Sarah Evans
Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) A small Fat Eighth pack of fabric from one of Janine Vangool’s Uppercase Fabric lines and a desire to play around with the Bargello technique of piecing led to this wall hanging. I also played with the quilting by generously overlapping a geometric design to create aContinue reading “Undercase Bargello
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Sarah Evans
Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) I LOVE this quilt. It’s my go-to cuddle comfort quilt. The Cherrywood fabric paired with peppered cotton with a wool batting makes it so soft. It doesn’t cover our bed so there is a larger blueberry one coming soon! The quilting is my original free motion quiltingContinue reading “Raspberry Cuddles
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm) A visual experiment in Slash and Stitch Improvisational Piecing. Each pod of four fabrics is cut in a different way. Some pods have three cuts, some have four cut, some cuts were straight lines, some lines curved. Pure play. “Coping Strips” were used to puzzle them allContinue reading “Slash and Stitch Sampler
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
Machine pieced, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm)_ As a quilt teacher I got tired of making all my example blocks for my Block Builder Class from dull, bland scrap fabric that I didn’t like. I wanted to *enjoy* sewing blocks together out of fabric that I like. So here it is! Each of theseContinue reading “Block Building Sampler
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
Machine and Hand pieced, Machine applique, Hand applique, Hand-embroidered, Machine quilted on a frame (longarm). Blues. Gospel. Hip-hop. Jazz. Soul. Rock. And many more! All call Chicago home. Like this quilt, music and quilting are tools to bring people together. Together, Chicago Modern Quilt Guild members -during the pandemic- shared in our love of music,Continue reading “Sweet Home Chicago (in Vinyl) – A Community Quilt made by Chicago Modern Quilt Guild
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Kathleen Field
Paper collage transferred to fabric, machine quilted, added yo-yos. This collage is one of a series of composers. I learned this collage technique 20 years ago but renewed my interest in transferring to little quilts.
Kathleen Field
Paper collage transferred to fabric, machine quilted, added yo-yos. This collage is one of a series of composers. I learned this collage technique 20 years ago but renewed my interest in transferring to little quilts.
Kathleen Field
Paper collage transferred to fabric, machine quilted, added yo-yos. This collage is one of a series of composers. I learned this collage technique 20 years ago but renewed my interest in transferring to little quilts.
Kathleen Field
Paper collage transferred to fabric, machine quilted, added yo-yos. This collage is one of a series of composers. I learned this collage technique 20 years ago but renewed my interest in transferring to little quilts.
Maureen Ivy Fisher
Needle felted dyed sheep’s wool. I paint with fiber. Colored sheep’s wool is the paint on my palette. A sheet of felted wool is the canvas. And the needle is my paint brush. I blend and layer colored wool to achieve desired hues, tones, and gradations, and I build wth it to add a sculpturalContinue reading “Strata
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Nona C Flores
Pieced, raw edge applique. Machine quilting; longarm quilting by Sue DiVarco. For my “kids” – Tootsie and Elvis – whose photo is on the quilt label. “The Dachshund Family: by Anne-Marie Saudo, Quiltmania Issue 142 (Mar-Apr 2021)
Nona C Flores
Embroidery, sashiko, boro, yo-yos. I purchased this coat with the intent to embellish it, but didn’t really get the motivation until Lisa Binkley’s “Beyond Boro” NSNG class in November 2022. Embellishments are original designs. The coat was made by Susan Eastman.
Nona C Flores
Collage of handprinted and commercial fabrics embellished with hand stitchery.
Nona C Flores
Paper and fabric collage, embellished with hand printing and hand stitching.
Nona C Flores
Collage of handprinted and commercial fabrics with hand stitching.
Nona C Flores
Glued raw edge applique. Longarm quilting by Sue DiVarco. Original design from my photo taken at the Morton Arboretum. Started Sept 2022 in a class with Susan Carlson at Woodland Ridge. One classmate said “his eyes follow you around the room”. Longarm quilted by Sue DiVarco.
Iva Freeman
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Amy Parker. Black and white fabric is always my inspiration.
Iva Freeman
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Amy Parker. I love circular images that combine solids, prints and stripes.
