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
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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
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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
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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.
