Paper pieced; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank, Windy City Quilting. Thanks to my Electric Quilt software, I was able to uniquely set two traditional blocks into a very contemporary and vibrant design. Kaffe Fassett fabrics add to its electrifying brilliance.
Exhibition Year Archives
Electrically Charged
Kiwis In the Cabbage OrchardJan Sneesby Aaron
Hand appliqué; hand & machine quilting. The quilt is an interpretation of a water color painting by Charles Rennie McIntosh, Glasgow, Scotland’s famed architect of the Art Deco period. Tiny kiwi birds roam the orchard and are from a hand screen printed fabric brought back from New Zealand.
Eureka IJan Sneesby Aaron
Machine pieced; machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. Begun at a workshop at the 2008 IQI Quilt In, I enlarged the pattern to an afghan size. The curved strips are free motion cut with a rotary cutter. It is a gift for Bonnie and Chuck Mervis—my special sister- and brother-in-law.
Liberating Scraps: Sea of Waves Times TwoJan Sneesby Aaron
Paper pieced; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank, Windy City Quilting. About a decade ago, I made a small quilt from a block called Lucky Dip. But depending on fabric placement, making and setting the block in a quilt could produce quite a number of different designs and I always wanted to try working with itContinue reading “Liberating Scraps: Sea of Waves Times Two
Jan Sneesby Aaron
“
Sailing with The Jonah MJan Sneesby Aaron
Paper pieced; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank, Windy City Quilting. My young cousin, Jonah, is part of an avid sailing family. When I saw the pattern in an issue of American Quilter, I knew it was perfect for a special gift honoring his birth. I even named the largest of the sailboats “The Jonah M.”
Tastes Like ChickenMelanie Anderson
Crazy & strip pieced. Appliquéd, machine quilted. This is a gift to my dear friend, Elizabeth, who loves all things chicken.
Scrappy Cabbage RosesMelanie Anderson
Scrap pieced, appliqués, machine quilted. I have been obsessed with using up scraps for about 2 years and have made many, many of these scrappy flowers. I picked all the green ones to go against my pink challenge fabric.
Christmas JacketSue Babbs
NSNG Christmas cards printed on fabric & pieced. In 2006, some of my closest friends sent me Christmas cards which co-ordinated well with each other. I made this jacket out of the memories associated with their cards.
“Seven”-petalled FlowersSue Babbs
NSNG Hand-made bobbin lace, in silk threads and wire. This piece won a “Medal of Excellence” in the U.K. Lace Guild’s Triennial Exhibition. The theme was “seven.” Each of the seven flowers has seven petals made out of the numeral “seven.”