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.