EXHIBITIONS

2025

2024

2023    Houston Quilt Festival, TX

            Rebound - Renew - Reimagine (Manhattan Quilters Guild) World Quilt Festival, Yokohama, Japan

            Quilt National ’23 – The Dairy Barn Arts Arts Center, OH

            Connections – Ceres Gallery, NYC

            Soft Associations – Olewine Gallery, PA

2022  Houston Quilt Festival, TX

           Upcycle SAQA Global Exhibitions – BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

           Art Quilt Elements 2020, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

40x40@40 (Manhattan Quilters Guild) Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum, GA; Carroll County Arts Council Gallery, MD; McClean Textile Gallery, VA   

2021    Fall into Layers, Blue Door Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY

            Fibers of Change, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

            Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

             40x40@40 (Manhattan Quilters Guild) Osilas Gallery, NY; Iowa Quilt Museum, IA; Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, PA; Pacific International Quilt Festival IV, CA

            Upcycle SAQA Global Exhibitions – Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Raleigh, NC; Fredericksburg, VA; Novi, MI

2020    40x40@40 (Manhattan Quilters Guild) Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, WA

            Art Quilt Elements 2020, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

            THE GOLD STANDARD of Textile & Fiber Art - Westbeth Gallery, NYC

            MQG Quiltcon - Austin, TX (2020) Won - Best Machine Quilting

2019    Upcycle SAQA Global Exhibitions International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX

            AQS Quilt Week, Paducah, KY

            World of Quilts, Danbury, NY

            Entropy Always Wins - Hello Stitch Gallery, Berkley CA

2018    Korea Bojagi Forum - Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention Center, Korea

            Responses to Gee’s Bend - Swarthmore College, PA

            Love Piece & Beauty - Unilever, NJ

            MQG Quiltcon - Pasadena, CA

2017    ”Quiltllaborations" @ 23rd Carrafour European Patchwork Meeting - Alsace France

            MQG The Best of Quiltcon Tour - USA, Japan, Australia & UK

            International Quilt Festival - Houston, TX

            Lisa Mason - Darien Library, CT

            Empire Quilt Show - Manhattan, NY

2016    Special Exhibit by Luke Haynes - Los Angeles Quilt Show CA

            ”Quiltllaborations" - Accuquilt Gallery, Omaha NE

            In the American Tradition - International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX

 

Awards

2023 – Juror’s Choice Award Quilt National ’23, OH

2020 – Best Machine Quilting MQG QuiltCon, TX

2017 – Best in Show Empire Quilt Show – Manhattan, NY

 

Permanent Collections

Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI - “Nude is Not A Color” (pieced by Hillary Goodwin & quilted & thread painted by Rachael Dorr)

International Quilt Museum, NE - “Deportation” - pieced by Jackie Benedetti & quilted by Rachael Dorr - UILTCON - Austin, TX (2020) - Awarded ‘Best Machine Quilting’

Permanent Collection of Jack Walsh - “The Beautiful Sea” - Pieced by Katherine Knauer & quilted by Rachael Dorr

 

News, Publications & Media

Ep. 48 – Quilt Nerd: Veteran’s Day Show & Political Quilts by Mary Fons (Nov 11 2021)

The Conwway Daily Sun, Sept 1 2021 – Patchwork

Quilting Arts – Spring 2021 – UPCYCLE SAQA Global Exhibition

Quilting Arts - December 2020/January 2021 - Manhattan Quilters Guild Celebrates 40 Years

Quilting Arts - October/November 2020 - Deportation pieced by Jackie Benedetti quilted by Rachael Dorr

The Language of Making – Visual Voices from the Textile Study Group of New York – 2019

American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast Episode 430 July 2019

Paper Piecing & Design by Sarah Elizabeth Sharp - Fireflies - Pieced by Sarah Sharp quilted by Rachael Dorr

Good Housekeeping - July 2017 - Quilty Feelings

Patchwork Professional - February 2017 - Rachael Dorr: Quilting A Memory

Simply Moderne #13 - 2018 - Full Circle - Pieced by Hillary Goodwin quilted by Rachael Dorr

Generation Q Magazine - Nov/Dec 2015 - Piece Corps: Quilting A Memory

Sew Mama Sew - Oct 2015 - Sew Good: Quilting A Memory & Rachael Dorr

Generation Q Magazine - Sept/Oct 2015 - This Goose is a bit rich - pieced by Jack Reeve quilted by Rachael Dorr

Modern Patchwork - Summer 2015 - Modern Stack Quilt - pieced by Jackie Munroe & quilted by Rachael Dorr

Quick Stuff to Quilt (from Threads) - Fall 2014 - Cotton Shirt Quilt

Sewing Calendar 2011 by Accord Publishing - Simple Hot Water Bottle Cover

Sewing Calendar 2010 by Accord Publishing - Simple Patchwork Pumpkin

CraftStylish - Dec 2009 - Socktopus

CraftStylish - Feb 2009 - Cotton-Shirt Quilt

 

Founder of Quilting A Memory www.quiltingamemory.org

Quilting A Memory helps grieving families of lost or fallen US service men and women, first responders and medical professionals by creating a tangible memory of their loved ones. Clothes and uniforms are carefully studied and deconstructed and then pieced together and joined once more to create a beautiful and unique heirloom quilt filled with love and memories.

 

Professional Affiliations - The Manhattan Quilters Guild (Exhibition Co-ordinator), Textile Study Group of New York (Board Member, Speakers Committee & Exhibition Co-ordinator), Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.