Showing posts with label patchwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patchwork. Show all posts

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Judy G. (one patch square)

Judy G. shows a colorful one patch quilt

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Dorothy B., Kit from Homestead Hearth

Dorothy B. shows a quilt made from a kit started in Feb. 2007.
It was bought from Homestead Hearth.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Maurine S.'s bag of scraps table runner

Maurine S. shows a table runner she made from a bag of scraps
to which she added some lace and the backing fabric.

Dorothy B.'s Strip of the Month

Dorothy B. shows her Strip of the Month from Homstead Heartland.
It was a Lori Smith Pattern.


She mentioned that she had just gotten the sashing strips.
She certainly didn't let this project age before construction.

Marijo F.

Marijo F. showsa completed kit,
bought in 2003 in Paduca (maybe)

Charlene B.'s Mystery Quilt

Charlene B. shows her mystery quilt.

Quilted by Coleen J.

Judy P. shows "Tucson Troubles"

Judy P. shows her Tucson Troubles
She made this quilt with fabric purchased in Arizona.
Quilted by Connie L.



Becky G. shows 2 African Quillows

Becky G. shows 2 Quillows she made for her grandsons.
She used fabric bough in Africa.One Quillow pocket has a plane, the other has a boat.

What is a quillow, you ask.
It is a quilt that folds up into a pocket becoming a pillow.
The picture below shows one of the quillows unfolded.













Thursday, August 23, 2007

Lisa R.'s Dear Jane quilt

Lisa R. proudly shows her Dear Jane quilt.
Coleen J. quilted it.
She started it 7 years ago, but did all the piecing in 6-7 months.
It had to season for awhile, but it is done now.

Judy G.

Judy G. shows a quilt made from scraps left over from a church mission where 26 people recovered 40 chairs. She wondered if anyone wanted any extra upholstery fabric scraps to quilt through . . . no takers amazingly enough.

Nancy Mac.

Nancy Mac. shows a UFO from 1992.
She won the blocks in an online block-of-the-month
She has made it for her daughter to go on a blue sofa.
All the blocks were signed and dated from quilters all over the country
(including one from Dorothy B.)
Front of quilt above, back of quilt below.



Amy F.'s "How does your garden grow?" quilt

Amy F. shows the quilt she made for her horticulturalist turned electrician daughter.
Quilted by Connie L.
Based on a blooming 9 patch, it is called "How does your garden grow?"


Carolyn S. for first great grandchild

Carolyn S. shows a quilt she made for her first great grandchild due next month.

Carolyn S.

Carolyn S. shows a quilt she made from a book by Evelyn Sloppy.
Connie L. quilted it.

Charlene B.

Charlene B. shows a quilt for her new granddaughter coming in November.
She made it from a kit from Glenwood Springs, CO. (I think).

Teresa L.

Teresa L. shows a Turning 20 quilt she made for her daughter to take to college.
Connie L. quilted it.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Judy P. shows 2 baby quilts

Judy P. showed 2 baby quilts she made.
She's a new quilter.
One of the quilts is for a niece, the other for a woman at work.

Very nice quilts Judy, keep up the good work!

Molly B.'s Grand Prize Cat Quilt

Molly B. shows a cat quilt she made.
It won grand prize at the Champaign County Fair in Section 1,
kids, small quilts and pillows.
She made it with her mom.

Judy G.'s Split 9 patch

Judy G. called this her farmer quilt.
She had blocks to use for the split 9 patch.

Sorry about the photo quality, the historian's camera was slow tonight.

Judy G. Airplanes

Judy G. shows an airplane quilt her husband's grandmother pieced.
Judy finished it and Connie L. quilted it with airplane quilting designs in plain blocks.