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My Amelia

Donna Derstadt

Hand applique, longarm machine quilted. A block of the month class taught by Joanne Parks at Quilters Heaven; based on Amelia’s Rose Garden by Verna Mosquera. The center block was designed by Eileen Heins, Rita O’Connor’s daughter.

Working Dogs

Suzanne Ditsler

Wire – needle felting – sewing In this piece the “Working Dog” is depicted as “playing”, “dancing”, :walking” or loving their prey – rather than “working it”.

Tree Hugger

Suzanne Ditsler

Needle felting, wire, beads Birch trees are a favorite. The image of a tree, blowing leaves and all one delicate color – makes me smile.

Penny Totems

Suzanne Ditsler

Felted wool – sewn – wire – embroidery. I love the geometry of the penny rug. I am also intrigued by the totem poles. The two together provide an interesting image.

Out My Window

Sue DiVarco

Fused, machine appliqued. Quilted with double batting, Longarm quilted by me. IQI 2018 Challenge, my first time participating in the Challenge. The bird is a free pattern from Nancy Zieman’s blog. The tree is my design. Longarm quilted by Sue DiVarco. Design Source –

My Sewing Room

Sue DiVarco

Wool applique on flannel. Embellishments and embroidery. Longarm quilted by me. A fun project to hang in my studio with some variation from the pattern. Longarm quilted by Sue DiVarco. Design Source –

Kumbaya

Sue DiVarco

Machine pieced, hand embroidery, longarm quilted. In the 90s I was a Girl Scout Leader for 6 years. The uniform blouse was an updated one, the “retired” uniform blouse was like the blue and yellow stripe in the sashing and backing. The vintage sash is mine from the 60s. I’m so glad to have itContinue reading “Kumbaya

Sue DiVarco

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Wool Sampler

Sue DiVarco

Wool applique on batik. Longarm quilted with wool batting. A kit from Acorn Quilt Shop in Rockford, IL. Pattern is “Fit to Frame – #13” by Lori Smith.

My Pencil Box

Sue DiVarco

Machine pieced, colored with colored pencils. Longarm quilted by Sue DiVarco. The Dresden Blades were a kit from a Color workshop, but I changed out some of the colors in the kit – found this fabulous background fabric to color. Longarm quilted by Sue DiVarco.

Ring around the Posie

Sue DiVarco

Round Robin Challenge – machine piecing, hand applique, longarm quilting, embellished with buttons & yo-yo’s My 6 quilt bee friends challenged ourselves to do a Round Robin. Each made a Center block of our own choice of design & fabric, then sent it around the group, secretly. Following these design rules: Row 1 – triangles

Tisket A Tasket

Sue DiVarco

Wool applique, machine pieced, longarm quilting, needlefelted wool My first wool applique project so I experimented with different types of wool. The background is wool coating – most wool scraps were purchased, but some I needlefelted from roving.

Old Dutch Wax #2

Helen Downie

Machine pieced and quilted. Quilt #2 in the Dutch Wax series… again, using the older fabrics on hand. Choosing the larger pieces first makes the initial designing a bit easier. The “birds” fabric (grouse? peahens?), will be used in each quilt for continuity. Please note Deb Ramsey’s masterful quilting – check out those vertical birdContinue reading “Old Dutch Wax #2

Helen Downie

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All Wrapped Up

Helen Downie

Machine pieced and quilted. Sanity has prevailed – this smaller quilt is the last in my Liberty of London, Tana Lawn “Gift” series. I prefer the dark background of this smaller quilt, but it severely limited the ribbon color choices. Deb Ramsey’s quilting is superb as always…. note her choice of quilting threads to matchContinue reading “All Wrapped Up

Helen Downie

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Diamond Triangulation

Kathy Downie

NSNG Machine pieced, hand quilted, longarm quilting. Design limited to fabrics in my collection. Uses my favorite technique, hand quilded long arm quilting. www.downiedesigns.com