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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 fourth 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 225 created by Dagmar Carolus and Joanne Gray.

Title of Quilt: My Star In Your Galaxy

Quilter's Name: Dagmar Carolus

Location: Germany

When I heard about the IMQE one year ago, I was immediately fascinated and this thrill to get to know something new was so great. I slept one more night and then registered directly. From this moment my heart beat a little faster and many thoughts and questions went through my head. My partner is a great, creative woman, and I have grown very fond of her during this time. We have written a lot of mails, not only about our sewing preferences, our favorite colors and patterns, quilting by hand or sewing machine, also about ourselves, our families. where we live and what we do ( if we do not sew)! finally, we decided on a pattern and it was clear to us: we sew a pair of twins. At first we decided to make the ‘itty bitty feathered star, by Cindi Edgerton‘ as a center medallion, the further design followed a little later, designed by my team partner Joanne. My quilt top is made only of batiks in paperpieced method. I quilted it freehand with the sewing machine and provided it with an invisible binding. Title: ‘my star in your galaxy‘ Beginning: november 2017 Finishing: Februar 2018 Dimensions: 18,5“ x 18,5“ Without the IMQE, I didn’t think about to sew a miniature quilt, that was a very big challenge for me and I'm so curious about the 'twin' who comes to me one day, how did my teammate implement our pattern?

Title of Quilt: Tiny Twin For Dagmar

Quilter's Name: Joanne Gray

Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA

Dagmar and I started by exchanging photos of some of our quilts and I could tell right away that where my strengths lay in precision and geometric design (I’m an engineer by trade), she was far more gifted than me artistically. Her quilts showed a gift for using color and her designs were whimsical and free. As we shared thoughts about how we would approach the challenge, Dagmar suggested that we make our quilts “look like twins only in different colors”. We had already settled on having a feathered star as the center and building borders around it to make a medallion quilt. I agreed to design the pattern, as this is something I really enjoy. I knew that she was quite good a paper piecing so I based my design on that technique. I drew a full scale of the design and mailed that to her. The pattern I sent was only an outline of the design. I did not want to indicate any colors or values because I knew that Dagmar would excel in selecting just the right fabrics for the little quilt she would make for me. I have enjoyed making, teaching and designing miniature quilts for years. However, this challenge was especially rewarding because of the collaboration and mystery of working with a new friend from a different country. It’s been so hard not to share photos of the progress of our miniature projects but secrecy and anticipation has been fun too.