Artist's Biography & Exhibit History

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Diane Thompson Skidmore
  • Resident of Bloomington / Normal Illinois since 1974
  • SAQA - Studio Art Quilters Association member
  • Co-Founder of Hands All Around Quilt Guilt of Central Illinois in 1982
  • Wife of woodworker Ron, mother of art teacher Lindsey & photographer Evan, and "Didi" to Linden & Ellison ​

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  • "Star of Life"
  • 1st place hand pieced and quilted wall category at the NQA National show in 1986.

  • "Rising Star with Lilies" - 3rd place in the HAAQG Challenge in 1989
  • AQS Paducah, KY in 1990.

  • "David Davis House" Baltimore Album quilt project 1985 - 1992
  • AQS Paducah, KY in 1996.

  • Four Decades of Quilts - From Function to Art
  • Visiting artist 40 year retrospective, HAAQG Quilt Spectrum - April 2013

  • "HOPE, is the Thing with Feathers" - SAQA Text Messages exhibit 
  • International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX  - October 2013
  • Chicago International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL June 2014
  • Quilt! Knit! Stitch! Portland, OR - August 2014
  • Round Bobbin Quilt & Sewing Expo, St. Charles, MO - September 2014
  • Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, VA - October 2015
  • Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ - December 2015

  • "The Heart is Evergreen" - 2014-2015 SAQA 25th Anniversary Trunk Show - traveled in Western Canada

  • "Mackinaw Morning"
  • Preserving ParkLands - McLean County Arts Center - Bloomington, IL September - October 2014

  • "My Ephemeral Quilt"
  • Illinois Quiltscape McLean, County Arts Center - Bloomington, IL July - August 2015
  • Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL - August - October 2015

  • "The Place We Cannot Breathe" SAQA H2oh! Exhibit
  • National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY - June - September 2017
  • New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA - July - September 2018