Roberta Levin
IQI I pieced and quilted this by machine. Nippori Textile Town in Tokyo is home to over 100 fabric shops. Easily overwhelmed, I focused on finding fabrics to make a new quilt for my bed. The print border fabric, with its modern representation of traditional Japanese textile techniques such as shibori and ikat, and itsContinue reading “Dreaming of Japan
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Roberta Levin
Piecing, pieced back, long arm quilted. The kaleidoscopic hexagons were created by cutting six identical areas of the fabric (as seen on the center back of the quilt) into triangles. I pieced the front and back, then quilted it with a longarm machine.
Roberta Levin
Pieced, beaded and long arm quilted by me. This piece contains many techniques – piecing, beading, fusible applique and long arm quilting. Thanks to Robbi Joy Eklow for the pattern for the vase.
Roberta Levin
Appliqué-fused 2,430 fabric squares embellished with satin ribbon. Hand guided long arm quilting. Each of the 30 blocks of this quilt represent one Sudoku puzzle. I worked the Tribune’s daily puzzle each day for a month, then substituted one fabric for each number 1 – 9.
Roberta Levin
Fussy cut piecing; fused and turned appliqué. Machine embellished appliqué. Long arm quilted, hand guided. Much like a garden, the design of this quilt grew organically. An earlier simple design ended up as a more complex quilt.
