IQI Challenge
Quilters were asked to sing a song in thread by interpreting a piece of music in a quilt. They could choose any song, lyric, or instrumental piece to portray in a 14-inch square quilt, the size of a vinyl record album. Multiple entries were encouraged as there was no required fabric packet, just an entryContinue reading “Cover Songs: The IQI 2021-2022 Challenge – Group Photo
IQI Challenge
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Laine Cobb
I enjoy all the colors. (Paper pieced and quilted by Amy Parker.)
Laine Cobb
(Machine sewn. Long arm by Maureen O’Connor.)
Laine Cobb
I love the movement in this quilt. (Machine sewn. Quilted by Maureen O’Connor.)
Laine Cobb
I like all the colors. (Machine sewn. Quilted by Maureen O’Connor.)
Laine Cobb
From strips in a jelly roll. (Machine sewn. Quilted by Maureen O’Connor.)
Laine Cobb
I made this queen size quilt as a wedding gift to my best friend’s daughter. She picked out the pattern and said blue. (Machine made, long arm by Maureen O’Connor.)
Kathy DeVries
Chicago’s motto “Urbs in horto” was the inspiration for this community garden with many flowers, butterflies and a pathway. Twenty-six Chicago Modern Quilt Group (CMQG) members built 31 flowers, butterflies, sashing and binding. Quilted by Kathy DeVries. (Foundation and paper pieced, machine quilted.)
Kathy Downie
Lexington Hexagons is machine pieced and long arm quilted by Kathy Downie. (Machine piecing and long arm quilting.)
Kathy Downie
Green represents spring, the season for rebirth. We are reminded of how beautiful change can truly be when everything turns green and all the flowers wake up and begin to bloom. (Needle felting, snippets & long arm quilting.)
Barbie Eich
Idea from a trip to a friend’s home. He had a little koi pond and I keep thinking about it. (Hand and sewing machine.)
Sarah Evans
This large scale clam shell style block is perfect for highlighting my deep stash of Halloween fabrics. (Machine pieced blocks using a method Latifah Saafir taught me. Digital pantograph in Long Arm with frame.)
Sarah Evans
Margaret is Beth’s maternal grandmother. Unfinished star blocks were found in Margaret’s belongings labeled “Margaret’s Green Quilt for Beth”. Beth had no recollection of the blocks or that her grandmother was making a quilt for her from them. And she didn’t like the colors. So Beth, my neighbor, gave the box to me to “doContinue reading “Margaret’s Green Quilt for Beth
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
This quilt was made deep in the Pandemic as I taught this pattern over Zoom to brand new quilters. They made twin size quilts, I made this baby size. (Machine pieced. FMQ on a longarm with a frame.)
Sarah Evans
This quilt was constructed during the pandemic. BFMSA stands for Big Fat Mystery Sew Along. Different styles of blocks were revealed a month at a time, the mystery part. Anyone who wanted to join was welcome, the sew along part. The blocks are made from various prompts and designs by Bill Keller, Amy Struckmeyer andContinue reading “My BFMSA
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
Parenting a non-neurotypical kid is hard. (Machine pieced blocks using “6 minute circle” technique & string kite blocks, Digital pantograph on Long Arm with frame.)
Sarah Evans
Born out of a frustration that there are those who define patriotism in very specific and harmful ways, this quilt is one of a series exploring the different ways the colors red, white and blue can be constructed to make stars and stripes and still be patriotic. (Machine pieced blocks. FMQ on Long Arm withContinue reading “Red White & Blue #1
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
These are triangles from a quilter’s stash passed on to a friend after the original quilter passed away. I received 3 gallon size plastic bags full of triangles. They were hand cut and not symmetrical in a way that could be sewn together easily. I picked out one of each fabric and added a yardContinue reading “Triangle Scraps
Sarah Evans
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