Linny Coale Freeman
I love flowers, gardens and all of the colors that they bring to our lives during the warmer seasons of the year. “Garden of Silk ” is an experiment in the realm of collage and an opportunity to express the joy and beauty that my garden and all the gardens surrounding us add to ourContinue reading ““Garden of Silk”
Linny Coale Freeman
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Judith Stern Friedman
While assembling this quilt on a ladies’ retreat, my original intentions were redirected from making small placemats. The fabrics spoke for themselves in becoming a baby quilt for our new granddaughter! The contrasting geometrics stimulate Lucy’s visual development. A red fabric “zinger” adds a pop of interest, a technique I learned from a master black-and-whiteContinue reading ““Lucy’s Surprise”
Judith Stern Friedman
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Kim Goldberg
Illinois Quilters Inc. (IQI) offered a workshop with Allie McCathren. She taught the process of creating a sea glass quilt. It was so enjoyable to use scraps, create a pretty, small quilt that was interesting to look at, and be able to do simple machine quilting to finish it. It wasn’t difficult, and I wasContinue reading “Sea Glass Reflection
Kim Goldberg
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Kim Goldberg
Illinois Quilters Inc. (IQI) offered a foundation paper piecing workshop with Allie McCathren. The project was a deco tile, reminiscent of the Art Deco style. I enjoy paper piecing but had not worked with such small line pieces before, so that was a challenge. While the workshop was intended to make three squares with graduallyContinue reading “Art Deco Vibe
Kim Goldberg
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Kim Goldberg
Illinois Quilters, Inc. (IQI) offered a workshop with Sue Pawlowski of Jack Squares Studio to make a “Good for the Gander” table runner. The flying geese in the pattern were made using a template, and Sue also taught the partial seam method for putting the blocks together. These are two techniques that were new toContinue reading “Runaround
Kim Goldberg
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Anne Goldberg
I love these dogs. Joann Fabrics had wonderful children’s prints, and I will miss them.
Marsha Gordon
Dr. Seuss has become a timeless treasure to children around the world. His books have been translated into over 20 languages, encouraging children to love books and entertaining young and old.
Marsha Gordon
This is an improvisational quilt inspired by Japanese proportions of design. Improv quilts do not have set patterns. The quilter designs the quilt as he/she goes along, piecing, sewing and rearranging the blocks until a harmonious design emerges.
Diane Greening
The striped fabric inspired me to choose a variety of Cherrywood solids and put them together in a simple half rectangle pattern that appears to tilt in different directions.
Cass Hale
This piece has been made to offer peace, protection and good health. Milagros have been used by the Spanish for 4,000 years to invoke healing as well as express gratitude for healing.
Cass Hale
Talisman II is a part of a series of pieces that have been made for healing and protection. Milagros have been added as a charm to invite healing or to express gratitude for healing. The piece has been stitched with Japanese boro stitching. Japanese farmers used this stitch to extend the life of their clothing.Continue reading “Talisman II
Cass Hale
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Edrene Heiss
I love to dip into my stash of kaleidoscope fabrics and use them in different ways. Longarm quilted by Amy Parker
Edrene Heiss
I love to dip into my kaleidoscope fabric stash and use them in different ways. Longarm quilted by Amy Parker
Edrene Heiss
I love to dip into my stash of kaleidoscope fabrics and use them in different ways. Longarm quilted by Amy Parker.
Edrene Heiss
I love to dip into my stash of kaleidoscope fabrics and use them in different ways. Longarm quilted by Amy Parker.
Deborah Himelhoch
I loved this workshop! The colors please me and I was able to use small pieces of my favorite fabrics left over from prior works.
Deborah Himelhoch
I made the fans in a workshop by Edrene Heiss. While I was placing the butterflies at home one of them decided to escape and was quickly joined by several “ghost” butterflies. Between the fans and the butterflies I think we might have some interesting weather brewing.
Deborah Himelhoch
This was started in a worshop by Josh Chernoff. My cat, Larkspur, is a shade of gray called “blue” by breeders, so I decided to make his portrait in blue.
