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Apple

Rhonda Newman

NSNG Cotton fabric, fused and machine embroidery. My favorite part of summer is my vegetable garden that I can see from my kitchen windows. The Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden is my inspiration for this piece. Apples are always wonderful after the summer harvest. Always different colors and shapes.

Eggplant & Peppers

Rhonda Newman

NSNG Cotton fabric, fused and machine embroidery. My favorite part of summer is my vegetable garden that I can see from my kitchen windows. The Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden is my inspiration for this piece. Peppers and Eggplantcome in many different colors.

Color Collonade

Rhonda Newman

NSNG Machine pieced and quilted. This quilt was made from a kit. I was attracted to the colors and that no blocks are the same. The quilt was quilted by Barbara Deletzke.

Declaration of Intent

Patricia Tamandl Niffenegger

Fused, machine pieced, machine quilted. Although Emile Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist, not a visual artist, I found this quote inspirational in making my textile pieces. My work reflects a love of bright, saturated colors, words as part of the design and a mix of fabric and techniques.

Ribbon as Candy

Pat Niffenegger

NSNG Ribbon, ultrasuede, woven pillow cover, sequins and beads: handstitched and machine stitched on canvas. Quote: “Ribbon is the candy of the textile world”. Enroute to a quilting retreat in southern Illinois, I spotted an antique shop with everything 50% off. Who could resist that? A lover/collector of rag rugs, I bought the woven pillowContinue reading “Ribbon as Candy

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Basement Boys (1)

Cara novy-Bennewitz

Machine pieced & quilted. First in a series of three quilts fro what I call the “basement boys” – my son’s friends who hang out every weekend. My philosophy is sleep in style!