Sarah Evans
By using various shades of yellows and treating the blue elements in a scrappy way, this reinterpretation of a traditional block creates a stunning effect. Also, this is an example of quilt math gone wild. I wanted to see how big I could make the blocks. Initially I was going to use them in aContinue reading “Gold Stars Blue Stripes
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
By using various shades of yellows and treating the blue elements in a scrappy way, this reinterpretation of a traditional block creates a stunning effect. This smaller version using the same blocks is an example of how the placement of the blocks can dramatically change the look of the quilt. The digital pantograph quilt motifContinue reading “Spider Webs in Blue and Gold
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
After taking a class from Sujata Shah I leaned into her improvisational techniques. This is one piece that I made with wonky half square triangles. I really love how the blue and green fabrics glow in relation to each other.
Sarah Evans
This was an orphan block from a quilt I made for my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary in 2015. It’s been floating around my studio and jumped onto the long arm to be quilted this summer!
Sarah Evans
There is something very comfy to me about this type of scrap quilt. It’s not super fancy but it’s super cuddly! This began as a mystery quilt project in a retreat with my Mom, sister and cousin in 2012. The pieces have been in a bag haunting me for years. This summer they found themselvesContinue reading “Scrappy Rooster
Sarah Evans
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Sarah Evans
Limited amounts of fabric cut into flying geese units create this quilt’s limited color palette. The center block with the flecks of gold? An example of using every last piece as the gold are parts of the fabrics’ selvage edge. The Dastardly Quilt Studio designed the digital quilting pattern called Beech Leaves.
Sarah Evans
Made by members of the Chicago Modern Quilt guild for the 2025 QuiltCon Community Outreach Quilt Challenge. Longarm Quilted by Amy Parker
Linda Feinberg
Clue – Professor Plum with a Gun in the Conservatory I had fun designing this quilt. I didn’t want to add a gun, so look for the bullet hole in the conservatory window. And the plum tree inside.
Nona C Flores
This piece is a failed entry for a challenge to interpret a Beatles song as a quilt–it doesn’t meet the technical definition of a quilt, though the stacks of buttonhole-stitched wool circles derive from 19th century penny quilts or penny rugs, a way in which women could use up small scraps of wool to makeContinue reading “At the Corner of Abbey Road and Penny Lane
Nona C Flores
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Nona C Flores
None of my lines overlap in the original quadrant design which gives my piece a somewhat different look from the instructor recommendation.
Nona C Flores
A beautiful but lethal relative to the Venus flytrap–is it a prehistoric precursor (when bigger was better) or a genetically altered escapee from a laboratory?
Nona C Flores
A bird with bling deserves a ritzy nest with great views from all the rooms of her predator-free surroundings. This shape reminded me of woven bird nests that I saw in the Amazon that hung from branches looking like shoulder bags that could accommodate a coconut or a bowling ball.
Iva Freeman
Black and white contrasted with bright colors is my favorite way to create quilts. Machine quilted by Sarah Evans. www.SparklesaxDesigns.com
Iva Freeman
Machine quilted by Sarah Evans. www.SparklesaxDesigns.com
Iva Freeman
Machine quilted by Sarah Evans. www.SparklesaxDesigns.com
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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