Mum's Quilt - I made this quilt for my Mum using embroidered blocks. The pictures on each block represent my memories of Mum eg: cooking, gardening, beautiful blue dress etc. I used calico and the border was a piece of material Mum gave me years ago to make a dress with.
Woodland Creatures - Started in 2005 but moved so finished in 2011. My first ever entry into a quilt show and won 1st place, second quilt show won Best Use of Color and Viewer's Choice, 3rd quilt show won Honorable Mention. Sewn entirely by machine.
Quilted Memories - Quilt was made with 5 inch "girly" blocks with pink sashing around each block and backed with a polka dot fabric. Quilted with stitch in the block.
Quilter's Choice Shoe Box Quilt - Each member of our group chose fabrics, passed around a shoe box numbered 1-8. Each member made a block of the chosen fabric. Monthly we passed the box to the next member.
Rev. 3:20 - This was inspired by doorway photos I took on a trip to Europe, and by the famous paintings of Jesus standing at the door, knocking. The stones are all fabric, the lamp post is fabric, paint and metallic leafing, and the door knocker is fimo and paint. All pieces are stretched over canvas.
Majestic Mountains - A class to make use of our stash scrapes and use an technique to made hills and valleys. You can see the light and dark motion of the quilt.
Secret Garden - Hexagons are fascinating because of the design possibilities. I challenged myself to work with ¼ inch size hexagons. Each unit was made individually by hand and then whip stitched together.
Dad - 1941 letter from Lithania printed on fabric for the background. Photos from 1917 and 1923 printed on fabric. Charred Heat dissolving stabilizer to make it look old and damaged.
Retro Baby - I have used a 5 inch charm pack and wanted a simple layout. Mark and Lisa were expecting their fourth girl so I did not want to use pink. Instead I did a beautiful retro look in teal and brown.
Ann's Cat Clock - Made for a small group challenge using 10 different fabric and embellishments and an electronic clock work plus some personal additions. Pieced and quilted and mounted on hard board. The tail is a moving pendulum. Made to commemorate the clock in my friend's kitchen back in the '50s.
Cathie's Scrap Legacy - Used a pack of fat quarters left to me by my sister. She purchased them while we were on a Quilt Seminars At Sea cruise to Alaska the summer before she died.
Ensoñación - quilt made with curved pieces sew by machine, with applique sew by satin a machine , quilting and trapunto with a domestic sew machine......more informatión in:
http://soynessy.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/ensonacion.html
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