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Hand-quilted, use of a fabric known as “Gosien”. Back fabric is a pattern of keys. The keys were collected & hand sewn to the quilt. Quilt is hand-stitched binding. If you ever had a bucket of keys collected over the years, here is an interesting way to recycle them. Also, the smaller ones from myContinue reading “Unlocking Mysteries

Elizabeth Mini

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Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Pat Barry of Racine. Inspiration was “Batman Movie”. Batman fabric, one of a kind, no longer produced (collectors’ item). The middle panel is from London, England; decided to do something different, even the U.S Post Office is publishing Batman stamps

Hand beaded, seams were hand-sewn after beading to hide the stitches from beadwork. In mixing beads, I wanted the scarf to look very elegant.

Machine quilted, hand painted fabric, hand-cut fish fused, embellished with: cut yarn, angelina fibers, cut ribbons, hand-cut toothpick size fabric to construct 3rd layer of fabric. 4th & 5th netting (navy blue) to keep everything in place to quilt. Bias Original design executed by Elizabeth H. Mini. (5) layers to make each pattern piece. 1stContinue reading “Catch Me If You Can

Elizabeth Mini

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Machine quilted, hand-painted fabric, fuzzy cut fish and fused, hand cut toothpick size fabric, fused batik leaves, hand done yo-yos, hand beaded, angelina fibers for glitz, hand cut yarn, ribbons, for “sea weed”, “Trout” (large) is appliqued by machine This piece entails “6 layers”. 1) backing, 2) batting “thermore”, 3) constructed with all the aboveContinue reading “Lake Pleasures

Elizabeth Mini

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Machine pieced, machine quilted. Pat Barry of Racine, Wisconsin (long arm) quilted. A very labor intensive quilt to piece together and cut out but an overall pleasing look.

Hand dyed fabrics used, machine quilted, hand quilting, hand beaded, couched yarns. Crayola crayons to make birds, solvey product used to help give flowers 3-D look, each petal is dried on a glass or bottle to shape Some of my hand-dyed fabric used, each petal is machine quilted & threads are pulled to back &Continue reading “Blue Birds A’Calling

Elizabeth Mini

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Machine pieced, Pat Barry machine quilted piece, fuzzy cut animals, over 72 fabrics used in this piece. Original design, over 68 hours to assemble, over 72 fabrics used, log cabin pattern borders quilt.