Machine pieced, appliqued and quilted. Hand work for embellishments. Our guild challenge included 5 fabrics which we were to use. When I saw the the striped fabric I immediately pictured a zebra – so here it is!
Guild Archives
Catching the Brass Ring
Red EarthChris Deering
Machine pieced and custom machine quilted. My very own design resulting from a workshop with Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr. The fabrics were bought on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Australia and I wanted to have a very special design.
Checkerboard FlowersChris Deering
Hand appliqued and custom machine quilted. The hand applique took a long time – this was my carry-around project for a couple years. The quilting was a challenge (the cross hatching) and ufun (the custom work in each block).
Feathered Star MedallionChris Deering
Machine pieced and custom machine quilted. This was The Quilt Show’s Block of the Month in 2009. But there were so many pieces I didn’t get mine done until 2012!
Leopard and Old LaceChris Deering
Machine pieced and quilted. Made from a single piece of cloth from a book called “One Block Wonders”. Lots of fun playing with color and design but it takes a long time to piece.
Cornish NightChris Deering
Machine pieced, hand quilted. This was made as a class sampler in an IQI workshop.
Sparkling WaterChris Deering
Machine patchwork, couching &quilting. Made in an IQI workshop.
I Love LucyChris Deering
Paper piecing, machine piecing and applique, machine quilting. Every year Project Linus hosts a mystery quilt as a fund raiser for their organization.For $15 you receive patterns for each step via email. I’ve done these for a few years and always enjoy the end result. This quilt will be donated to Project Linus to cheer a child.
Fussy Cut CatsChris Deering
Machine pieced & quilted. Some quilts take longer than others! This was started as a mystery quilts in October 2001. It was completed in June 2010.
Spiky RainbowsChris Deering
Paper pieced, machine pieced and machine quilted. This quilt was for IQI’s 2012 challenge. The challenge was to use 2 black and white fabrics plus seven other fabrics. Well, seven means a rainbow to me, so those are the colors I chose. And, having recently attended a class with Deb Karasik, I decided to tryContinue reading “Spiky Rainbows
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Bed of RosesDonna Derstadt
Hand appliqued; longarm machine quilted. A block-of-the-month that took me over 2 years to applique!
Baby Steps to BaltimoreDonna Derstadt
Hand appliqued; longarm machine quilted. My first (and so far only) Balitmore Album-style quilt, started in 2006, and finally quilted.
My MonetDonna Derstadt
Shredded fabric technique originated by Noriko Endo, taught by Lenore Crawford. A great use for fabric scraps, and a very fun technique!
Poppy in the SkyDonna Derstadt
Fusible applique, longarm machine quilted. From Lenore Crawford’s workshop on Fusing & Fabric painting to create realistic fabric art.
A Garden for My GranddaughterDonna Derstadt
Machine pieced & appliquéd; longarm machine quilted. This Grandmother’s Garden quilt is Eleanor Burns’ update of the original Nancy Page design published in 1928. I started this quilt in 1999 and finally quilted it 16 years later. Whew! Making progress on my UFOs!
Geometric PuzzleDonna Derstadt
Machine pieced; longarm machine quilted. This block appeared in the April 1943 issue of Successful Farming and was republished in 2004 by Better Homes & Gardens in “Quilting Pieces of the Past”. I love the blue & white, and lots of open space for quilting.
In and OutDonna Derstadt
Machine pieced dupioni silk. From a pattern, kit and IQI workshop by Amy Walsh of Blue Underground Studios.
SunflowerDonna Derstadt
Hand appliquéd and longarm quilted. From an IQI workshop on back basting appliqué by Barbara Eikmeier.