“Drifting by walls too high to see the top in shadows hiding from the washout sun, I am humbled by the overpowering display of color and presence.”
Landscape Quilts
In 1987, my mother, Carol Byington, began teaching landscape quilting classes in Southern Utah at Ruby’s Inn near Bryce Canyon. To give students a practical way to apply the techniques she was teaching, she created a series of small quilts inspired by iconic western landscapes.
What began as a hands-on teaching method has grown into a standalone series of beautiful Western landscape quilts, now available in many National Park stores. Our offerings have expanded to include fabric panels and coordinating prints by Riley Blake/Anderson Design, custom panels inspired by National Park Resident Artists, native artwork, mini quilt kits with original art by Roaming Heart Design as well as interpretive doll kits in collaboration with Huckleberry Moose.
There are so many fun and meaningful ways to capture the feeling of the wind on your face, the sun on your back, the height of a mountain, or the color of a river—using just fabric and thread.
The American heritage art of quilting is still alive and well—and it’s easy to get wrapped up in it.
