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
Laurie Gorton
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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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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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Laurie Gorton
Hand pieced in 1986 by Laurie Gorton, Overland Paprk, KS. Machine quilted in 2013 by Peggy Skaith, Overland Park, KS. Owner: Laurie Gorton, Overland Park, KS. Shortly after I started quilting in the mid-1980s, I found this pattern in an issue of Quiltmaker magazine, shown made with bright tropical prints. I decided to use red-and-greenContinue reading “Holiday Hibiscus
Laurie Gorton
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Diane Greening
The Snowball block provides a showcase for purchased hand-dyed fabric. (Pieced, machine quilted.)
Diane Greening
Original design created in the NSNG Jane Sassaman workshop. Some of my favorite Illinois native wildflowers: Columbine, Jack in the Pulpit, and Prairie Trillium. (Appliqued, machine quilted.)
Diane Greening
Pieced with batiks purchased in Ketchikan, Alaska and photos of Alaskan rocks, lichens, water and moss printed on fabric. My father and I travelled to Alaska where I was inspired by the scenery and the salmon’s journey from streams in the forest to the ocean and back again. Returning salmon provide food for bears andContinue reading “Tongass Tango: the salmon dance between forest and sea
Diane Greening
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Diane Greening
Machine pieced, hand quilted. I started this quilt around 2003 when I lived in Barrington. I finished the piecing in California and named it ‘Sunset over the Pacific’ but it ended up in my UFO pile. Another move, the quilt came out again for quilting and a return to its original name.
Diane Greening
Pieced, fused, appliqued and painted; couched trims. Burney Falls State Park is a little jewel of a park in Northern California, a long way from any freeway.
