Quilt Gallery  (21,106 Quilts)

Indian Orange Peel
Name of Maker: Sandra LaForte
Indian Orange Peel - Paper pieced using 125 fabrics, mostly batiks. Very challening to assemble, especiialy the border. The designer, Karen Stone, does not give as many tips in her book as I needed, but then, I have only been quilting 3 years. On a difficulty scale of 1 - 10, I thought this was an ll! I put 300 hours into this quilt from selecting fabrics, washing, ironing, starching, cutting, assembling color combos, machine stitching, tearing off paper patterns, assembling blocks and border and then quilting on my home machine. No wonder it took me two years!
7 Santas and 100 Berries in the Border
Name of Maker: Nancy Allen
7 Santas and 100 Berries in the Border - This needle turn applique quilt is from an out of print book by Piece of Cake Designs. The quilt top took a full year to complete. The hand quilting took another 7 months. There really are 100 berries in the border!
Krista's Quilt
Name of Maker: Ann Valentine and Karen Sebung
Krista's Quilt
Scottie Dog
Name of Maker: N Licari
Scottie Dog - Found this pattern in my grandmother's boxes and thought it might be fun to make and it was.
Ribbon Hearts
Name of Maker: Mischele Hart
Ribbon Hearts - Designed by me for Animas Quilts Publications.
Pink Lemonade IV
Name of Maker: QuiltBabe
Pink Lemonade IV
All Pickled out
Name of Maker: QuiltBabe
All Pickled out
Rail Fence
Name of Maker: QuiltBabe
Rail Fence
Berry Perky Patches
Name of Maker: QuiltBabe
Berry Perky Patches
TQS BOM
Name of Maker: Bonny Smelser
TQS BOM - I am so excited that I have the 3rd block finished and am now ready when the new block is released. I have learned new techniques and look forward to the remaining blocks. Sue is a great designer!
Kinetic Energy quilt
Name of Maker: Irina Izvorean
Kinetic Energy quilt - This bright-green quilt is my first full-size quilt for my lovely son Sergei. After finishing his room he needed some piece of art on the walls.
Starry Path
Name of Maker: Sandy Lawrence
Starry Path - Inspiration was from a quilt photo by Mary Hickey in Sew Many Quilts Magazine, May-June 1998, page 10. There were no instructions for quilt so I sketched out the pattern to the size I wanted and made the quilt. It is used for our tablecloth in the dining room.
Greer Country
Name of Maker: Sandy Lawrence
Greer Country - Quilt was made in a class taught by Ruth McDowell at the Empty Spools Seminar, "Designing From Nature". Design was made from photo, shown on back of quilt, taken when collecting pine cones with my aunt near Greer, AZ.
Acorns and Oak Leaves
Name of Maker: Sandy Lawrence
Acorns and Oak Leaves - Additional acorn added to alternate block from QNM Nov. 1993. All applique was done in varigated thread with a blanket stitch. Free motion quilting done with varigated thread.
Split Nine Patch Exchange
Name of Maker: Sandy Lawrence
Split Nine Patch Exchange - Some blocks came from an internet exchange years ago, others were made and put together and then quilted by Sandy Lawrence. The quilting was done to practice some new free motion quilting techniques I learned in a series of classes.
Autumn's Harmonic Convergence
Name of Maker: Sandy Lawrence
Autumn's Harmonic Convergence - Quilt made after attending Ricky's Quilt Seminar.
Mennie's Baskets of Faith, Hope, Love, and Charity
Name of Maker: Laura Taivalkoski Hamilton
Mennie's Baskets of Faith, Hope, Love, and Charity - This was a block of the month quilt published by the Back Door Quilts. I also hand embroidered the optional blocks. I then used my own setting pattern, putting the baskets en pointe and using a scrappy, but ordered color set. The quilting was a simple feather, based on Laura Lee Fritz's published pattern.
Blue Ridge Beauty
Name of Maker: same
Blue Ridge Beauty - I saw this quilt in Quiltmaker magazine. It was designed by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville and I fell in love with it. However, I did not enjoy making it. Although I did end up using all my beige/cream scraps, go figure. So that meant several trips to the fabric shop. It did turn out very pretty and my mom just loves it. It it remains unquilted, which tends to happen a great deal with my tops.