Machine pieced, hand and machine quilted, embellished with buttons & vintage crocheted potholder. This is the third in a series of wall hanging-size quilts using a crafted piece created by another person. I found the face potholder in an antique shop & was intrigued by the maker’s ingenuity.
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If You Ask MePat Niffenegger
Fused, machine pieced & quilted. I love to use words as part of my art. This was my first attempt to use fusing as a technique, learned in a class by Chris Kirsch in Minocqua, WI several years ago.
Sirius FunStephanie Nordlin
Machine appliqué, pieced, decorative stitched and quilted. Original design matching game for children with my signature Slash’n’Switch method and decorative stitching
Summer in the BirchwoodStephanie Nordlin
Oat flour resist, dye painted, painted, fusible appliqué, beaded, machine quilted. My inspiration was a photo I took last fall outside this building. Learned to detail the birches in a workshop by Denise Havlan
Blue GardenKatie Ordover
Machine pieced; machine quilted. All quilters have in their fabric stash prints they love but are difficult to incorporate into a piece. I was inspired by a pattern by Heather Mulder Peterson and finally able to use some of this crazy floral print.
Emerald KeyKatie Ordover
Machine pieced; machine quilted. This is the inspiration for the Illinois Quilters’ Guild 2015/2016 Challenge. It was fun to cut and sew and I can’t wait to make more!
StormKatie Ordover
Machine pieced; machine quilted. I love the blue and gray fabrics in this piece. It reminds me of Lake Michigan during a storm.
Garden of ButterfliesKatie Ordover
Machine pieced & quilted. I love using scraps from my stash & a quilt doesn’t get scrappier than this!
“12 Tribes”, “Jerusalem of Gold”, “Shoah”Beth Polonsky
Machine pieced, appliqué, painted silk, hand dyed cotton, hand beaded, hand embroidery, machine quilted. As a gift to Congregation Beth Judea, a Conservative synagogue in Long Grove, Illinois, I, along with my friend Ronna Leibach, created seven new Torah Mantles, three of which are shown here. Ronna painted all the beautiful silk fabrics used inContinue reading ““12 Tribes”, “Jerusalem of Gold”, “Shoah”
Beth Polonsky
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