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I almost always begin a project because there are particular fabrics I want to use. Here I started with Cherrywood hand dyes and a set of batiks I received as a gift. (Machine pieced and longarm quilted by me.)

Hand & machine pieced, hand quilted. This project lived in my head for many years before I had the time to make it. It took about 6 months, start to finish.

Designed, pieced and longarm quilted by me (Evanston Quilt Company). This quilt is a gift to my sister-in-law who has been a wonderful friend to me for 30 years.

Machine pieced and longarm quilted by me (Evanston Quilt Company). This piece was created from a deconstructed wall hanging originally made by my client’s late mother, Shirley D. Fitch. The original had construction problems and would not lie flat. The only fabrics not in the original piece are the white strips and the on-point blueContinue reading “Rescued

Amy Parker

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Machine pieced and long-arm quilted (by me). This was pieced and quilted during the 2020 lockdown. We were missing our points of connection with friends and family.

Machine pieced and longarm quilted by Amy Savin Parker (Evanston Quilt Co.) This quilt is a wedding present for my nephew and his lovely wife. They asked for “simple” in gray and blue. Design Source – Original design and pattern.

Machine pieced, quilted on a longarm – Evanston Quilt Company (my own business). This quilt represents a section of the border on an antique Mexican serape, woven in the 1880’s. The serape measured about 5′ by 8′, and the horizontal parallelograms were approximately 2″ long. The precision of the weaving was remarkable.