The tableau in the Bridgeport studio of professional fabric artist Denyse Schmidt resembled a scene from the 1995 film "How to Make an American Quilt," which starred Winona Ryder and Maya Angelou.
If one individual can be credited with altering America's perception of quilting from a traditional pastime reserved for women's groups to a highly individual artistic endeavor, it just might be ...
Inside a gritty industrial building next to a homeless shelter on the rough east end of Bridgeport, Conn., Denyse Schmidt produces spare, graphic quilts reminiscent of modernist paintings. Most begin ...