Hand dyed, stamped and silk screened silk background fabrics overlaid with commercial black silk fabrics, hand cut and fused. Machine quilted “Iris” is a celebration of the vibrant colors of early summer using sheer, hand dyed, and commercial fabrics with hand cutting, fusing and machine quilting.
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Iris
High DesertMaggie Weiss
Machine embroidery. Design Source – Photo taken on hike near Longmont, CO.
GoldleafGale Wessel
Fused sheer silks, machine quilting. This piece was created in a Maggie Weiss workshop (“Sheer Bliss”). Winner Choice Award.
Matt’s & Katie’s Wedding QuiltGale WesselGale Wessel
Fused applique, quilt as you go. From the collection of Matt and Katie Wessel.
Earth, Wind & FireGale Wessel
Fused, machine quilted. This piece was created for the NSNG Annual Project: “Earth, Wind and Fire.”
Connected FriendsHedy Wessel
Cut & pieced myself, chose own colors, I quilted on regular machine. Making this quilt was a challenge, seemed complicated, but was fun putting it all together.
Bead Embroidered BoxGale Wessel
Bead embroidery techniques. I enjoyed doing bead embroidery.
Lone StarHedy Wessel
Used fusing material with fabric. After eight years of quilting, I finally decided to try making the “LONE STAR” I’ve admired for a long time. It was a challenge and took six months to finish. This is actually the first large quilt I made for myself. Did all the work on a regular sewing aContinue reading “Lone Star
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For Amy & NatalieGale Wessel
Pieced and fused and machine quilted. These are the colors that Amy & Natalie love. And this is a modern quilt as befits two modern women.
Kim’s and Bill’s Wedding QuiltGale Wessel
Pieced & fused. Most of this quilt was done with my wrist in a cast.
Lone StarHedy Wessel
Fussy cut diamond shaped pieces, “squiggly” quilted star, all machine quilted. When I saw a picture of the “Lone Star” on a book cover, I found it intriguing. I made the star using instructions in the book. I am a retired senior citizen and had only been quilting four years when starting this piece. ItContinue reading “Lone Star
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Yellow Vest with FlowersGale Wessel
Free motion quilting, beads, decorative buttons. This vest began as three rectangles of fabric. We developed our own patterns and ideas for finishing.
How does your garden grow?Gale Wessel
Technique Free motion quilting, bargello piecing, commercial appliqués. My garden doesn’t look anything like this. Next year I resolve to work harder.
WindowsGale Wessel
Template-free cutting and piecing. The inspiration for this quilt was the border fabric. It reminded me of the city and the buildings covered in windows.
IntersectionGale Wessel
Machine quilted (free motion); machine pieced. I made this quilt to hang on the big blank wall at the end of the cathedral ceiling in my living room.
Pathways to SpringGale Wessel
Machine quilted, hand painted & stamped This quilt was part of the NSNG Challenge “Pathways.”
Autumn WindGale Wessel
Hand dyed (disperse dyes), machine quilted With disperse dyes, you paint the dyes on to paper and transfer the dye to fabric with a heat press. This piece (which was layered with leaves) is one piece of fabric (with the exception of the 3-D leaves) and was a very welcome surprise to me when IContinue reading “Autumn Wind
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Study in RedGale Wessel
Machine pieced & quilted on a longarm machine This quilt was designed to hang in my foyer on a big bare wall.