Guild Archives

Scrappy Morning Stars

Jan Aaron

Hand pieced; quilted by Amy Parker, Evanston Quilt Co. Am working on finishing my UFOs, This one dates back to 2000. The blocks traveled in Europe with me. Design Source – Traditional block.

Fruits & Flowers

Jan Aaron

Hand applique and quilted, beaded. This small applique is another of the many unfinished pieces that I began around 2005. Other than borders, the rest of the design I had already chosen fabrics. I kept those but added beads and crystals. Design Source – Pattern.

Indian Mats

Jan Aaron

Paper pieced, longarm quilted by Peggy Skaith, Overland Park, KS. I find myself always working with reds and blacks This time I added brown to the mix and kept the reds on the yellow to orange side of the color wheel. The floral outer border tied everything together.

Winter Cardinals

Jan Aaron

Small applique quilts have become my “go-to” projects as they are portable and easy to do when traveling. I was drawn to this pattern and found it fun to do. (Hand appliqued, hand quilted.)

For Kate

Jan Aaron

Raw edge applique with buttonholing and embroidery. Quilted by Amy Parker, Evanston Quilt Co. An alphabet quilt for my youngest great niece. Design Source – Pattern.

Gracie’s Quilt

Jan Sneesby Aaron

IQI Hand applique and embroidery; machine pieced. Longarm quilted by Debbie Bookman. A gift for my youngest great niece, it was designed to help her learn to spell her name. Each of the applique blocks is a simple symbol for the letters in her name. Can you spell it? Read up and down!

Tropical Heat

Jan Sneesby Aaron

IQI Machine pieced and quilted. The runner was made at the IQI Quilt-In retreat last January. The workshop was taught by Laurie Gorton. I added the border and quilted it later.

Fish

Sarah Ajlouni

I have represented fish as they appear emerging from water, silk scales shimmering and opened eyes.

Birds, Bugs & Butterflies

Gretchen Alexander

Machine pieced and quilted. This piece is made of Laurel Burch fabric purchased on a shop hop trip. It will be a gift for my granddaughter Tyler when she graduates from college in May 2018.

Soft Wool Jacket

Gretchen Alexander

Machine sewn, binding sewn by hand. The color and texture of this wool attracted me years ago. I finally found a pattern to show off the wool to its best advantage.

Wedding Quilt for Tiphany and Paul

Gretchen Alexander

Machine pieced & quilted. Quilting by Patricia Little This quilt is a wedding gift for my grandson Paul Schaarping and his bride Tiphanie. Paul works for the U.S Forest Service. The colors were chosen to compliment the couple’s home, the leaf and light theme to reflect Paul’s love of nature.

Lady Bugs Watching Over Me

Gretchen Alexander

Machine pieced & quilted. This three dimensional “bow-tie” quilt is my traditional baby gift. I love lady bugs and was delighted to find this fabric and bought up all I could find. Sadly, this is the last of this. I learned this pattern at the Loving Stitches Quilt Shop in Stevensville, Michigan.

Picnic Basket

Gretchen Alexander

Hand woven nantucket lightship basket with cherry staves, rim, lid and handle. Cane weavers, mammoth ivory buttons. This picnic basket is a wedding gift for my granddaughter Samantha and her husband Michael. The basket was made with the guidance of North Carolina Handmade Baskets.