Exhibition Year Archives

But I Like Ketsup on My Hot Dog!

Beth Polonsky

Fusing, machine appliqué, hand embroidered & beaded. I was always a “hot dog” kid. But ketsup was my choice of condiment. Chicago is the hot dog town but it’s tough walking in and asking for ketsup. And grilled onions? Fogettaboutit! [Part of the Chicago Icon series]

On the Road to Paducah

Marilyn Pospishil

Totally hand done, no machine work on it at all. Hand pieced & hand quilted. I found this spider fabric that I loved. I designed the quilt to accent that fabric. I used the back of my friend’s seat on the bus trip to Paducah as a design wall. Hence

Fractured Beauty

Marilyn Pospishil

Machine pieced, hand quilted. I wanted to do something different with this Stephanie Brandenberg panel, so I just randomly cut it up. I used a special metallic thread on the flower to give it some sparkle.

Repetitive Steps

Marilyn Pospishil

Machine & hand pieced, hand quilted. My friend gave me a charm pack of batiks from the Fair Trader. I wanted to emphasize the color and African fabrics but keep the design simple. This is what evolved.

Peace in Process

Janet Rivara

Machine pieced, hand quilted. By using Cherrywood hand dyed fabrics to create a simple “background” I could focus on the meditative quality of the quilting process.

The “Picasso”

Valerie Rodelli

Used background fabric, layered sequin fabric, then covered with a pleated sheer to simulate a highrise behind the sculpture. The “sculpture” was made with lame fabric & embellished (beaded) templates. [Part of the Chicago Icon series]

Indigenous

Valerie Rodelli

Textured fabrics, fused & machine freeform quilted. Borders were made from batik fabric & texturized with an iron. Original piece, taken from a photo, zoomed in, and made into an abstract design based on a realistic photo.

Happy Wonder

Valerie Rodelli

One fabric in quilt body; cut up, pieced back together & rearranged in design. Borders are complementary fabric. Personally pieced, then longarm quilted by Barbara Deletzke

Asian Box

Valerie Rodelli

Hand marbled paper, handmade box and lid, bead embellishment. Colors & style of marbling was learned in a workshop. Box was made from templates of heavy cardboard.

Color Squared

Martha Ross-Mockaitis

Machine pieced. Long arm quilting by Windy City Quilters, Sally Evanshank. I am in love with silk noile! The shimmer the blocks have is delicious.

IQI Challenge

Martha Ross-Mockaitis

Machine stitching of selvedge pieces. Machine quilted at home. I used only selvedges I collected or guild members gave me. The white fabric was added to meet the guild requirements.

Grannie Square Factorial (4!!!!)

Samantha Roth

Hand crocheted, squares are crocheted together. The four colors of yarn can be combined in 24 different ways in the pattern (4x3x2x1). The resulting 24 Granny Squares are arranged in blocks of 24 and the blocks are repeated eight times.

Full Moon

Anita Ruesch

Paper pieced, machine quilted. I purchased this pattern from Deb Karasik, during a paper piecing class she taught at IQI. Her paper piecing method makes it easy to put this piece together and get perfect points. Machine quilted by Quilter’s Heaven’s Maureen O’Connor.

Dale’s Sudoku Quilt

Anita Ruesch

Machine pieced, long arm quilted. Part of my retired father-in-law’s daily routine is working on crossword and Sudoku puzzles. When I came across this pattern, I had to make this for him. This is an actual puzzle, which he will have to solve. Overall and numbers are machine quilted by Quilter’s Heaven’s Maureen O’Connor.