2015 – Page 3 – Fine Art of Fiber

Snapshot: Bay with Mountains
Roslyn DeBoer

Pin weaving, couching. I love to use fabric manipulation techniques in my work. Here I’ve used only 2 techniques to illustrate a rugged terrain.

Memories of Scotland
Chris Deering

Hand appliqué, Hand English paper piecing, Machine pieced and quilted Made as a Block of the Month program at Pieceful Gathering Quit Shop. While making this quilt I took a little time off and actually went to Scotland! And loved it!

Sashiko and Butterflies
Chris Deering

Hand appliqué, sashiko stitching and quilting I really enjoy hand stitching and this piece had all sorts of hand work.

A Garden for My Granddaughter
Donna Derstadt

Machine pieced & appliquéd; longarm machine quilted. This Grandmother’s Garden quilt is Eleanor Burns’ update of the original Nancy Page design published in 1928. I started this quilt in 1999 and finally quilted it 16 years later. Whew! Making progress on my UFOs!

Geometric Puzzle
Donna Derstadt

Machine pieced; longarm machine quilted. This block appeared in the April 1943 issue of Successful Farming and was republished in 2004 by Better Homes & Gardens in “Quilting Pieces of the Past”. I love the blue & white, and lots of open space for quilting.

In and Out
Donna Derstadt

Machine pieced dupioni silk. From a pattern, kit and IQI workshop by Amy Walsh of Blue Underground Studios.

Sunflower
Donna Derstadt

Hand appliquéd and longarm quilted. From an IQI workshop on back basting appliqué by Barbara Eikmeier.

Gift Wrapped
Helen Downie

Machine pieced and quilted. This simple pattern showcases an over 20-year collection of Liberty of London Tana Lawn fabrics. Deb Ramsey’s quilting is lovely and creative – note how she changed thread colors to match the ribbon on each ‘gift’

Re-Wrapped
Helen Downie

Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt continues the showcasing of an over 20-year collection of Liberty of London Tana Lawn fabrics. Deb Ramsey’s quilting continues to be lovely and creative – again, note how her quilting thread colors are changed to match the ribbon on each ‘gift’

Wild Imagination
Helen Downie

Machine pieced borders, machine quilted. I framed this Laurel Burch panel just for the sheer fun of it, and sent it off to Deb Ramsey to play with. Her exquisite quilting – check out those tiny circles in the white areas – make this piece very special.

Attack of the Digital World
Kathy Downie

Needlefelted roving, yarn & angelina. Couched yarn around circles & free motion zig zag to make disc shapes. Inspired by circles, this piece was crated by needle felted roving & yarns and couched yarns around the disc shapes. The name came as inspiration from the result.