Mario Alonso
Machine pieced. Quilted by Sally Evanshank – Windy City Quilting. I made a similar quilt a few years back for my nephew and his wife for their wedding. I always liked the quilt, the fabrics with all the different wild patterns and color. Luckily I had made some extra blocks just in case I gotContinue reading “TCLY3.5 – LYMA
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted by me. It’s time for Fall. Inspired by the other quilts and similar in style I designed Dot Dash using random block placement and sizes and a good way to use a few charm packs. I added solid CherryWood hand-dyed fabrics which give it a suede look. I wanted to experimentContinue reading “Dot Dash
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and machine quilted. Beijing was started while watching the Beijing Summer Olympics and completed in 2008. The back evolved over the next year or so and is my interpretation of the Water Cube and Plaza, along with bands representing Gold, Silver and Bronze. Machine quilted by Sally Evanshank from Windy City Quilting inContinue reading “Beijing
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Mario Alonso
Stack-n-Whack technique – machine pieced – machine quilted. The Beach Balls quilt was a class taught by Jan Aaron (IQI) using the Magic Stack-n-Whack Quilts book by Reynolds. All the Beach Balls are cut from one fabric and the pattern is different for each one depending on where you cut from. This quilt has beenContinue reading “Beach Balls
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced, designed and quilted by me. Used Twister tool. Quilters all have left over fabric and this one was last year’s quilt “Dot-Dash”. I used the Twister tool I had laying around to try something new. With still some fabric I made my own design for the back which can also be the front,Continue reading “Dot-Dash Two
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. Wanted to create a personal message for our anniversary. I don’t like sewing circles, so picked fabrics with circles and dots for “dit” or dots.
Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. Wanted to create a personal message for our anniversary. I don’t like sewing circles, so picked fabrics with circles and dots for “dit” or dots.
Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. Phil was a great man, meticulously dressed and avid tie collector. I was the proud recipient of many, many, many of his ties whenever he purged his closet. This quilt is in memory of him and was made with over 120 of Phil’s ties. How can you not be “Happy EveryContinue reading “Phil’s Ties
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was part of a pattern and kit I bought years ago, long forgotten and took forever for me to find the brown fabric that I wanted to use. What I find most interesting is that sometimes you see the brown diamonds and other times you see the fabric squares.Continue reading “Squares or Diamonds
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