Jan Sneesby Aaron
Machine pieced; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank, Windy City Quilting This is the first T-shirt quilt I have made. Wanting to use as many of the shirts as I could, I chose to do the border out of the smaller ones and surround them with those from his high school years. Adam hails from theContinue reading “Adam’s Memories
Jan Sneesby Aaron
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Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced and quilted I was lucky enough to get a silkscreen of Obama’s head so I could participate in the inaugural challenge. What an exciting time!
Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced and quilted My daughter who normally ignores my quilt projects said repeatedly how much she liked this fish quilt—it became her going-away-to-college present.
Sue Babbs
Pieced and lined jacket This jacket is lined with fleece, so that you can keep warm but look elegant.
Sue Babbs
Pieced and lined. This jacket is lined with fleece for warmth, while still elegant.
Sue Babbs
Hand made bobbin lace. This necklace is worked in linen threads, in moorland colours, with coordinating glass beads.
Sue Babbs
Pieced and lined jacket This elegant jacket is lined with fleece for warmth.
Sue Babbs
Bobbin lace (hand made) and needle-felted. The swan photographs were taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden one summer evening.
Ronald Bedard
Machine pieced, machine quilted by Sally Evanshank I set the original design on point, used all star blocks rather than alternating stars and plain blocks, selected a scrappier background, and added the sashing. The result is a quilt that reminds me of Tuscany at night.
Ronald Bedard
Foundation pieced; machine appliqué; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank The unusual lone star (a wonderful Karen Stone pattern) went through several color variations; I finally used the color wheel to finalize the scheme. The appliqué is an original design, using techniques learned from Ricky Tims and his hand-dyed fabrics.
Esther Behnke
Machine pieced, hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Margaret Knoup Christmas gift to daughter Carole and Keith.
Esther Behnke
Hand appliquéd, hand quilted I appliquéd while my daughter drove us to Cincinnati and also while my husband drove us to Baltimore.
dj Bennett
Machine embroidery: fabric collage, heat transfer shells, net & sheers Ariel was a magical spirit of air and sea from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This is his song: Full fathom five my father lies; of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes. Nothing of him that doth fade but suffers aContinue reading “Ariel’s Song
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dj Bennett
Machine embroidery, fabric collage, heat transfer. From a poem by William Blake.
dj Bennett
Machine embroidery, fabric collage The ancients believed the world was composed of four elements: earth, air (wind), fire, and water. This box was done a few years ago as a teaching aid for a Story Box Workshop, where boxes suggesting specific stories were made from tuna fish cans. This was the only one I everContinue reading “Elemental Box
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dj Bennett
Iron-on fabric, machine embroidery; variation on a workshop project Four sides, bottom & bottom lining— machine embroidery, couching; free-form top with weighted
Allison Blakeley
Machine-pieced, free-motion quilting, piping When I wanted to try working with curves for the first time, I did it in a big way—with this abstract quilt made from commercial batik fabrics.
Allison Blakeley
Machine pieced, free-motion quilting Before taking up quilting in 2002, the only “quilt” I had ever made was a yellow & white gingham check potholder in Mrs. Murphy’s 8th grade home economics class. This is quite a departure from it.
