Machine pieced and quilted. I made this bargello quilt out of old ties. Look on the back!
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Recycled Silk StarsAmy Spungen
Machine pieced and quilted. The silk brown background is from an old blouse, and the stars are made out of old ties.
FanfareAmy Spungen
Machine pieced and machine quilted. Owned by Jeannie Harrell of Mt. Pleasant, SC.
Shades of Gray EldonAmy Spungen
Machine pieced and quilted by me. This pattern is call Eldon, by Edyta Sitar. I made one quilt in shades of gray and one inwarm batik fabrics.
Batik Freak EldonAmy Spungen
Machine pieced by me and quilted by Debbie Bookman. This pattern is called Eldon by Edyta Sitar. I made one quilt with warm batik fabrics, and another in shades of gray.
Hues of Blue and Chartreuse, TooAmy Spungen
Machine pieced and quilted. This is a sampler quilt from the book “Stack-n-Whackipedia” by Bethany Reynolds. Debbie Bookman taught the technique during a summer workshop at Quilter’s Heaven.
Great Blue HeronAmy Spungen
Great blue herons are my favorite birds, and I love seeing them when I kayak in the Skokie Lagoons. This portrait quilt of a great blue heron is inspired by a photo taken by Mike Dixon–not at the Lagoons, but it could have been!
Warhol DogAmy Spungen
My friend Joy sent me a photo of her foster dog, and it struck me as ideal pose for a pop-art quilt portrait. By tinkering with the settings in the photo app I was able to get the effect I wanted, and that photo is the basis of the quilt. Josh is a seeing-eye dogContinue reading “Warhol Dog
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Blue OrphansKevin Stankewicz
Hand and machine pieced and appliqué; machine quilted The orphan blocks here were all made by IQI members and donated to service projects. They came together in this top, which I pieced but never got quilted. In keeping with the original intent of the donors, this quilt will be donated to an auction to benefitContinue reading “Blue Orphans
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Merimekko Log CabinKevin Stankewicz
Machine pieced and quilted Made with Marimekko fabric from the scrap bins at Crate & Barrel. The scraps from this top were made into a baby quilt for a friend’s son. As he graduates from college this year, I thought it was time to finish this before he popped the question to his girlfriend.
Calypso QuiltRuth Stegmeyer
The “Calypso Quilt” is hand and machine pieced, hand and machine quilted.
PoppiesRuth Stegmeyer
The design is hand appliqué and machine pieced, and hand and machine quilted.
Bargello Quilt in pink, blue, green, and purpleRuth Stegmeyer
The Bargello Quilt is machine pieced and machine quilted.
IQI’s 2006-2007 Challenge “Food Glorious Food”Ruth Stegmeyer
Machine pieced and machine quilted, hand embroidered, embellished with beads. This is IQI’s 2007 challenge quilt. I machine pieced and hand quilted it. I hand embroidered and embellished with beads.
Charming HomesRuth Stegmeyer
Machine pieced, hand & machine appliquéd, hand embroidered, machine quilted, embellished with buttons “Charming Homes” was the result of my 2006-2007 participation in a round robin project. I added all the houses and all the trees. I used Margaret Miller’s book “Blockbuster Quilts” as a guide in putting the blocks together. I offset the blocksContinue reading “Charming Homes
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Kaleidoscope QuiltRuth Stegmeyer
Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was fun to make. It is machine pieced and quilted.
Magic Log CabinRuth L Stegmeyer
The Magic Log Cabin quilt is machine pieced and machine quilted. (Machine pieced and machine quilted.)
New York Beauty QuiltRuth L Stegmeyer
The New York Beauty quilt was started in a workshop with Karen Stone in Minnesota. The quilt is paper pieced and machine quilted. It took over 2 years to finish it. (Paper pieced, and machine quilted.)