2025 – Page 10 – Fine Art of Fiber

Harlequin Horned and Winged Bowl
Candace Rich

Stitched entirely in Peyote stitch, which means one bead at a time is picked up and woven into the beadwork — very time-consuming! However, I loved watching the shapes and designs take place in this contemporary geometric design.

Dimensional Fantasy
Candace Rich

A challenging pattern using RAW (Right Angle Weave), DRAW (Double Right Angle Weave), Chenille stitch, and Peyote stitch to create a hollow 3-dimensional structure embellished with pearls, crystals, and crystal rivolis.

Sprinkled Garden
Julie Rivera

Sprinkled Garden was created using plants from my dye garden and leaves from my neighborhood.

Winter Night Sky-Alaska
Valerie Rodelli

This piece was inspired by the Aurora Borealis in Alaska while on a trip. It was the first time I saw the Northern lights and they were magical, never to be forgotten! I added the mountains to the piece to gain the broad perspective of the lights in the vast nighttime sky. Even the piecedContinue reading “Winter Night Sky-Alaska

Valerie Rodelli

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Victorian Elegance
Valerie Rodelli

Crazy quilt blocks made by various makers in a guild. They were bequeathed to me by a member who has since passed away. I arranged them in a way to showcase each one and make a typical Victorian crazy quilt. The names of the makers are not available to me anymore. This was assembled inContinue reading “Victorian Elegance

Valerie Rodelli

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Fields of Flannel
Margaret Schatz

The quilt was machine quilted at Quilters Quest in Downers Grove.

Fields of Flannel
Margaret Schatz

The quilt was machine quilted at Quilters Quest in Downers Grove.

Spring Flowers
Mellany Schumacher

My entire family has boys, boys, boys and when I saw this pattern I knew I wanted to make the pinkest, girliest quilt with it. The back is a super soft minky and it’s just waiting for the right baby girl to claim it.

Silly ghosts, tricks are for kids!
Mellany Schumacher

These candy-colored ghosts were inspired by the background fabric. If you look closely you’ll see the colorful ghosts there. When one ghost ended up sewn in upside down I thought it was meant to be and left him. Silly ghost!

Mid-Century Memories
Didi Skidmore

This personal piece is full of love & memories. Papers and letters found in long-ago-packed boxes were cut, dyed, and used as embellishments in the mid-century wallpaper. Vintage Thai and Indian silk fabrics, deconstructed from blouses made for my mother Ruth, were used to create the images of her purses and other appliques in theContinue reading “Mid-Century Memories

Didi Skidmore

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Taupe Triangles
Amy Spungen

I started this quilt on an informal retreat with some of my quilting friends, and every time I look at it I am reminded of what fun we had when we got together.

Great Blue Heron
Amy Spungen

Great blue herons are my favorite birds, and I love seeing them when I kayak in the Skokie Lagoons. This portrait quilt of a great blue heron is inspired by a photo taken by Mike Dixon–not at the Lagoons, but it could have been!

Warhol Dog
Amy Spungen

My friend Joy sent me a photo of her foster dog, and it struck me as ideal pose for a pop-art quilt portrait. By tinkering with the settings in the photo app I was able to get the effect I wanted, and that photo is the basis of the quilt. Josh is a seeing-eye dogContinue reading “Warhol Dog

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