This quilt pattern was by Dr. Margaret Docherty of England, a pediatrician who designed this pattern in her free time. Patsy saw this quilt in a magazine and fell in love with it. "It took me 1 1/2 years to appliqué it and 6 months to quilt it."  It is needleturn appliqué and hand quilted.

Renae says that "this quilt includes many different techniques. One of those techniques is shadow embroidery. The colored fabric shows through the white fabric, hence the name Beauty from Within." 

Here's just one of Sandra Leichner's Best of Show Quilts. It's Tea with Miss D. and it won Best of Show at MQX-West. Among its other many awards it won the Master Award Contemporary Artistry in Houston and Viewer's Choice at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

Hula Hibiscus has won two “Best of Shows" - The AQS Show in Des Moines, Iowa and the PA Nat’l Quilt Extravaganza in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

Pat Holly's "Chintz Bird" won second place in the Quilt Alliance's "My Quilts/Our History" contest in 2008. The quilt measures only 15" x 15."

Oliver by Karen Marchetti.  Exhibited at the 2011 International Quilt Festival/Houston in the annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty.

Ravendale Star: by Linda Fleschner. Exhibited at IQA Houston 2015. Winner of 3rd Place, Mixed Technique.

Artist Statement:

I did not design the entire quilt before I started, but I knew I would use the Ravendale paisley print in a Radiant Star.  When that was finished, I designed the border feather, staying with a black and white palette (a big departure from the bright colors I normally use).

Techniques:

Modified English paper piecing, fused applique with machine satin stitch, hand-guided free-motion and ruler work longarm quilting, hand-sewn beads.

Materials:

Commerical cottons for top and back, two layers of batting (cotton first, wool on top) Gutermann polyester thread for piecing, applique, and quilting

Winner: 2nd Place Merit Quilt, Machine - Stationary - Sponsored by BERNINA of America - IQA Houston 2015

Artist's Statement:

Tea for Two - Inspired by Cindy Needham, I took my mother's old tablecloth and made it into a quilt. When I was very little, my father used to sing "Tea for Two" and dance the old soft shoe, so I thought that was a appropriate title. I'm very happy with how this turned out!

Half-inch square images of notable women come together in this celebration of women’s wit and wisdom. From a distance, the viewer sees a set of purple or red ready-to-kiss lips. Up close, women’s faces emerge…from Abigail Adams to Annie Oakley, from Hillary Clinton to Judge Judy.

Ambrosia was inspired by a Pottery Barn duvet cover. Gina used many machine techniques including applique by bobbin, piping, foundation piecing and much more.

You'll want to take a closer look to see how this quilt by Lessa Siegele, our BOM designer for 2016, is put together.  Star Members can watch Lessa in Show 1801.

City Sampler is the cover quilt from Tula's book, 100 Modern Quilt Blocks.  

Katie's piece is called "The Color of Infinity." It measures 60"x60," and is one of the largest whole cloth paintings Katie has ever done. 

Kathy has created a quilt that expresses the meaning of different types of flowers. The pattern is available on her website.  Click here to visit Kathy's site.

Here's just a sneak peek of "Tribal Fusion" by Sherry Rogers-Harrison. This work was inspired from a drawing done in Sherry's Creative Design course by Tom Russell.  This piece is the first of Sherry's "tratempory" quilts and is a fusion of Tom's contemporary flair combined with Sherry's love for tradition.

Some of the awards this quilt has won include 1st Place Best Wall Quilt AQS Paducah 2008, 1st Place Innovative Wholecloth MQS 2008, and 1st Place APNQ 2008.

"Bumble Bee and Coneflowers" was created by Carol Morrissey.  Her love of nature has had an enormous impact on her quilting. It propelled her from making traditional quilts to creating realistic images of flora and fauna. Carol shows you how to add details to objects (in this case, a bee) using paint and inks in Show 1908: Postcards and Photorealism.

Lynda Faires created a striking small quilt called Crazy Elegance which encapsulates all the lovely eccentricities of a crazy quilt. You'll want to take a closer look.

Star Members can watch Lynda and see how she does it in Show 2003: Vintage Charm Using Silk and Machine Threadwork.

The Stitching Society BOM by Amy McClellan. Watch Amy in Show 2004: Into the Woods We Go - Embroidery with Whimsy in Stitches.