Hand pieced using English Paper Piecing. Machine quilted by Bob Cornella. Hand pieced using English Paper Piecing. Machine quilted by Bob Cornella of Quilter’s Quest. Started January, 2015.
Exhibition Year Archives
Millefiore (the Last)
Owl Be Blue Without YouJim Pilarski
Hand applique, machine quilted. Hand appliqué using a selection of blue fabric from a challenge. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco.
Fantasia on the Theme of Yin and YangDorothy Pitzen
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Nancy Gonzalez of Bobbi Wahl Studio. This quilt is an improvisation. I enjoy beginning a quilt without knowing the finished design. I like working with batiks. It seems to make the project a joy. I used a combination of templates by “Quilt Escapes, Strips ‘n Curves”.
Solar MysticDorothy Pitzen
Machine paper piecing. Machine quilted by Nancy Gonzalez of Bobbi Wahl Studio. This quilt started as a lap quilt. I enjoyed the look so I continued. The initial block was too small so I enlarged it to 9.5″. Not knowing where I was going pattern-wise, I started in the center until I reached what youContinue reading “Solar Mystic
Dorothy Pitzen
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Earth, Sea, & SkyBeth Polonsky
Painted silk, fused, machine & hand embellished. Machine quilted. Beth & Ronna have been collaborating on Judaica artwork. This piece was inspired by the Haftarah. A smaller, similar piece will cover the new Haftarah at Congregation Beth Judea in Long Grove.
Circles in All Shapes & SizesBeth Polonsky
Hand beaded. This is a result of a series of classes taken with Lisa Binkley.
BrothersBeth Polonsky
Fused, machine quilted, machine & hand embellished. This is a smaller version of a Torah Cover I made for Congregation Beth Judea in Long Grove. This was the rough draft for the finished piece.
Blue on BlueBeth Polonsky
Peyote stitch using two holed beads with picot edges.
It Fits!Beth Polonsky
Right angle weave.
CopperBeth Polonsky
Peyote stitch using two holed beads with picot edges.
Earth, Sea, & SkyBeth Polonsky
Painted silk, fused, machine & hand embellished. Machine quilted. Beth & Ronna have been collaborating on Judaica artwork. This piece was inspired by the Haftarah. A smaller, similar piece will cover the new Haftarah at Congregation Beth Judea in Long Grove.
Glorious FoliageValerie Rodelli
Top is thread painted with thread to enhance & create texture. Machine quilted. Original picture I took. Cropped into a new composition. Zoomed in on a few large & colorful leaves with interesting veins.
In The Deep Blue SeaValerie Rodelli
Bead embroidery techniques on hand dyed fabric. Hand made paper lining the inside top. This was a sampling of beading & embroidery techniques made into an undersea scene.
Christmas StarsMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Piecing, machine quilted by Windy City Quilting (Sally Evanshank). Organizing the fabrics was the challenge. I really like the log cabin piecing so, once arranged, the piecing went quickly.
True Lover’s KnotMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Piecing, machine quilted at home. A fun challenge to use Karen Comb’s fabric to show motion. I’m interested in how viewers see & move through a design.
Comfy Old Denim Jeans QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced, longarm quilted by Maureen, Quilters Heaven, Northbrook. Reuse…Recycle. This quilt is made from my family’s and friends’ old denim jeans. Most of the work was the many months of prep work cutting up the jeans and figuring out how to cut them up for the blocks. As you know, jeans come in manyContinue reading “Comfy Old Denim Jeans Quilt
Anita Ruesch
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IQI Anniversary QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced, machine quilted by Sue DiVarco of Suzie-Q Quilts. This quilt was a 30th anniversary IQI Quilt-In project at this last January 2016 Quilt-In. The signatures on this quilt are from all my quilting friends from IQI (Illinois Quilts, Inc.), St, James the Less – Quilts Beyond Boarders, and the Flying Needles Applique Group.
Bird BookSheila Schaeffer-Hirsh
Pages sewn – link stitch over tapes. Cover is etched copper with attached enamel medallion. This book was inspired from a class I took with Dolph Smith. It incorporates my 3 favorite art techniques; enamel, sewing, and exposed spine book making.