Exhibition Year Archives

Wish You Were Here

Julie Rivera

Multi-media with my hand natural & indigo fabric, stones, sand, stick. Machine pieced, Hand embroidered. Wish You Were Here is an ode to the disappearing beaches on the Evanston lakefront.     

Structure! Structure! Structure!

Valerie Rodelli

Piecing was improvisational. It was machine quilted. I wanted a very abstract piece with”structure”. My inspiration photo was my own photograph from Argentina. The project lended itself to improvisational piecing. There are many layers of structure.

Spool Unfurled

Valerie Rodelli

Hand painted and hand stitched (except edge) to form a wired scroll attached to an antique wooden spool. Scroll can be manipulated in many ways. This was from an on-line class/challenge.  Fabric was painted, cut up and put back together & thread embellished by hand.  The edges are wired, edge is beaded.  Object was to “blur” boundaries between piecesContinue reading “Spool Unfurled

Valerie Rodelli

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Exploding Blossoms

Martha Ross-Mockaitis

Machine and paper pieced from my batik stash. Quilted by Sue DiVarco. I gave myself several rules and dove into my batik stash. It was a total blast to make!     

I beat breast cancer!

Martha Ross-Mockaitis

Paper pieced using my stash. Quilted by Sue DiVarco. Pattern by Deb Karasik. While undergoing radiation I began making this quilt. Deb Karasik designed the pattern for women beating cancer. Sue quilted it as a gift to me. Women giving strength and hope to other women!     

In Appreciation! Of Sue

Martha Ross-Mockaitis

Machine pieced using batiks in my stash. Quilted by Sue DiVarco. Sue’s first year as Program Chairperson was interrupted by C-19. Everything stopped and speakers and workshops were cancelled. But the guild board members learned how to Zoom & Sue found a whole new line-up of speakers, this is the board thank you gift to Sue.