YOUNGSVILLE, NY — Everybody knows that quilts can be beautiful, but did you know that there are some quilts that are created specifically as artwork? The results can be spectacular, as you will be able to see at “Abstracts, Flora and Fauna,” a new show exhibiting the work of Katharina Litchman (artquiltsbymietzi.com) that opens on Saturday, August 27, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at Domesticities on Route 52.

Litchman is a contemporary art quilter. In 2011, she was inducted into the Catskill Mountain Quilters Hall of Fame as the first art quilter. Her work is in private collections and is sold in galleries, by commission and by referrals.

The work in this show reflects her love of nature but is also influenced by architecture and abstract designs from many years of living in New York City. She now lives in Youngsville with her husband and a few felines. Litchman signs her quilts “Mietzi,” after their first cat in their little farmhouse many years ago.

Her work will be on display through Labor Day. A portion of the proceeds of quilt sales are donated to spaying and neutering of cats and dogs. For more information, call 845/482-3333 or email cut tinggarden@hotmail.com.