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

Mario Alonso

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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.