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Happy Quilt

Jennie Gordon

Paper pieced, machine quilted. Made for IQI’s thirtieth anniversary challenge . It has thirty fabrics and is approximately thirty inches square.

Vintage Chair Covers, Repurposed circa 1940’s

Marsha Gordon

Machine and free motion quilted. Assembled with quilt-as-you-go technique. Appliques of Sunbonnet Sue and OverallSam were originally on chair covers circa1940’s. I purchased them as a rummage sale for $10. Each is framed with improvisational strips in a log cabin pattern. Walking foot and free-motion quilted.

Blooms

Marsha Gordon

Machine quilted with walking foot and free-motion quilted with various colors of thread. Creating a fabric collage is like painting with fabric. Background is machine quilted with walking foot. Foliage is free-motion quilted with various color threads.     

This ‘n That

Marsha Gordon

Machine stitched applique, hand quilted. Assembled with quilt-as-you-go technique. Scrap fabrics were used for this combination of raw-edge applique and string quilting on a foundation. Machine applique and hand quilted.

Dr. Seuss and Friends

Marsha Gordon

Dr. Seuss has become a timeless treasure to children around the world. His books have been translated into over 20 languages, encouraging children to love books and entertaining young and old.

Hanging Gardens

Marsha Gordon

This is an improvisational quilt inspired by Japanese proportions of design. Improv quilts do not have set patterns. The quilter designs the quilt as he/she goes along, piecing, sewing and rearranging the blocks until a harmonious design emerges.

Escher Blocks

Jennie Gordon

Machine pieced and quilted. Made for my grandson, who has graduated to a big bed. Technique learned in a Karen Combs workshop.

Playtime

Marsha Gordon

Improvisational quilting; home machine quilted. Hand stitched binding. Backing is pieced with scrap fabric, improv style. Fun, experimental and no measuring in this quilt!

Autumn Palette

Marsha Gordon

Watercolor technique made with 2″ squares of various fabrics. Home machine quilted; hand-stitched binding. Watercolor quilt made with 2″ squares of fabric.

My Kaffe

Marsha Gordon

Machine piecing. Hand stitched binding. Fabrics by Kaffe Fassett. Quilted by Quilter’s Heaven, Northbrook.

Double Wedding Ring

Jennie Gordon

Machine pieced and quilted. Made for my sister and brother-in-law, who married in a civil ceremony and twenty years later were married in the Catholic Church.

Western View

Laurie Gorton

Pieced by Laurie Gorton, Overland Park, KS. Machine quilted by Peggy Skaith, Overland Park, KS. Harriet Bertsche taught her Stained Glass Slash N Dash quilting technique at the 2011 IQI Quilt-In. Over the past few years, I bought a number of oriental-style prints, and this quilt design proved the perfect way to use them. TheContinue reading “Western View

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Archi-Taupe

Laurie Gorton

Machine pieced in 2017 by Laurie Gorton. Machine quilted in Baptist fan pattern in 2017 by Quilted Memories, Overland Park, KS. Japanese taupe fabrics have intrigued me for many years. I finally found the right pattern. I titled this quilt “Archi-Taupe” for its strong architectural look. Does it remind you of a certain very tallContinue reading “Archi-Taupe

Laurie Gorton

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Ribbons & Logs

Laurie Gorton

Machine pieced in 2013 by Laurie Gorton, Overland Park, KS. Machine quilted in 2013 by Lyn Heilman of Quilted Memories LLC, Overland Park, KS. Owners: Matthew and Jessica Krawiec, Woodridge, IL. When the first of my six nieces announced her engagement at Christmas last year, I offered to make her and her betrothed a quilt.Continue reading “Ribbons & Logs

Laurie Gorton

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