Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. Quilted by Sally Evanshank at Windy City Quilting. My sister Damaris loves to eat pineapples, so what better block pattern than the pineapple block. I thought this would be a fun and quick pattern but it was much more involved but glad I had that pineapple square up ruler to makeContinue reading “Damaris Loves Pineapples
Mario Alonso
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Mario Alonso
Machine pieced and quilted. ‘Bob’s Garden’ was inspired by Kaffe Fassett fabrics that are always vibrant and fun to put together. This is a simple strips and cut pattern that I’ve seen many times and thought would be fun to make. Bob is constantly working on the garden so I hope he finds inspiration forContinue reading “Bob’s Garden
Mario Alonso
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Mario Alonso
My sister loves hearts. I love my sister, so I made her a heart quilt to celebrate her 70th birthday. It is 70 hearts in 70 fabrics. The red center heart is soft flannel fabric that feels different from the rest of the hearts and red is her favorite color. I saw lots of differentContinue reading “70 Heart for Damaris
Mario Alonso
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Mario Alonso
I’m a great procrastinator and I wanted to make a quick lap quilt to celebrate our 45th. I saw this pattern technique on-line that is made using a jelly roll. I liked that the pattern changes so that sometimes it looks like an X and at other times an O. Hence XOXO. My local quiltContinue reading “XOXO
Mario Alonso
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Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt follows the technique of One Block Wonder by Maxine Rosenthal. I am totally fascinated by the continuous changing and adjustment that unfolds during this process.
Melanie Anderson
technMachine pieced and quilted.ique The center golds are leftovers from Golden Slumber, also in this show. The random sashing in green reminds me of Roman Numerals.
Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced and quilted. I had a wonderful time with this year’s challenge. I got started early enough to make sure I got my pinwheels put together correctly and really enjoyed the challenge of mismatched fabrics.
Melanie Anderson
Silk ties fused onto interface then machine pieced and quilted. These are the leftovers of a larger piece that was a gift and is now in San Francisco. I had a lot of fun with the very asymmetrical pieces left over.
Melanie Anderson
Machine pieced & appliquéd, embellished with buttons. I was totally taken with another member’s use of aerial photos and old men’s shirts and decided to make my own. Each button and challenge fabric represents a different segment of my life in Illinois. Legend is on the back.
