Dale’s Sudoku Quilt

Anita Ruesch

Machine pieced, long arm quilted. Part of my retired father-in-law’s daily routine is working on crossword and Sudoku puzzles. When I came across this pattern, I had to make this for him. This is an actual puzzle, which he will have to solve. Overall and numbers are machine quilted by Quilter’s Heaven’s Maureen O’Connor.

Help Me Find the Way

Anita Ruesch

Paper pieced, hand and machine quilted. Jim Pilarski, IQI member, taught this class a few years ago during our Quilt-In. We first had to make our own paper foundation sections to paper piece this quilt. I hand quilted the inside of the compass and machine quilted the outside of the compass.

Alaskan Adventure

Anita Ruesch

Machine pieced by Anita Ruesch. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco. I purchased this fabric at the Quilted Raven quilt store in Anchorage, Alaska in 2019. The machine quilting pattern has bears, moose and evergreen trees. Flannel backing.

Stars & Stripes

Anita Ruesch

Machine pieced by Anita Ruesch. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco. Fabric kit and pattern purchased at A Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop in Fox River Grove. Backing has a blue stripe and 13 smaller cream and red strips to represent the American Flag. Overall quilting design of fireworks. (A Holly Bunch Quilt . Pattern “Stars andContinue reading “Stars & Stripes

Anita Ruesch

Scrappy Hourglass

Anita Ruesch

Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Maureen Mosher, Quilters Heaven. I had enough fabric from a kit to make it larger (twin size) and used all remaining strips on the back and in the binding.

LeMoyne Trails

Vikie Scescke

Machine pieced using Deb Tucker rulers. Machine quilted. Quilted at Second City by Becky. Design Source – Pam Goggans’ LeMoyne Trails pattern.

Indigo Double X

Margaret Schatz

Machine pieced and hand quilted by Margaret Schatz. This is my second large hand quilting project and hopefully will not be my last. I’m fortunate to be a member of a group of other hand quilters. I learned several techniques for marking and quilting, which helped me cross the finish line.

Earth’s Magnet

Joan Schnadig

Machine stitched quilt top – Joan Schnadig. All over quilted by Maureen Tinley. I started with the middle section and worked out over the course of about a year. When I finished I went back and added the black border around the middle.

Diamond Twilight

Joan Schnadig

Machine stitched pieces – Joan Schnadig. All over quilted by Maureen Tinley. I originally used all this fabric in another quilt which I wasn’t happy with. Loved the fabric not the design. So I ripped it apart and used the fabric for this one.

Stars in the Garden

Joan Schnadig

English paper pieced hexies. All the beiges hexies are tea dyed by me. Each hexie is 5/8 inch, hand sewn over a period of 4 months. There are approximately 525 hexies. All of the beige fabric was tea dyed by me.

Blooming Quilt

Joan Schnadig

Machine pieced. Quilting by Maureen Tinley. This is my version of a Blooming Nine Patch. My fabric choices were inspired by Yoko Saito’s color theory. All of the fabrics were purchased while we were vacationing in Tucson, Arizona.

Paradise Stars

Joan Schnadig

Machine pieced. Quilting by Maureen Tinley. The fabrics for this quilt were purchased at a little quilt shop while visiting my kids in Oregon. I love this little shop. The pattern is by Liz Porter from the love of Quilting magazine.