Kim Berry-Rogers
I have a deep love for the sea. I wantted to incorporate an old quilt pattern (log cabin) with a modern technique (raw edge applique). I then added a hand embroidered octopus returning home. Machine quilted by Sue Daurio. (Paper pieced, machine pieced, raw edge applique, hand embroidery and embellishment. Cottons and silks with machineContinue reading “Returning Home to the Sea
Kim Berry-Rogers
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Harriet Bertsche
Machine pieced, machine quilted, hand appliqué, hand ruched flowers. This quilt was designed using the EQ4 computer program. First place ribbon, Duchess Heritage Quilt Show, Poughkeepsie, NY 2001. Second place ribbon, Northern Star Quilters’ Guild World of Quilts, Somers, NY 2001.
Harriet Bertsche
Machine pieced using paper piecing. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco. This quilt was made using Judy Niemeyer’s 4th of July pattern. It is paper pieced and was machine quilted by Sue DiVarco.
Harriet Bertsche
Machine pieced. Hand appliqué. Hand embroidery. Quilting by Sue DiVarco. This quilt was made for my dear friends Barb and Ron Nash. When I asked her what colors she wanted, she said “Peaches and creams”, so the title was obvious. My friend Karen Abramson designed the quilt as a mystery for her guild in Poughkeepsie,Continue reading “Peaches and Cream
Harriet Bertsche
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Harriet Bertsche
Machine pieced, hand appliquéd, embellished with beads, buttons, pins, hand embroidery. This quilt was made for my sister and it depicts the two of us and many things that are important to us. This quilt was started in a class given by Mary Lou Weidman and uses her ‘story quilt’ techniques. Judge’s recognition, Duchess HeritageContinue reading “Sisters
Harriet Bertsche
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Harriet Bertsche
Machine piecing, hand applique, hand beading & embroidery. My husband Bill and I were married in 1976 and he died in 2006, just before our 30th anniversary. This quilt shows the two of us and is a tribute to our life together. Bill always wore a blue blazer and khaki pants. I used a pairContinue reading “All You Need is Love
Harriet Bertsche
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Harriet Bertsche
Machine pieced, embroidery Quilted by Sue DiVarco.
Harriet Bertsche
Hand applique and embellishments, machine piecing and quilting. My friend Sue started making this quilt and I fell in love with it, so I quickly bought the book and started it. It is the most applique I have ever done. It took me 5 tries to draw the face so that I was happy withContinue reading “She’s a Doll
Harriet Bertsche
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Allison Blakeley
Machine-pieced, free-motion quilting, piping When I wanted to try working with curves for the first time, I did it in a big way—with this abstract quilt made from commercial batik fabrics.
Allison Blakeley
Machine pieced, free-motion quilting Before taking up quilting in 2002, the only “quilt” I had ever made was a yellow & white gingham check potholder in Mrs. Murphy’s 8th grade home economics class. This is quite a departure from it.
Allison Blakeley
Machine pieced and quilted This tumbling block quilt began as a class project at IQI’s 2009 Quilt-In. The triple border reflects the three color sets in the quilt, which has been free motion quilted in a traditional pattern.
Allison Blakeley
Machine piecing, fused appliqué, thread painting In Australia, ambulatory journeys are called “Walkabouts.” Here, a lizard goes walkabout among Hidden Wells of Aboriginal Print fabrics in search of Water (the Focus Fabric) and the water bugs the lizard expects to find nearby and feed on (he’s caught one on his tongue). “Hidden Wells” is theContinue reading “Hidden Wells Walkabout
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Palmer Blakeley
Machine pieced and quilted The Murrumbidgee River (an aboriginal word meaning “big water”) is a tributary of the Murray River in southeastern Australia. Here the river flows past an Australian landscape punctuated by aboriginal designs.
Palmer Blakely
Machine pieced and quilted. Horses are outlined to stand out in relief; manes are thread-painted to flatten them. A wool batting lends puffiness. The quilt was made for my brother, a horse-racing aficionado. The blue and gold checks evoke racing silks.
Palmer Blakely
Machine pieced and quilted A sofreh is a traditional Persian table covering. It is spread on a low table or on the floor and the group gathers around it to eat.
Palmer Blakley
Machine pieced and machine quilted. Inspired by Kaffe Fassett’s “Leafy Snowball” reinterpretation of a snowball quilt in the V&A Museum. But with reproduction fabrics of the 1930s. The bright pastels we used to cheer us up during the Great Depression.
Abby Block
THE BEST FAMILY TREES ARE ROOTED IN LOVE This Chuppah (Jewish Wedding Canopy) incorporates many aspects of Jewish traditions. The Hebrew “L Dor V Dor” translates “From generation to generation”. I am my beloved’s, my beloved is mine” from the wedding vows “Ani V dodi, V dodi li” Other references are the 7 birds (7Continue reading “Block Family Chuppah
Abby Block
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Abby Block
Machine Applique This custom Chuppah (wedding canopy) was designed and made for grandchildren Jon and Erin Gordon. Their Hebrew names cut from map fabric, signifying their love of travel, are appliqued on each family tree. The underside of each leaf is monogrammed with 6 generations of direct ancestors. The center section depicts their fondness for vegetables, sunsets, and the deer that appeared atContinue reading “Erin and Jon’s Chuppah
Abby Block
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