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Vintage embroidered and appliqué quilt squares; machine pieces and bound by Myra Janus. Quilted by Amy Parker/Label by MaryJo Deysach Several years ago, the turtle squares were given to me by a relative.  I found the butterfly squares in a local antique store.  When I am able to part with it, I will give itContinue reading “A Turtle Week

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Machine pieced by me/Machine quilted by Amy Parker I bought the whimsical animal fabric and pattern on sale pre-pandemic in Edinburgh, Scotland, searched for the coordinating fabric to fit the color scheme that I had in mind, and accumulated them over time.  The back is pieced with the scraps from the front, along with someContinue reading “Homes for the Holiday

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Machine pieced and quilted. In 2014 my husband and I went to Alaska to visit my sister who lives in Anchorage. When traveling, I love to visit quilt shops and purchased the fish themed print fabric used in this quilt. This spent a few years in my stash. The bear was given to me byContinue reading “So Many Fish

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Machine pieced and quilted. The vintage hand embroidered center piece was purchased at a neighbor’s estate sale. I started planning this quilt after my husband and I visited Amsterdam in April 2019 where I purchased the print fabrics used in the borders. It was inspired by my research into antique Dutch quilts at a HollyContinue reading “Amsterdam Memories

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Machine pieced Machine quilted

Machine pieced using small fabric panels.

Machine pieced by Myra Janus. Long arm machine quilted by Amy Parker. I used a basic nine patch pattern with sashing because I wanted people to be able to see the beautiful fabrics without cutting them up too much.

Machine pieced with embroidered basket handles, custom machine quilting, hand finished binding. It took 30 years to decide what to make with a remnant of floral fabric purchased at Liberty on a trip to London to visit my sister. Over the years I continued to collect additional fabrics to use and finally designed and madeContinue reading “Liberty Baskets

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I love the old fashioned look of the log cabin pattern using fabrics from my earlier days of making quilts. I wanted to practice my machine applique skills and machine quilting. I designed and made the the quilt myself. The flower patterns were from the book Raw Edge Applique by Sue Nichols and Pat HollyContinue reading “Log Cabin, Flowers and Birds

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