2016 – Fine Art of Fiber

Kora’s Garden
Jan Aaron

IQI Hand appliqued; long arm quilted by Debbie Bookman. I made this for a delightful little girl named Kora.

IQI Hand appliqued, long arm quilted by Amy Parker. I challenged myself to use pastel fabrics. My appliqué group, Flying Needles, added to the challenge by contributing some fabrics that needed to be included.

Green Glass Doors Gone Red
Jan Aaron

IQI Machine pieced; long arm quilted by Debbie Bookman. This is the result of an IQI workshop with Amy Walsh of Blue Underground Patterns. I used their Green Glass Doors pattern but chose to use red and black. Amy encouraged me to scrap it.

Dark Side – Modern Log Cabin
Mario Alonso

Machine pieced. This is an older quilt that is one of my favorites and introduction to batiks. Class at Quiltology which was my first official quilt shop experience. Quilted by Sally Evanshank.

Café Cubano
Mario Alonso

Fusible applique – machine pieced & quilted by me. This was my first attempt at raw edge appliqué – saw the pattern and kit at the quilt show and I knew I needed a little shot of café Cubano!

Santa
Mario Alonso

Machine pieced and quilted by me. What’s better than Santa? Fun and easy quilt using the Santa panel.

Hidden River, City Lights
Melanie Anderson

Machine pieced, machine appliqué, machine quilted. I love scraps and I love using them up. This quilt is made of, primarily, a box of leftover strips from another project. I was thrilled with the result, and Amy Parker quilted it for me.

Safety in Numerals, 2016
Melanie Anderson

Machine pieced and free motion quilted, machine applique. These are the scraps from a “One Block Wonder” I did last year. I am captivated by the leftover triangles and they make numbers for me. Can you see the date?

Xs and Os
Melanie Anderson

Machine pieced and free motion quilted. This is our guild’s 30th Quilt-In Anniversary Quilt. All of the signatures of participants are on the back, nestled in X’s. The song X’s and O’s was on the radio a lot while I was quilting it.

Nighttime Story
Christine K. Bae

Collage with hand painted fabric and embroidery.

Harmony III
Jaclyn. Bae

Machine quilted, discharged, hand dyed. If I can hold my life-time moments and express my past, present and future, then how can I possibly represent those? I discharged the blue color from family’s old jeans to cut, arrange, and sew it. While doing my works, I found that I had been somewhere within my memories.Continue reading “Harmony III

Jaclyn. Bae

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Harmony IV
Jaclyn. Bae

Machine quilted, discharged, hand dyed. Each person lives life in a different way, but no one can live alone. We need to lean on each other in our exhausting life. I believe that God has made my home a nest to love and heal each other and receive strength to live in our life. HarmonyContinue reading “Harmony IV

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I’ll Take Mine Modern
Peta Minerof Bartos

Fusible appliqué, free-hand longarm quilting (FMQ) on HandiQuilter/Avante This quilt was completed after taking a class with the artist. I gained enormous confidence in my quilting skills, and really enjoyed seeing what my machine and I could do.

While They Were Wondering if the Glass was HalF Empty, or Half Full, I Drank It – 2016
Peta Minerof Bartos

Raw edge appliqué, free-motion quilting (FMQ) and computerized quilting on HandiQuilter/Avante; original design 2016. After completing a tumbler quilt top (using a template); I was unsure of what quilting design would best compliment the project. This sampler/table runner provided practice, and a clear design choice.

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