Quilt Gallery  (21,106 Quilts)

Mariner's Compass
Name of Maker: Susan McFarland
Mariner's Compass - I downloaded this EQ project from Electricquilt.com several years ago and just got around to making it. I wish I could remember the name of the designer! I found the different-sized compasses to be very cumbersome to put together, so I added thick piping and appliqued all 5 to a background square. The border blocks are Y blocks, using Cheryl Malkowski's "Fun with One Block Quilts" directions. Her method is very easy, wish I'd thought of it! Machine quilted on my old black Singer with variegated shiny "Rainbows" thread by Superior Threads.
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Name of Maker: Margaret Birchenough
not named - Hand dyed cottons, silks and scrim. Some of the windows are embellished with tyvek, metallic paint and french knots in hand dyed silk yarn.
Lily
Name of Maker: latpatt
Lily - I took a class in July 2008 at Country Quilter, Richmond, Ontario Canada from Elaine Quehl. It started with her photograph of a day lily. We choose fabrics that could be used for the fusible applique, I used mostly batiks but lacking the 'right' colors I ventured into some of the small print textural fabrics. I machine quilted this myself. I really like this technique and will follow up the lessons with photos of my own garden lilies and other summer flowers.
Lewis & Clark Trails
Name of Maker: Linda Hines
Lewis & Clark Trails - My sister loves Lewis & Clark so when I came across this pattern I had to make it for her. The medallions are machine embroidered and the lettering was done by hand. I used a feather adaption for the borders and straight line quilting in the Indian Trails Blocks. It was a challenging project for me but it came out great and I know she'll love it! It's one of the biggest projects I tackled on my domestic machine.
Yellowstone & Teton National Parks-Sisters Trip
Name of Maker: Linda Hines
Yellowstone & Teton National Parks-Sisters Trip - This quilt commemorates a trip my sister and I took in 2006 to Yellowstone and Teton NPs. I edited the photos in Photoshop and then printed them on cotton fabric that I had treated with Bubble Jet Set 2000. The hardest part was picking out which photos to use as I could use all of them! I learned a lot about printing posterized pictures so they don't get blurry (thanks to my brother for that help). It came out great and garners a lot of comments.
Chocolate Lab Pillows
Name of Maker: Linda Hines
Chocolate Lab Pillows - The puppy pattern came from QuiltMaker Magazine (June/July 2007) and Star is a design by Linda Hibbert of Silverlinings Originals. My sister has 2 chocolate labs so I thought I would make her these pillows. They are paper pieced and I chose my own fabrics. Have you ever tried to find dark brown fabric in Las Vegas? They were fun to make and my sister loves them.
Storm at Sea
Name of Maker: Linda Hines
Storm at Sea - I ordered this pre-cut kit from Fons & Porter which was designed by John Flynn. Pre-cut is the only way I ever would have made this quilt. It was challenging but came out great. It was a lot of fun laying out the colors to get the secondary patterns. I machine quilted it with various sea-life motifs in gold metallic thread. It sure brightens up the room!
Bear
Name of Maker: Linda Hines
Bear - My sister picked out this pattern and kit at the Desert Quilters Show in Las Vegas and I made it for her and gave it to her as a birthday present. It was mostly all fusible applique and was fun and easy to make. I used real feathers and beads rather than making ones out of fabric. It came out great and she has it proudly displayed in her dining room.
Worth the Hike
Name of Maker: Linda Hines
Worth the Hike - I bought this pattern and kit at Mountain Lady Quilt Shop in Estes Park, CO on a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. It is a great reminder of a very scenic trip and also of a fabulous quilt shop. It mostly fusible applique and quilted in the open spaces with various animal motifs and free motion anchoring down the pieces. Makes me want to go back!
Bluework Beauty
Name of Maker: bostonterrierquilter
Bluework Beauty - Antique NY Beauty Blocks from EBay, I embroidered with redwork designs, pieced top from Vanilla Stars pattern.
Outer Space
Name of Maker: Diana Hartigan
Outer Space - I called this quilt "Outer Space" because it is so far removed from my usual quilting style that when I looked at it I thought I had ended up in space. I think it could be described as an abstract log cabin.
Get well Pillow for Peggy
Name of Maker: Dee Felt
Get well Pillow for Peggy - A niece was given the bad news that she has brain cancer and will undergo the usual post operative rehab. I thought it would be handy to have something to hug, cry and lean on when things are looking grim. The poem written by my husband and the other side has some handy thoughts to redirect her sadness. I used an machine embroidery flower design for the middle and the alphabets to write the message. The fun was in the free-form quilting to complete the look.
Smiles/Get Well Pillow for Peggy
Name of Maker: Dee Felt
Smiles/Get Well Pillow for Peggy - Happy thoughts when feeling down. Machine Embroidery- Free hand quilting
Weaving with Crayons
Name of Maker: Dee Felt
Weaving with Crayons - As a weaver it looked like a tabby weave. The colors of crayons. Name & flower machine embroidered on the front before quilting.
State Birds
Name of Maker: Annis Clapp
State Birds - This quilt was made for an aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary. They collect birds and I had leftover fabric from a state bird quilt I started several years ago so I used it along with homespun plaid fabrics leftover from other projects.
Princess Ballerina
Name of Maker: Anet
Princess Ballerina - Commissioned to create, design, and make this twin size quilt for a new daughter due in August of 2008 by my A/C repairman. Design was based on a piece of wallpaper border used to decorate her room. Hand drawing and painting as well as commercially made iron-ons were used to embellish the squares. Colors were chosen per the wall paper. Had lots of fun and my quilting group oohed and aahhed.
sara.s quilt
Name of Maker: sherren
sara.s quilt
Stars of Our Past
Name of Maker: Members of New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild
Stars of Our Past - This is the raffle quilt for the 2008 quilt show put on by the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild. Good fortune smiled on me & I won this quilt. Very exciting to win something this spectacular.