A Horse of a Different Color

Palmer Blakely

Machine pieced and quilted. Horses are outlined to stand out in relief; manes are thread-painted to flatten them. A wool batting lends puffiness. The quilt was made for my brother, a horse-racing aficionado. The blue and gold checks evoke racing silks.

Vegetable Sofreh

Palmer Blakely

Machine pieced and quilted A sofreh is a traditional Persian table covering. It is spread on a low table or on the floor and the group gathers around it to eat.

Twilight

Debbie Bookman

Paper-pieced, machine quilted, embellished with rhinestones Twilight was inspired by a block pattern from Quilts with Style magazine. The multi-color fabric was the 2005 Hoffman Challenge. I was planning to enter the challenge, but did not complete the quilt until 2007! The quilt was machine quilted by Debbie and Stu Bookman of Bookman Quilting.

Eureka

Debbie Bookman

Machine pieced, machine quilted Eureka was inspired redecorating for my family room. The room needed a punch of color which I feel was accomplished. The quilt was pieced during IQI’s Quilt-In Retreat. The quilting was done by Debbie and Stu Bookman of Bookman Quilting.

There Was a Crooked House

Mary Jo Bowers

Raw edge appliqué, machine embroidered, small mouse attached There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat. Which caught a crooked mouse. And they all lived together in a crooked little house.

Spanish Dreams

Diana Burrows

Machine pieced and hand quilted. A wedding gift for my nephew who spent time in Spain and is fluent in Spanish. Red and yellow are Spain’s “colors”.

Free Fall

Caryl Rae Hancock

Raw edge machine appliqué, appliqué of machine embroidered leaf motifs, ceramic buttons As autumn approaches, the leaves on the trees are