Peyote stitch using two holed beads with picot edges.
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Copper
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
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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.