on Long Island and went on to work for a sewing machine dealer and wholesale trim dealer. It was during this time that she took an adult education class in quilting. Lucille grew as a self-taught quilter and has dabbled in all aspects of fabric art and mixed media in the years since. Lucille expanded into art quilting in the 2000s after moving to Cambridge, N.Y. and joining the Adirondack Regional Textile Artists’ Alliance (ARTAA) and other guilds. She began participating in workshops and quilt challenges and enjoys thinking and creating ‘out of the box”. Many of her projects are fun and whimsical. Lucille incorporates embroidery, threadwork, and embellishing with beads, charms, stamps, and unusual items into her traditional and art quilts. She has been a member of eight regional quilt guilds and has had her work displayed in quilt shows and special exhibits in regional museums and galleries. She has won dozens of ribbons over the years. One of her favorite quilts Many Years on the Slopes received special recognition in The Quilter’s Newsletter magazine, Issue # 388, in December 2006.

Quilt photos shown (l-r): Many Years on the Slopes, Girlz Night Out, a 2009 ARTAA Challenge and Grandious Sunflower, begun as an S. Shaumber workshop quilt in 2013.