An abstract, colorful, multi-layered fabric art piece with various patterns and textures in shades of pink, black, blue, gray, and beige.

Abigail Vargas

Contemporary Fiber Art | Modern Textile Artist

Exploring color, storytelling, and reclaimed materials

A fiber art piece depicting a chrysocolla and azurite stone in shades of blue, tan, and white, with an abstract background in pale blues. The quilt has intricate patterns and detailed stitching.

A quilt depicting a Bumblebee Jasper stone with colorful areas in orange, yellow and gray, surrounded by a black background with abstract patterns.

Mixed media quilt featuring black and white checkerboard fabric in a river shape and layered pink, purple, and patterned strips, with scattered yellow circular accents.

I am a contemporary textile artist based in Northern California, creating modern fiber art and quilts that explore color, memory, and material storytelling.

A colorful op art abstract quilt with geometric shapes, lines, and patterns on a black and white background. Composition is based on the Exquisite Corpse game.

Exquisite Quilt Collaboration

75 artists, 7 quilts

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Exhibited at Quilt National, QuiltCon, and international textile exhibitions

Quilt National

2025

Craftforms

2025

Quiltcon

2026

Brea Gallery - Made in California

2026

Lectures and Workshops

Close-up of a colorful fabric with abstract patterns in red, pink, and brown tones.

Rockhounding Workshop

Create a rock quilt block by learning turned-edge machine applique technique.

Close-up image of a quilt with a variety of patterned fabric pieces in purple, beige, cream, and floral designs.

Salvage Beauty Lecture

Lecture about repurposed and scrap materials in contemporary quilts.

Colorful quilt with three arrangements of upward pointed geometric shapes in red, orange, blue, pink, and green on a cream background.

Blooming Agave Workshop

Create a modern quilt full of color.

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