Garden Party

Alexandra (Sandy) Schweitzer

English paper piecing, hand appliqué, hand dyed background by maker, 1930s repro fabrics, whipped stitch edge, hand quilted. Fabrics & style remind me of “Grandma”.

In the Greenhouse

Alexandra (Sandy) Schweitzer

Hand dyed (by maker) & purchased fabric. Fused, machine appliqué, machine quilted, tulle overlay, embellished, photo transfer, piping. A PAQA (Professional Art Quilt Association) orchid challenge.

Angel’s Garden

Angel Sidor

Hand appliqué & hand quilted. This was my First Prospect with hand appliqué. It was a block of the month at Quilters’ Heaven. Taught by Joanne Parks.

Peach Delight

Angel Sidor

Machine pieced. Jim Pilarski taught a class on Mariner’s Compass than I decide to make a jacket and insert the compass. Special thanks to Jan Aaron for helping in the process.

X-Box

Amy Spungen

Machine pieced and quilted using primarily batik fabrics. This basket weave pattern had tricky “L” seams and it took me years (3) to finish because I kept putting it down!

Flowers

Fay D. Stickler

Machine made, machine quilted. Thirties material make these flowers grow in their own pot.

Scrappy Stars

Fay D. Stickler

Machine sewn, machine quilted – I repeated star shape in the border. Fell in love with mixture of star materials – this quilt went together in rows not in square segments as normal, much harder to work those rows.

Deer Creek Fen

Ann Wasserman

Machine appliqué, hand embroidery, machine quilting. This quilt depicts the area where a friend of mine does her zoology research. She sent many photos and I reproduced both the flora and fauna she studies in as much detail as possible.

Lone Star

Hedy Wessel

Fussy cut diamond shaped pieces, “squiggly” quilted star, all machine quilted. When I saw a picture of the “Lone Star” on a book cover, I found it intriguing. I made the star using instructions in the book. I am a retired senior citizen and had only been quilting four years when starting this piece. ItContinue reading “Lone Star

Hedy Wessel