IQI I hand beaded and machine quilted it on a domestic sewing machine. Started in an NSNG workshop with Lisa Binkley. She provided fabric with designs by Sue Spargo for us to embellish with bead embroidery. I cut out the design and fused it to a shaded background. Then I beaded it profusely.
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Tree of Life
Sailing, Sailing!Alice Jenks
IQI Paper pieced & quilted on a domestic sewing machine. Sails and boats have 2 extra layers of batting. The two sides were quilted individually, bound together by machine and finished by hand. Started in a paper piecing workshop taught by my daughter, Mary Newcomb. It is a birthday present for my younger daughter, SusanContinue reading “Sailing, Sailing!
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider’s HalloweenAlice Jenks
IQI Machine quilted. Spider is hand beaded with wire wrapping. I machine quilted it on a domestic sewing machine. The spider is an original design taken from a photograph of a spider on Google. The eyes are beads, the legs faux leather and the feelers twisted wire. He sits on a strip of Velcro soContinue reading “The Itsy Bitsy Spider’s Halloween
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Flamboyant FlowersAlice Jenks
IQI Machine appliqued, embroidered and quilted on a domestic sewing machine. Hand and machine beaded. Started in an NSNG workshop several years ago. It was supposed to be double-sided, but I opted for one side only.
“Waterdance” Table runnerDagma Klos
10 shaft handwoven red weave table runner. A deceptively simple block threading that yields an intricate, colorful table runner.
2017 Bead ClassValerie Koppenhaver
Hand beaded and embroidered in an NSNG workshop on pre-printed fabric. This was my re-entry into slow-stitching techniques and the fact that it was done with others and the open-creativity idea where no-one would have the same ideas – was inspiring.
Three SquaredDonna Koranek
Machine stitched, hand embroidered and beaded. This piece utilized the many decorative stitches on my sewing machine. Embroidery and beading were done by hand.
PathwaysSherry Kramer
All front fabrics hand dyed (except white) by me at IQI workshop. Machine quilted. Commercial fabric on the back. This quilt was made with my hand dyed-fabrics at a workshop in Wisconsin. It is my lap quilt. Long arm quilter – Maureen Tinley.
MemoriesSherry Kramer
Machine quilted vintage handkerchiefs and doilies and cross stitch. This wall hanging is made of my mother, grandmother and aunt’s handkerchiefs, doilies and placemats. They are vintage and remind me of the women in my family who are gone.