Exhibition Year Archives

Jacobean Garden

Jan Sneesby Aaron

Hand appliquéd, embellished with beads, hand embroidered & hand quilted. I saw this pattern in a recent issue of “Australian Patchwork & Quilting”. It really spoke to me and I knew I had to make it. Loved working with all the beads & embroidery.

Pick Up Sticks

Jan Sneesby Aaron

Machine pieced & quilted. Repurposing a quilt top that was not “gorgeous” was the focus of a Rayna Gillman workshop earlier this year. By cutting it up and repiecing the various sections I was able to make a project gone wrong into something dynamic.

Beijing

Mario Alonso

Machine pieced and machine quilted. Beijing was started while watching the Beijing Summer Olympics and completed in 2008. The back evolved over the next year or so and is my interpretation of the Water Cube and Plaza, along with bands representing Gold, Silver and Bronze. Machine quilted by Sally Evanshank from Windy City Quilting inContinue reading “Beijing

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A Plethora of Pinwheels

Melanie Anderson

Machine pieced and quilted. I had a wonderful time with this year’s challenge. I got started early enough to make sure I got my pinwheels put together correctly and really enjoyed the challenge of mismatched fabrics.

My Many Homes

Melanie Anderson

Machine pieced & appliquéd, embellished with buttons. I was totally taken with another member’s use of aerial photos and old men’s shirts and decided to make my own. Each button and challenge fabric represents a different segment of my life in Illinois. Legend is on the back.

Jabot

Sue Babbs

Bucks Point bobbin lace. Handmade in cotton. This piece took around 70 hours to complete.

Scilla

Sue Babbs

Binche bobbin lace, worked in silk. Traditional Binche stitches were used to make this wall hanging. Normally the piece would be worked in fine cotton and would measure about 1 1/2 inches square.

A Garden at Dusk

Georgia Baker

Machine pieced and quilted. Traditional pattern done in watercolor style. Will be a present for my granddaughter who loves purple.

Genesis

Suzanne Belz

Batik technique. I was fortunate to be part of a cultural immersion in Bali. The Balinese believe there is not just one word for artist, since they feel everyone’s an artist. I went to the home of the “Batik Master” where I discovered that I am an artist.

French Country

Harriet Bertsche

Machine pieced, machine quilted, hand appliqué, hand ruched flowers. This quilt was designed using the EQ4 computer program. First place ribbon, Duchess Heritage Quilt Show, Poughkeepsie, NY 2001. Second place ribbon, Northern Star Quilters’ Guild World of Quilts, Somers, NY 2001.

Rising Sun 1837

Palmer Blakley

Machine pieced and machine quilted. Inspired by Kaffe Fassett’s “Leafy Snowball” reinterpretation of a snowball quilt in the V&A Museum. But with reproduction fabrics of the 1930s. The bright pastels we used to cheer us up during the Great Depression.

Sunset in the Garden

Jane K. Brown

Hand dyed cotton scrim and silk hankies, wet felted – embellished with needle felting, hand and machine embroidery. This piece is very organic, built from the unpredictable results of hand dying and wet felting. Embellishments were added to enhance and take advantage of the colors and shapes that emerged.

A Place in My Heart

Shelley Brucar

Hand-dyed & painted fabric. Machine stitched. This is the view I want to see from my studio window. Since I live in the Midwest, I put mountains on my design wall.

Endangered Reef

Shelley Brucar

Hand-dyed & painted fabric. Machine stitched. Because of rising temperatures, our seas are in danger. Magnificent coral reefs are getting bleached out; brilliant colors are turning white.