The quilting community lost a bright light this month. Artist Carole Lyles Shaw passed away on August 4, 2024. Carole was a vibrant modern quilter and a beloved teacher and community leader. She was an inspiring role model to so many quilters and did an excellent job of documenting her work, her process, and her life.
Carole was a longtime Quilt Alliance member who participated in many of our projects. Volunteer Karen Musgrave interviewed Carole for the Quilters’ Save Our Stories (QSOS) oral history project in 2009. She was interviewed again by QA Project Manager Emma Parker in 2023.
In 2019 Carole spoke to Frances O’Roark Dowell and led viewers on a tour of her studio for the QA’s StoryBee web show.
Carole was a tech-savvy creator and recorded a Go Tell It video last year about a memorial quilt she made in tribute to her aunt Dorothy.
We welcome your remembrances of Carole on this post.
I am Christa Parker with Quilts Inc. and I am trying to reach the family of Carol Lyles Shaw as she had a quilt in our show in 2024. My condolences to the family and we are trying to find someone to send her quilt to.
It was in the exhibit Celebrate Life and the quilt name is Calvyn & Millie Baltimore Wedding Album. Please call
713-781-6864 ext 129 or email christap@quilts.com
Hi Christa, I have emailed you back. Thanks for reaching out.