Dayton resident Winifred Fiedler came to quilting relatively late in life—she started about 20 years ago after raising five children. Her work has been exhibited throughout southwestern Ohio, at the Glen Helen Preserve, the Ohio State Fair, Springfield Art Museum, Cox Arboretum, Dayton Convention Center, the Dayton Visual Arts Center and elsewhere. Fiedler’s quilts are characterized by bold colors, imaginative use of geometric forms and an artistic approach that’s solidly rooted in tradition but also informed by contemporary art. Her quilt “Outback” was pictured in Quilters Newsletter magazine. Fiedler is a member of the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network, an organization formed in 1992 by artists and quilters who were interested in the art form of non-traditional quilts. For 10 years in the 1980s and 1990s, she managed the art exhibits at the Cox Arboretum and the Glen Street Gallery in Yellow Springs. Fiedler is also a talented photographer.