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Mel's "Orange You Glad I Got the Blues" was included in a promotional blog post for the San Jose Jazz Festival and was part of the "Jazz Impressions" exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

OrangeYouGladIGottheBluesbyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

OrangeYouGladIGottheBluesbyMelBeach - 96 Pieces Non-Rotating

OrangeYouGladIGottheBluesbyMelBeach - 299 Pieces Non-Rotating

OrangeYouGladIGottheBluesbyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Rotating

OrangeYouGladIGottheBluesbyMelBeach - 96 Pieces Rotating

OrangeYouGladIGottheBluesbyMelBeach - 299 Pieces Rotating

 

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Mel's quilt, Owl You Need is Love, was part of the 2014 Hoffman Challenge Travel Collection. She made good use of the pattern in the fabric in creating her feathered friends.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 99 Pieces Rotating

OwlYouNeedIsLovebyMelBeach - 300 Pieces Rotating

 

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Mel's "CREA-TV" was a finalist in the Be Creative! Quilt Challenge.

Star Members can learn about Mel and her quilts in Show 2112: Creating Improvisational Patchwork and Modern Molas & A New Spin on an Antique Quilt.

CREA-TVbyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

CREA-TVbyMelBeach - 99 Pieces Non-Rotating

CREA-TVbyMelBeach - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

CREA-TVbyMelBeach - 35 Pieces Rotating

CREA-TVbyMelBeach - 99 Pieces Rotating

CREA-TVbyMelBeach - 300 Pieces Rotating

 

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Gail writes about Climate Change, "A study in extremes: warm versus cool and gently curving versus jagged edginess. Climate change is neither gradual or calm, but can be quite violent as evidenced by the hurricanes and wildfires of 2017, four years following the completion of the quilt. Freezer paper foundation and curved seam piecing as well as hand embroidery. Longarm machine quilting by Kris Vierra."

Star Members can learn how to create quilts like Gail in Show 2111: Working with Curved Flying Geese and Foundation Paper Piecing & Creating a Contemporary Antique Quilt.

ClimateChangebyGailGarber - 35 Pieces Non-Rotating

ClimateChangebyGailGarber - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

ClimateChangebyGailGarber - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

ClimateChangebyGailGarber - 35 Pieces Rotating

ClimateChangebyGailGarber - 100 Pieces Rotating

ClimateChangebyGailGarber - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Festival of the Cranes #24 is a raffle quilt. Gail writes, "I have long had a passion for group quilts and began designing and coordinating group quilts since the mid 1980s. Every year, I design a new raffle quilt for Hawks Aloft that 12 of us gather in a retreat setting to stitch the quilt top, usually in one day. It’s my little Sweat Shop with mountains of fun and friendship."

Star Members can learn how to create quilts like Gail in Show 2111: Working with Curved Flying Geese and Foundation Paper Piecing & Creating a Contemporary Antique Quilt.

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 36 Pieces Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 100 Pieces Rotating

FestivaloftheCranes24byGailGarber - 289 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis

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Dawn of the New Day was made for the invitational United We Quilt Exhibit curated by the American Quilter's Society to memorialize 9/11. Gail chose to represent the tragedy in a figurative way. Click here to learn more about the quilt.

Star Members can learn how to create quilts like Gail in Show 2111: Working with Curved Flying Geese and Foundation Paper Piecing & Creating a Contemporary Antique Quilt.

DawnoftheNewDaybyGailGarber - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

DawnoftheNewDaybyGailGarber - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

DawnoftheNewDaybyGailGarber - 300 Pieces Non-Rotating

DawnoftheNewDaybyGailGarber - 36 Pieces Rotating

DawnoftheNewDaybyGailGarber - 100 Pieces Rotating

DawnoftheNewDaybyGailGarber - 300 Pieces Rotating

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis