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Now that the first 24 teams selected for the IMQE Exhibition have been featured, we will be showing the five reserve finalists. Here are the quilts for the second team of reserve finalists 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.

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

Enjoy the quilts from Team 135 created by Tina Paaske and Dawn Siden.

Title of Quilt: Jaegerspris Castle

Quilter's Name: Tina Paaske

Location: Slangerup, North Zealand, Denmark

I was so fortunate as to be teamed up with the best partner I could ask for, Dawn Siden, a brilliant quilter and a very interesting person. Early on we figured out a theme and a size for our quilts. We’ve had some very interesting “talks” along the way, about quilting in particular and life in general. I wanted to make a quilt for Dawn, that would tell a story about my neighborhood and country (Denmark). I’ve chosen a sight from a used to be royal castle, I went and took lots of photos. I could have made the obvious choice, seeing the castle from the front, but I found it to be too tourist like. This view from the back of the castle, is what made my heart happy. I love making pictorial quilts, and using my own photos and often times using my own home dyed or painted fabrics. In this quilt I’ve stenciled the brickwall, using acrylic paints. The foliage is made of my home dyed fabrics. It’s all made as raw edge fusible applique, thread paintet and quiltet on my Bernina Q20. This challenge really shows, that where ever you are or whom you may be, with just one thing to share we can relate to each other and exchange respect, encouragement and recognition. What we all need in this world. In this case it’s quilting, it could be anything! Thank you TQS! Tina Sommer Paaske.

Title of Quilt: Home - Somers Bay Montana

Quilter's Name: Dawn Siden

Location: Somers, Montana, USA

Home – Somers Bay, Montana My partner is from Denmark. I am from Montana. We were delighted to find out that we both were art quilters, and almost immediately decided to make a quilt depicting where we live. With that settled, we began to share wonderful stories of our lives, customs, and quilting. What I found sad was the fact that few ladies in her country buy another woman’s art quilts. Most are bought by men. Here in America we are always buying each other’s work any place we can. Another interesting fact is that the population of the US’s largest city, surpasses the population in all of Denmark. And, because of that, we have many more options and outlets for quilting. An example: I have 4 wonderful quilt shops within a half hour’s drive. One of our celebrated holidays is Halloween, which is the end of October. Denmark has a similar holiday, Fastelavn (carnival), when children dress in costume and may come to your door and sing for sweets. This celebration in Denmark happens in early spring, sometime before Ash Wednesday. I enjoyed making this quilt for my partner, and tried out a few new techniques. We had decided on a size early on, and once I was almost done, I realize we were too small, and did not comply with the size rule. So, I sliced and stretched the right side with the birch trees, and then added everything from the top deck rail on down. Whew!