Quilt Gallery  (21,106 Quilts)

Fish Tales
Name of Maker: Angeline JoVan
Fish Tales - 3 koi machine appliqued onto convergence background. Made for my father's 80th birthday. He has always been drawn by the ocean, so the convergence in blue calls to mind the ocean. He is a fisherman, from salmon troller to aluminum boat as while as a Pisces. The two koi are circling in the Pisces symbol. And the little one in the corner? He's the "one that got away"! The fish are raw edged machine appliqued. Each scale is machine quilted as well as the facial expressions - as far as a fish can have expressions... Background quilting is a continuous circular wave pattern. Idenitifactio as well as dedication is on pocket in back. Inside the pocket is a printed description, dedication, care instructions and signature.
Rosie Spoonbill and her Babies
Name of Maker: Janet Mitchell
Rosie Spoonbill and her Babies - Shadow Trapunto: This provided me with the perfect opportunity to try out some new techniques I had been playing with for some time! The shadows are vibrant ONLY when WET!
Move Over Dr. Seuss
Name of Maker: Janet Mitchell
Move Over Dr. Seuss - The original name for this was "Egret gets a new hair do!" but my daughter said it looked like a character out of one of the Dr. Suess books.
Martha's Red Stars
Name of Maker: Martha Russell
Martha's Red Stars
Limberlost 2006
Name of Maker: Fiona
Limberlost 2006 - Limberlost, a small get away in Northern Ontario is the perfect place to relax and unwind. I took this picture of V and C on the dock because it begged to be made into a quilt. C got it for her 3rd birthday present - although she probably enjoyed the toy we gave her more!
Creation Of The Sun and Stars
Name of Maker: vikkip
Creation Of The Sun and Stars - The birth of the sun and dancing, joyful stars from the hands of the Creator (yellow ribbons).
Seven Dancing Sisters
Name of Maker: pknord
Seven Dancing Sisters - Saw this block many years ago in a book belonging to a friend and sketched it. Made the blocks in 1995 while Mom was ill, finished in 2006.
Romantica
Name of Maker: pknord
Romantica - One of the last quilts I made with an electronic machine, now I use treadles and hand cranks almost exclusively.
Dancing Drunken Nine Patches
Name of Maker: pknord
Dancing Drunken Nine Patches - I made this one as my entry in our Guild's Challenge. The fabric in the border and in the blocks was the Challenge fabric, and it was indeed a challenge to use. This little quilt is actually Ricky's grandquilt. After taking some classes from him, and from a few others, on curved seam piecing and other things, I tried doing some of these little curved seam nine patches, and the quilt just grew from there. It was such fun to make, and remarkably freeing. I used Sharyn Craig's setting method to make the blocks dance.
Out of the Depths
Name of Maker: pknord
Out of the Depths - Made at a time of personal turmoil, this quilt symbolizes the outward growth from the center, escaping the boundaries. The quilt won a third in the So-Fro/House of Fabrics competition one year, and won a first place in Traditional Quilts Small at Houston in 1994.
Coastline
Name of Maker: Mary Ann Littlejohn
Coastline - Color palette was taken from a photo of a beach scene with rocky cliffs, beach and light glistening off the waves. At least 140 fabrics were used. Heavily machine quilted with many colors of Sulky rayon thread.
Madison's Antique Peony
Name of Maker: Renee Norman
Madison's Antique Peony
Peace
Name of Maker: DeeSkye
Peace - This quilt was part of the UN's 2000 Peace celebration. Many pieces of the fabric were from family members of murder victims as young as 2. It hangs in my LR.
Diamonds in the Rough 2
Name of Maker: John Putnam
Diamonds in the Rough 2 - I was looking for a quilt to make for a relative as a "Wear Me Out" quilt. The magazine arrived the day I started looking. It reminded me of argyle and I thought it would be a good "guy" quilt. I made the first one and presented it within 5 days of receiving the magazine. Marvin was undergoing bladder cancer surgery and the quilt needed to be done quickly. It's good to own your own longarm. I liked the quilt so much that I made a second one for myself.
Fanciful Fans & Gloves
Name of Maker: Brenda Croak
Fanciful Fans & Gloves - Iwanted to display gloves I had collected and paired them with fans.
Memories of England
Name of Maker: Brenda Croak
Memories of England - I created in applique neighborhood homes & other English buildings to remind me of my two years living in England.
Bubbles the Cat
Name of Maker: Tama
Bubbles the Cat - This was a response to a mask challenge - I wanted to try 3D work.