Sew Bright

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Machine pieced and home machine quilted. This is called a One Block Wonder. Fabric is stacked and cut, then hexagons are assembled. The center of this quilt shows the fabric border type design. Design Source – Class.

Mackinac Sampler

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Machine pieced. This was done in a class on Mackinac Island. The idea was to learn various cutting techniques. Design Source – Design by Debbie Caffrey

Playful Kittens

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Machine piecing, machine applique and machine quilted by domestic machine. Fused applique. The pattern was converted from use of wool to cotton. The fabric was fused then finished with machine applique. Design Source – Pattern from Folk Art Designs.

Pincushion

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Fused applique – machine quilting. The only stitching on this is the quilting. The design and background are all fused. Design Source – Lori Heine Design

Wooly Butterfly

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Woolfelt applique with beading. This was done in an NSNG class. The background is an upholstery sample. The butterfly is wool applique with beading. Design Source – Catherine Redford Design

Playful Flowers

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Wool applique with beading and hand embroidery. This was done in an NSNG class. The background is faux leather. The elements were appliqued then beaded. Design Source – Catherine Redford Design

Snowflake

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Hand embroidery. Hand embroidery on denim from a class in Northern Michigan. Design Source – Sue Simpson Pack Pocket Designs

Sunday Morning

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Stitching, free cutting, more stitching. The background came from an NSNG class. The sun elements were inspired by the circular pattern. Design Source – Original.

Spring Emerging

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Stitching/cutting texture magic and fused applique. The background was completed in class and reminded me of the woods. Trees were added with fused leaves. Design Source – Original.

Tea Time

Marcia Lee Hartnell

Hand embrodiery, machine pieced and quilted. After doing the embroidery pieces I found a way to make them useful. Design Source – Original.

Clear Sailing for Lauren and Matt

Edrene Heiss

Machine paper piecing, longarm quilted. Storm at sea is one of my favorite traditional patterns. This quilt is paper pieced. It was longarm quilted by Amy Parker. Design Source – Storm at Sea pattern.

Mindy’s Daylillies

Edrene Heiss

Hand and machine pieced, longarm quilted. This quilt includes 3 years of hand piecing. It was custom quilted by Debbie Bookman. Design Source – Jinny Beyer pattern.

On the Spot

Judy Hillebrand

Machine pieced, machine appliqe, quilted on longarm machine. Quilted by Dawn Larsen of Libertyville. I signed up for a workshop with another guild because the premise intrigued me: sewing curves has never been easier. It was true. By using 4 1/2″ squares, a few rectangles and freezer paper the pattern came together easily. Design SourceContinue reading “On the Spot

Judy Hillebrand

Cigar Band Memories

Linda Howard

Reverse appliqued circles (hand), machine pieced, longarm quilting by Maureen O’Conner. Reverse applique was a fun way to pair up fabrics from my stash. The longarm quilting echoed the circular motif. Design Source – Original.

Eduta’s Butterflies

Linda Howard

Hand appliqued Butterflies, hand embroidered antennae, fused bodies, machine pieced blocks. My husband liked this quilt so much, I made him one in king size with 56 butterflies. Now I’m totally done with butterflies. Longarm quilted done by Maureen O’Conner at Quilter’s Heaven. Design Source – From and Edyta Sitar pattern (Laundry Basket Quilts).

Colors of the Orient

Linda Howard

Hand and machine pieced, hand quilted. Most of the fabrics and pattern came from a quilt shop in Oonalaska, Wisconsin. Design Source – Simple Circles pattern by Love Quilt Patterns.

Liberty Baskets

Myra Janus

Machine pieced with embroidered basket handles, custom machine quilting, hand finished binding. It took 30 years to decide what to make with a remnant of floral fabric purchased at Liberty on a trip to London to visit my sister. Over the years I continued to collect additional fabrics to use and finally designed and madeContinue reading “Liberty Baskets

Myra Janus