Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. Phil was a great man, meticulously dressed and avid tie collector. I was the proud recipient of many, many, many of his ties whenever he purged his closet. This quilt is in memory of him and was made with over 120 of Phil’s ties. How can you not be “Happy EveryContinue reading “Phil’s Ties
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was part of a pattern and kit I bought years ago, long forgotten and took forever for me to find the brown fabric that I wanted to use. What I find most interesting is that sometimes you see the brown diamonds and other times you see the fabric squares.Continue reading “Squares or Diamonds
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced & quilted. Back applique “80”. This was an 80th birthday gift for my mom, Margarita. This quilt has 80 pieces of fabric and each represented a year and a wish she could make. The side borders are “M”s for her name. She was a great creator and loved projects of all kinds. IContinue reading “80 Wishes for Mom
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Melanie Anderson
Machine “crazy” pieced and machine quilted. I’ve become obsessed with “reuse, recycle”. The roses in the quilt are made entirely from small scraps left over from other projects.
Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced and quilted. I saw something like this in a Pottery Barn catalogue long ago. I put it together from scraps of other projects and really loved the result.
Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced and quilted. With a challenge piece, I hope that the fabrics will speak to me. These particular fabrics spoke of roots digging deep into the soil with just a bit of leaf growth above.
Sue Babbs
Bobbin lace & Kumihimo Braiding In this piece, the lone, red thread travels from the chaotic wild ground in the lower portion to the orderly Rose Ground Bobbin laced in the top corner.
Sue Babbs
Needlefelting, embroidery with threads and beads This piece was inspired by a photograph of moorlands in Yorkshire, England.
Esther Behnke
reverse appliqued This was from a reverse applique pattern.
