Exhibition Year Archives

Shades of Autumn

Judy Colpack

Machine quilted & stitched, couched embellishments, hand stitching with embroidery threads. On-line class “Stupendous Stitching with Your Own Original Design Idea” using machine embellishment stitches, couched cording, ribbons and yarns. Open spaces filled with hand stitching using embroidery threads to emphasize details.

Ripples in the Pond

Judy Colpack

Machine stitched, couched embellishments, hand stitching with embroidery threads. On-line class “Stupendous Stitching with Your Own Original Design Idea” using machine embellishment stitches, couched cording, ribbons and yarns. Open spaces filled with hand stitching using embroidery threads to emphasize details.

Florabunda

Lynn Dykstra Davis

Machine pieced and quilted. Made from a blog challenge design by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville. Made entirely of stash! Quilted by Sue DiVarco.

My Amelia

Donna Derstadt

Hand applique, longarm machine quilted. A block of the month class taught by Joanne Parks at Quilters Heaven; based on Amelia’s Rose Garden by Verna Mosquera. The center block was designed by Eileen Heins, Rita O’Connor’s daughter.

Not-So-Shy Violet

Helen Downie

Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Deb Cimaglio. This quilt is a gift for my dear friend Deb Szott – a special thank-you for all her caring and kindness. Deb is completely in the dark about this – finding the quilt here will be quite a surprise! Love you, Deb, and Merry Christmas!

Mixed Bouquet

Helen Downie

Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Deb Cimaglio. Remember when “posies” were the rage? Made the blocks and the time finally came to o something with them. Notice Deb Cimaglio’s beautiful quilting – it certainly ‘makes’ the quilt.

Harlequin

Helen Downie

Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Deb Cimaglio. Almost all the fabrics in a collection of black-and-whites were used in this quilt patterned after the fancy dress of Court Jesters and Harlequins. Super quilting by Deb Cimaglio.

What Bird

Mary Jo Eckhart

Hand woven; embellished with paper, canvas embroidery, felted pieces, beads, painted model nagic, found feather. This, my first weaving, was done on a loom that we built as part of the class. Long legs appeared as I was learning new techniques. The white feather was in my backyard the 2nd day of class when IContinue reading “What Bird

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Twice Felted Vessel

Mary Jo Eckhart

Wet felted vessel further embellished with hand needle felting, beads & a felted ball. This vessel was made in NSNG summer picnic class. Once I got it home, I wanted to further embellish it for more colore & texture.

Knitting Needles???

Barbie Eich

I used 15 items found around the house to knit with. No knitting needles? No problem! Things found can be used to knit samples and a basket.

A Birthday Card for Fran

Barbie Eich

I pounded flowers and leaves onto fabric for color. The doodled with pens & beads. Flower and leaf pounding gives an interesting effect on fabric. I then doodled with pens and beads.

Tranquility

Linda Feinberg

Hand needle felted, hand quilted, wet felted. The felted center piece (the backing was wet felted and then the detail added with needle felting) was completed in a Dimensional Felting class taught by Lela Luetgar at the Midwest Fiber & the Internet. I hand quilted the border to enhance the felting and make it pop.

Traces of Kandinsky

Iva Freeman

Machine pieced, machine quilted. I love to use the colors Kandinsky so often used in his work. Batiks, stripes, checks and dotted fabrics are so exciting.