Handpieced by Martha and long-arm quilted by Sue DiVarco. I really enjoy working with Batik fabric. This was challenging and delightful to make. I love the large graphic image. (“Mirage” pattern by Laurie Shifrin Designs)
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Cactus QueenMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Collage style image, quilted by Martha. I took a class with artist Laura Heine. She is a wonderful teacher and so creative! This is my first Heine collage with more to come. This creative process checks all my boxes! (Laura Heine Cactus Queen Pattern and process)
Exploding BlossomsMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Machine and paper pieced from my batik stash. Quilted by Sue DiVarco. I gave myself several rules and dove into my batik stash. It was a total blast to make!
I beat breast cancer!Martha Ross-Mockaitis
Paper pieced using my stash. Quilted by Sue DiVarco. Pattern by Deb Karasik. While undergoing radiation I began making this quilt. Deb Karasik designed the pattern for women beating cancer. Sue quilted it as a gift to me. Women giving strength and hope to other women!
In Appreciation! Of SueMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Machine pieced using batiks in my stash. Quilted by Sue DiVarco. Sue’s first year as Program Chairperson was interrupted by C-19. Everything stopped and speakers and workshops were cancelled. But the guild board members learned how to Zoom & Sue found a whole new line-up of speakers, this is the board thank you gift to Sue.
Butterflies for MomMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Hand stitched and hand applique using traditional Japanese sashiko surface design. Machine stitched borders, hand quilted. This is a Sylvia Pippen design. I made the Sashiko surface design and loved every stitch! Several of the butterflies were appliqued at my mother’s bedside as I helped her die. My work is inconsistent because her room lightContinue reading “Butterflies for Mom
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Starry NightsMartha Ross-Mockaitis
Paper pieced blocks, machine quilted. This IQI challenge was a great way for me to do a color study and learn how to paper piece stars. The challenge was a great teaching tool for me.
Yum, Bugs!CeciliaRotter
Machine appliqué and quilting; beading. Won first place in the quilt category of the IQI 2006-7 challenge: “Food, Glorious Food”
Comfy Old Denim Jeans QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced, longarm quilted by Maureen, Quilters Heaven, Northbrook. Reuse…Recycle. This quilt is made from my family’s and friends’ old denim jeans. Most of the work was the many months of prep work cutting up the jeans and figuring out how to cut them up for the blocks. As you know, jeans come in manyContinue reading “Comfy Old Denim Jeans Quilt
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IQI Anniversary QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced, machine quilted by Sue DiVarco of Suzie-Q Quilts. This quilt was a 30th anniversary IQI Quilt-In project at this last January 2016 Quilt-In. The signatures on this quilt are from all my quilting friends from IQI (Illinois Quilts, Inc.), St, James the Less – Quilts Beyond Boarders, and the Flying Needles Applique Group.
Barns across AmericaAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced and some hand applique. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco The barn-quilt movement is spreading across the country as rural communities create “barn trails” to showcase the combination of farm life and quilting. This tradition started in 2001 in Adams county, Ohio, where Donna Sue Groves painted a quilt on the family’s barn toContinue reading “Barns across America
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America’s GloryAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Custom machine quilted by Donna Derstadt. I proudly display my Flag on national and state holidays outside my home, but wanted one to display in my home that is a constant reminder that our FREEDOM IS NOT FREE and in remembrance to all victims, survivors and rescuers of 9/11. I found this patternContinue reading “America’s Glory
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Jewel Tone Sampler QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced sample blocks, Paper pieced center and inside corners of medallion. Machine quilted by Maureen Mosher at Quilters Heaven. This sampler quilt has 22 “sample blocks” around the border. Block of the month class and quilt kit was from Quilters Palette using 17 jewel tone fabrics. The center piece was a separate paper piecingContinue reading “Jewel Tone Sampler Quilt
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Asian Curved Log CabinAnita Ruesch
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Stack-N-Whack SamplerAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. The kaleidoscope design is created by using the Stack-N-Whack method. Rather than finding and cutting each piece individually, you layer and cut a number of large, identically printed rectangles to make a stack.
Ryan’s T-Shirt QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. This is a great way to show off those kids’ t-shirts I’ve been saving. Cathy Baker, one of the creators of this pattern, taught the class at our last IQI Quilt-In. This was a great opportunity fro me to finally do this quilt. It was fun picking outContinue reading “Ryan’s T-Shirt Quilt
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Cosmic StarsAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Custom machine quilted by Donna Derstadt. This was a class I took at Quilters Heaven using Bali Pop fabrics which are precut strips in assorted colors.
Full MoonAnita Ruesch
Paper pieced, machine quilted. I purchased this pattern from Deb Karasik, during a paper piecing class she taught at IQI. Her paper piecing method makes it easy to put this piece together and get perfect points. Machine quilted by Quilter’s Heaven’s Maureen O’Connor.