Susan Sances
Thread painting. This was a series of 6 photos that I found in my collection. Each is a person I haveknown. The girl with the big standing doll is me! It struck me how little girls areinfluenced as we grow up and I wanted to show two different perspectives. Eachpicture is a 3×5 photo transferredContinue reading “Growing up Female 1 & 2
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Susan Sances
Acrylic paint, thread painting. Entry in NSNG guild challenge “Over the Moon”. I drew the moon on cotton fabric and traced the bird outline from a photo. The fabric was then painted with acrylics and stitched with free motion machine quilting. I wanted to show the magnificence and strength of the bird’s triumphant flight asContinue reading “Over the Moon
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Susan Sances
A friend traveled to India and brought back a photo of a man with birds flying around him as he threw food from a plastic bag. I changed the city scene to a beach setting and surrounded the man with more birds, sky and water. One of the reasons I love to use birds in my work is to show how theyContinue reading “Indian Man Feeding Birds
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Susan Sances
Thread painting of original photo. Original photo taken at the bird sanctuary in Sanibel, Florida. Thread painting using. free motion machine stitching on photo transferred to cotton fabric.
Susan Sances
Thread painting of original photo. Original photo of peacock taken in Maui at a conservatory, thread painting using free motion machine stitching on photo transferred to cotton fabric.
Amy Spungen
Machine pieced and quilted by me. This pattern is call Eldon, by Edyta Sitar. I made one quilt in shades of gray and one inwarm batik fabrics.
Amy Spungen
Machine pieced by me and quilted by Debbie Bookman. This pattern is called Eldon by Edyta Sitar. I made one quilt with warm batik fabrics, and another in shades of gray.
Ruth L Stegmeyer
Hand appliqued, machine pieced, hand and machine quilted. The Baltimore Album Quilt was started in a workshop at A Touch of Amish in Barrington. It is hand-appliqued and hand-quilted as well as machine-pieced and machine-quilted.
Sue Sweeney
Machine pieced, paper pieced. During this past pandemic year, Fat Quarter Shop in Buda, Texas, has been myonline quilting resource. Kimberly Jolly and eighteen designers from Moda Fabricshosted a quilt along called “Sewcialites”. It was a free program from September 25,2020 through July 2, 2021, Every Friday, Kimberly did a demonstration of thatweek’s block onContinue reading “Cajun Shrimp
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Sue Sweeney
Machine pieced, paper pieced. “Serendipity” is a quilt pattern that Fat Quarter Shop used to raise money for Make-a-Wish of Central Texas. The pattern is free, but you are asked to donate at least $5.00 for each pattern launch, so that would be $45.00. Fat Quarter Shop owner and her husband, Kimberly and Kevin Jolly, donated $20,000 and Moda Fabrics owner donatedContinue reading “Serendipity
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Sue Sweeney
Machine pieced This quilt is an 11-month “almost free”Block of the Month from Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop in Fox River Grove, IL. We didn’t get the instructions in person but were to pick up the new block each month at the shop. Quilt shops are essential businesses, don’t you agree? I named it “What IContinue reading “What I Did for Love
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Rachel Sychowski
Machine pieced and machine quilted.
Rachel Sychowski
Machine pieced and machine quilted.
Rachel Sychowski
Machine pieced and machine quilted.
Luan Wold
Background machine pieced, fused applique, hand stitching. I developed this in a Valerie Goodwin workshop called “Favorite Places”. Florence was a honeymoon destination with my husband. I was nearly 41 when we married and we weren’t sure if we could have a family. Our first daughter was born 9 months later!
Luan Wold
Machine and hand applique. Based on a Pinterest photo of fall leaves and red berries. Rather than try to re-createthe actual color variations of the leaves, I used different fabrics and changed thered berries to blue!
Luan Wold
Machine pieced background; machine appliqued vase and flowers. I have a good supply of floral upholstery fabrics, so I decided to make a flowerarrangement with them.
Luan Wold
Machine pieced background; hand appliqued elements; hand embroidery. Developed during a Heidi Parkes workshop, I was inspired by all the decaying barns evident all over the Midwest.
