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Here are the quilts for the seventeenth team from the over 320 teams that participated in the International Miniature Quilt Exchange (IMQE). 201 teams submitted their quilts to be a part of the Exhibition in Houston 2018 and we are featuring the 24 teams selected for the first IMQE Exhibition.

Click here to learn more about the International Miniature Quilt Exchange (IMQE).

Enjoy the quilts from Team 308 created by Denise Griffiths and Susan Atlas.

Title of Quilt: Botanica Australis

Quilter's Name: Denise Griffiths

Location: Shellharbour, NSW, Australia

It was this time last year that I noticed the Miniature Swap advertised and I thought why not, you never know where it takes you. Well I can tell you, it took me a long way. I contacted my partner Sue and from the first email I felt a real bond with her. We exchanged our life’s journeys and how we got to this point and it was surprising how similar they were. The best was yet to come. Sue lives in San Diego and I live near Sydney, Australia. My son and his wife had just moved to San Diego to live, while my husband and I had just arranged to fly over and spend some time with them. The second day I was there, Sue arrived to take me out for the day with her friend and have lunch. Another day she took me to meet her quilt group who were so welcoming. At the end of the day I felt like I had known her for a long time, we just clicked. I really value Sue as a friend and wanted to make my quilt to her a special gift, a reflection of what I love in my country which is our Australian Native Flowers. Can’t wait to see what my quilt will be like from Sue and I am sure it will be special too, so thank you “The Quilt Show” for making this possible, it really is a small world.

Title of Quilt: California Poppies

Quilter's Name: Susan Atlas

Location: Lakeside, California, USA

I live in beautiful San Diego, Ca. I make traditional and art quilts and love to design my own. My first quilt was a rail fence quilt that ended in the trash, but I learned the importance of consistent 1/4 inch seams. Olfa cutters, quilt stores, quilt shows, fabric, fabric and fabric came next. My "Old Crow" friends that have been meeting every week for about 30 years and we challenge each other. So when the opportunity came to do the IMQE challenge my friend Christine and I decided to join. I was so lucky to get Denise Griffiths for my challenge friend from Australia. My Dad was stationed there in WWII and always told us stories about his time there. My husband and I were lucky to be able to visit Sydney in 2009. We started writing to each other and decided to do a theme, abstract art, native flowers, and using black and white materials. We also wrote about our families and Denise has a son and daughter-in-law who live in San Diego. When she came to visit him in the summer we arranged to go to Rosie’s Calico Cupboard, a large quilt store in San Diego and a museum in Balboa Park, and then she came to my house for a meeting of the “Old Crows” group. In November we also got to visit after she went to Houston Quilt Show and then stopped in San Diego. We feel like we are sisters now. Thank you for the opportunity to do this and meet a new friend.