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Machine pieced and quilted, silk and cotton. This quilt started out as a donation quilt for Lutheran World Relief. When the top was complete, I decided I liked it too much to let go. Subsequently I had multiple machine breakdowns trying to get it quilted. I have since decided that it could bless someone else,Continue reading “God’s Curse or God’s Blessing?

Melanie Anderson

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Machine pieced and quilted. Whenever I get striped fabric I want to make it “move”. I also continue to work on perfect points. NOT THERE YET.

Crazy & strip pieced. Appliquéd, machine quilted. This is a gift to my dear friend, Elizabeth, who loves all things chicken.

Scrap pieced, appliqués, machine quilted. I have been obsessed with using up scraps for about 2 years and have made many, many of these scrappy flowers. I picked all the green ones to go against my pink challenge fabric.

Machine pieced and quilted. This technique is called “One Block Wonder”. Virtually the entire quilt is made from a single fabric, cut into equilateral triangles.

Machine pieced and quilted. I was greatly influenced a few years ago by a fellow quilter’s use of topographical maps to create quilts. This is my second, and for a dear woman for whom this is her center.

Machine pieced and quilted. I really enjoyed the surprise of the one-block-wonder technique – there is a discovery at every juncture. There’s a surprise on the back, too.

Machine pieced and quilted. I saw a quilt similar to this during a shop-hop and snapped a picture years ago. A dear friend gave me her Liberty of London scraps and I took the liberty of copying from the photo.

Machine piecing and quilting, hand applique. I really enjoyed making this piece. Each square was cut randomly in three places, then one inch strips were inserted. The outcome was a surprise!