Rhonda Newman

Felted Purse Green/Yellow
Rhonda Newman

Hand knitted and felted in a washing machine. This piece was knit in a large circle. Then I put the handles on and washed it in hot water.

Felted Purse Red/Green
Rhonda Newman

Hand knitted and felted in washing machine. This piece was knit in a large circle. The body of the work before felting was 60″ x 31″.

Squares and Stripes
Rhonda Newman

This quilt was made from the Jane Sassaman fabric line. I made the center blocks and then made the quilt grow. I knew it would be about a King size. I really like the bright colors and the movement in the center blocks. I hope you enjoy the quilt.

QR Code
Rhonda Newman

Machine pieced. Quilted by Barbara Deletzke. This QR Code Quilt goes to my website. Check it out!

Bead crochet. Necklaces and bracelets crocheted into a tube and then decorations added.

Batiks Galore
Rhonda Newman

Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was started the day my youngest daughter left for her semester abroad. She had picked out the pattern. She loves batik fabric. I wanted to keep busy working on a new project while she was gone. So, I went into my stash. This quilt includes about 45 different fabrics.Continue reading “Batiks Galore

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Felted Bags and Planter (4 objects)
Rhonda Newman

Hand knitted and then felted in a washing machine. Each piece is unique. You never know how it will turn out because of the yarn difference.

Missing the Magikist Sign
Rhonda Newman

Machine pieced. The Magikist sign sat along the Chicago expressways from the 1960s to 2004. [Part of the Chicago Icon Series]

Apple
Rhonda Newman

NSNG Cotton fabric, fused and machine embroidery. My favorite part of summer is my vegetable garden that I can see from my kitchen windows. The Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden is my inspiration for this piece. Apples are always wonderful after the summer harvest. Always different colors and shapes.

Eggplant & Peppers
Rhonda Newman

Color Collonade
Rhonda Newman

NSNG Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was made from a kit. I was attracted to the colors and that no blocks are the same. The quilt was quilted by Barbara Deletzke.

Jane’s Abstract Flowers
Rhonda Newman

IQI Pieced by machine. The dark quilt blocks started with a piece of fabric from one of my favorite fabric designers, Jane Sassaman. Each of these blocks is unique because they are cut from a beautiful piece of floral fabric. I like bright and happy quilts so each block is surrounded by bright green andContinue reading “Jane’s Abstract Flowers

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Bright Blooms
Rhonda Newman

I started with a pattern from All People Quilt, February 2022. I used hand-felted and other wool which I slowly hand embroidered, making up stitches as I filled in each part of the flower. The hand stitching brought me many hours of enjoyment. (Crazy B’s Group Project)

Interpretation of American Flag
Rhonda Newman

Machine pieced and quilted. This is a quilt pattern from Temecual Quilt Co. What drew me to this pattern was all the small triangles. There are 924 of them. Also, picking out the red, white and blue fabrics. Enjoy. Pattern from Temecula Quilt Co, “God Bless America”.

My Happy Quilt
Rhonda Newman

Machine pieced and quilted. This is My Happy Quilt. It is a pattern from Villa Rosa Designs. I chose bright happy colors that when I am using it during the winter it will remind me of summer. The pieces are large and show off all the different fabrics. Pattern from Villa Rosa Designs.

The Quilt to Freedom
Rhonda Newman

/ IQI Machine pieced, batik fabric, beaded & embroidery.

8 by 8 by 8
Beth Polonsky

Beading, embroidery, canvas embroidery, needle felting, wet felting, electronics, crazy quilting, painted & printed fabric. This multi-part project is the work of 8 members of NSNG. Each 8″ by 8″ work contains beading and/or embroidery and is based on a monthly color theme.