Art

Fabric arts by Patricia Chadwick

Wall Hangings 2024-25

Mountain in the desert with blue, red, and green fabric and with beads and jewelry.
This was made for a friend.
Fabric wall hanging: an image of Flo Cofer and the Tower Bridge surrounded by gold, purple and green fabric, with purple and gold beads along the bottom.
This piece was made a fundraiser for the Flo (Cofer) for Mayor campaign in Sacramento, CA.
Fabric wall hanging of two women on a tandem with blue, black and red fabric surrounding the image.
This wall hanging was made for my daughter Hannah’s tandem pilot who retired after competing with Hannah in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
Fabric art - a woman riding a bike on Sacramento's Tower Bridge - surrounded by blue, beige and red fabric.
Made for a fundraiser for a cycling organization.

Tactile art

Photos of four guide dogs on a fabric quilt.
The photos of the guide dogs are outlined on the back with wiki stix; there are Brailled dog tags by each dog; and the sun and Chinese character are tactile.
Two people on a tandem bike with blue fabric; two felted baby sharks are below the bike.
The tandem bike and riders are outlined with wiki stix and the baby sharks are padded so they are tactile.

2020 memories

Icon of a woman in a wheelchair holding up her fist on red and yellow fabric.
This piece is an homage to Black Americans and disabled people in 2020 celebrating the protests but who were also adversely affected during the pandemic. This piece was part of a show – Art of Resilience: Celebrating Creativity in Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery in Randolph, VT.
Two ravens on blue, white and orange fabric.
Celebrating the ravens that I watched from the window of my apartment in Vermont, where I spent part of the pandemic.

Daughter art

Photo of a Shi Tzu dog on blue and brown fabric.
My younger daughter’s dog Jack with his snow boots on for Vermont.
Icon of man in a wheelchair with a toddler in a round frame.
My late husband with our daughter as a toddler.
Quilt of blue, red, white fabric.
An ox quilt for my daughter who was born in the Year of the Ox.

Brother’s dog

Photo of dog in round frame.
Brother’s dog – take 1
Photo of dog in square frame.
Brother’s dog – take 2

Wall Hangings for Friends

Fabric wall hanging in a circle. A ginkgo leaf is in the center surrounded by fabric with a leaf pattern and then blue and yellow fabric. Some felt balls hang from the bottom of the circle.
For a friend who likes ginkgo leaves. December 2022

Quilts

Quilt with an appliqued blue dog in the center. Other colors are light blue, dark blue, red and olive green.
“Couch quilt” made for my older daughter. The dog in the center is appliqued so tactile for people with low vision.
Disability themed quilt
Quilt made by Patricia Chadwick for a raffle to help fund a coalition of disabled women from the US to attend the Women’s Conference in Beijing in 1995. Now hanging on disability advocate Anthony Tusler’s wall. The circles in the middle represent wheelchair wheels. The diamonds coming out from the wheelchair symbol represent breaking the chains of oppression. The diagonal lines represent ramps over stairs. The hand signs means “communication” and “sign language.” The Braille spells “Yes ADA.”
Cotton fabric in patterns mostly gold, orange and red with some black and gold fabric in the background. Long strips of fabric make a pinwheel pattern.
Adventureland Quilt (pattern by SuzyQuilts) inspired by Kathy, a fellow quilter at the Sacramento Modern Quilt Guild retreat. 2022
Quilt on a bed, made of mostly pink fabric with flowers and some bikes.
“Crazy” quilt made for my older daughter of mostly pink fabric including flowers, bicycles. There is an embroidered heart in the center.

Older Quilts

Quilt made of blue, red, pink, white and gold fabric - star in the middle and triangles along the sides.
Quilt made in 1977
Sections of a quilt - each panel is a star pattern
Made in 1976, commissioned by a neighbor in Oakland. The pattern is called Nine Star.
Quilt with a swirly pattern, various colors.
Made in 1975 (as you can tell by the hideous shag carpeting and bright pink couch) for my housemate. Pattern is called Drunkard’s Path.

Fabric bowls

Bowl made out of black, yellow, and orange fabric.
Fabric coiled bowl by Patricia Chadwick. 2021
Bowl made of coiled fabric in red, beige and brown colors.
Fabric bowl by Patricia Chadwick, 2022
Small fabric bowl of red, tan and brown fabric, with a handle.
Fabric bowl by Patricia Chadwick, 2025

Resources

  • Quilting as Political Expression: How Fabric Can Drive Social Change, by Caroline Oneto, November 2025
  • Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers: are a group of women and their ancestors from the Gee’s Bend area of Alabama’s rural Black Belt, whose quilts are celebrated as some of the most significant artistic contributions to American art history. 
  • Bisa Butler: does portraits in fabric, portraying Black history, with themes such as family, community, migration, the promise of youth, and artistic and intellectual legacies.