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Machine pieced, double batting (80/20 underwool), quilted on a long-arm machine, faced binding. Playful free motion quilting made this fun to create.

This large scale clam shell style block is perfect for highlighting my deep stash of Halloween fabrics. (Machine pieced blocks using a method Latifah Saafir taught me. Digital pantograph in Long Arm with frame.)

Margaret is Beth’s maternal grandmother. Unfinished star blocks were found in Margaret’s belongings labeled “Margaret’s Green Quilt for Beth”. Beth had no recollection of the blocks or that her grandmother was making a quilt for her from them. And she didn’t like the colors. So Beth, my neighbor, gave the box to me to “doContinue reading “Margaret’s Green Quilt for Beth

Sarah Evans

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This quilt was made deep in the Pandemic as I taught this pattern over Zoom to brand new quilters. They made twin size quilts, I made this baby size. (Machine pieced. FMQ on a longarm with a frame.)

This quilt was constructed during the pandemic. BFMSA stands for Big Fat Mystery Sew Along. Different styles of blocks were revealed a month at a time, the mystery part. Anyone who wanted to join was welcome, the sew along part. The blocks are made from various prompts and designs by Bill Keller, Amy Struckmeyer andContinue reading “My BFMSA

Sarah Evans

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Parenting a non-neurotypical kid is hard. (Machine pieced blocks using “6 minute circle” technique & string kite blocks, Digital pantograph on Long Arm with frame.)

Born out of a frustration that there are those who define patriotism in very specific and harmful ways, this quilt is one of a series exploring the different ways the colors red, white and blue can be constructed to make stars and stripes and still be patriotic. (Machine pieced blocks. FMQ on Long Arm withContinue reading “Red White & Blue #1

Sarah Evans

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These are triangles from a quilter’s stash passed on to a friend after the original quilter passed away. I received 3 gallon size plastic bags full of triangles. They were hand cut and not symmetrical in a way that could be sewn together easily. I picked out one of each fabric and added a yardContinue reading “Triangle Scraps

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced and machine quilted on a frame (longarm). I practice Aqua Yoga. One of our props are colorful pool noodles; arcs of color that the water dances against as they sit along the edge of the pool waiting to be used. One day in the pool the noodles looked a lot like the curvesContinue reading “Aqua Yoga

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) Can you find the Prairie Points? See how they point the the hot pink star bursting from the quilt top? I love those Prairie Points. Confession: Quilt tops sometimes “marinate” for years before they are made into a quilt. This is one such “late bloomer”. The topContinue reading “Starburst with Prairie Points

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) Sometimes you just gotta sew. Long strips of fabric from a “jelly roll” pack of fabric are ideal for mindless yet mindful stitching. Once all the rows are sewn together now you have have fabric that you can cut apart again! The folly and fun of quilting:Continue reading “Pandemic Bars

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) A small Fat Eighth pack of fabric from one of Janine Vangool’s Uppercase Fabric lines and a desire to play around with the Bargello technique of piecing led to this wall hanging. I also played with the quilting by generously overlapping a geometric design to create aContinue reading “Undercase Bargello

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) I LOVE this quilt. It’s my go-to cuddle comfort quilt. The Cherrywood fabric paired with peppered cotton with a wool batting makes it so soft. It doesn’t cover our bed so there is a larger blueberry one coming soon! The quilting is my original free motion quiltingContinue reading “Raspberry Cuddles

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) A visual experiment in Slash and Stitch Improvisational Piecing. Each pod of four fabrics is cut in a different way. Some pods have three cuts, some have four cut, some cuts were straight lines, some lines curved. Pure play. “Coping Strips” were used to puzzle them allContinue reading “Slash and Stitch Sampler

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm)_ As a quilt teacher I got tired of making all my example blocks for my Block Builder Class from dull, bland scrap fabric that I didn’t like. I wanted to *enjoy* sewing blocks together out of fabric that I like. So here it is! Each of theseContinue reading “Block Building Sampler

Sarah Evans

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Machine and Hand pieced, Machine applique, Hand applique, Hand-embroidered, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm). Blues. Gospel. Hip-hop. Jazz. Soul. Rock. And many more! All call Chicago home. Like this quilt, music and quilting are tools to bring people together. Together, Chicago Modern Quilt Guild members -during the pandemic- shared in our love of music,Continue reading “Sweet Home Chicago (in Vinyl) – A Community Quilt made by Chicago Modern Quilt Guild

Sarah Evans

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Machine pieced, longarm quilted

Machine pieced and long arm quilted