Raw edge appliqué, ink drawing, thread painting, machine quilting, This is my first true art quilt. I always wanted to do parrots. They are so colorful! I hope to make more in the future.
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Psychodelic TesselationsLois Jacobs
Machine pieced and quilted. I bought the fabric for this quilt on sale when a quilt store closed. I was planning on making a Stack & Whack quilt, but instead I made this.
Patriotic StarsLois Jacobs
Machine pieced & quilted. This was made from left over fabric from a New York Beauty quilt I made. I thought it made a good wall hanging.
4th of July New York BeautyLois Jacobs
Paper piecing, machine sewn & quilted. I wanted to do a New York Beauty quilt so I thought I would make it a red, white & blue one. I was happy with the final product. Quilted by Alice Hamilton.
Half Square BonanzaLois Jacobs
Machine pieced and quilted. This was made from a jelly roll of fabric that I bought in Paducah, KY.
Seeing RedLois Jacobs
Machine pieced & quilted. I saw these fabrics together and liked the color combination.
Rainbow Tumbling BlocksLois Jacobs
Machine pieced and machine quilted I love bright colors and I love rainbows, so I put the two together.
Summer WreathLois Jacobs
Paper piecing, machine quilting, beading. I wanted to make something small and precise, plus, I love flowers.
Blue BargelloLois Jacobs
I made this for my daughter. She wanted blues.
Tea for 10 @ 10Lois Jacobs
Machine appliqué, pastel painting, machine quilted I made this for last year’s challenge piece, but circumstances did not allow me to finish it. So I am showing it now.
So Many – So Little Time!Lois Jacobs
Photo transfer, hand appliqué, machine quilted, machine embroidered I love puzzles, but there never seems enough time
Geodes in Golden SandAlice Jenks
Right-angle weave beading. This was started in a week-long seminar on Right-Angle Weave Beading with David Chatt at Arrowmont School of Arts in Gatlinburg, TN in 2007. We were to incorporate “found objects” into our beading. The necklace includes three geodes that are secured by bands of beading. The non-matching (life is too short forContinue reading “Geodes in Golden Sand
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Shimmering Sea UrchinAlice Jenks
Beading. During a week-long session of the Split Rock Seminar at the University of Minnesota in July 2006 with Virginia Blakelock and Carol Perrenoud, Carol taught us how to make her Sea Urchin bracelet. It incorporates glass daggers from the Czech Republic and assorted seed beads. The hidden closure is a large hook and eyeContinue reading “Shimmering Sea Urchin
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Celebration in SilverAlice Jenks
Hand-beaded from seed and bugle beads. Created to wear for the wedding of my son, Ken Jenks, to Janet McCullough on July 20, 2013. The bugle and seed bead medallions are anchored to a strand of silver-tone beads. The earrings are smaller medallions on silver chains.
We are Moliners, We’re from MolineAlice Jenks
Hand forged wire with torch-fired beads. In anticipation of the 60 year reunion of my Moline High School Class of 1953, I created a necklace to go on a maroon outfit. Moline colors are Maroon & White. The special beads purchased from a friend of white, maroon & pink are mounted on Sterling Silver wireContinue reading “We are Moliners, We’re from Moline
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SpringAlice Jenks
Machine quilting and fused applique. Started in the 2022 NSNG Summer Seminar with Jane Sassaman, this original design features my favorite flowers, pansies. And some small flowers that were growing outside the seminar venue in Buffalo Grove. I fused, appliqued and machine quilted the flowers and greenery.
Tree of LifeAlice Jenks
IQI I hand beaded and machine quilted it on a domestic sewing machine. Started in an NSNG workshop with Lisa Binkley. She provided fabric with designs by Sue Spargo for us to embellish with bead embroidery. I cut out the design and fused it to a shaded background. Then I beaded it profusely.
Sailing, Sailing!Alice Jenks
IQI Paper pieced & quilted on a domestic sewing machine. Sails and boats have 2 extra layers of batting. The two sides were quilted individually, bound together by machine and finished by hand. Started in a paper piecing workshop taught by my daughter, Mary Newcomb. It is a birthday present for my younger daughter, SusanContinue reading “Sailing, Sailing!
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