Mayfest 2008 Quilt Show
Fabulous Florals
Quilt Show Entries
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Note: Unless stated otherwise, the person who entered the quilt is assumed to be the owner of the quilt and the person who did the appliqué, piecing, and/or quilting.
1 - Kristen L Bryson - Fresh Air Category: Quilt made by a youth. Made by Charity M. Van Tassel. 54”x57” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Hand tied by Charity Van Tassel. Design Source: Appliqué Flip-Flops. Year completed: 2008. Description: I am the youngest member of the guild and I made this quilt in a class at school and it is my first appliqué quilt and my second quilt over all. 101 - Holly Pietz - Sweet Baby Alexia Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Holly Pietz. 58”x58” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Lisa Moore designed the setting and it was a block of the month at Sew Special Quilts. Year completed: 2008. 102 - Mary Jo Thompson - Mystery Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Mary Jo Thompson. 76”x76” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Diane Pelton. Design Source: Charlotte Angotti - Christmas Delight. Year completed: 2006. 103 - Denise Green - Auction Treasures in Bloom Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Best of Theme - Fabulous Florals. Unknown maker of embroidered blocks. Machine quilted by Denise Green. 38”x38” Year completed: 2008. Description: Blocks purchased at LQG Auction. Thanks to Pat Cotter for the setting and quilting design. 104 - Drue Smith - Blue Gingko Leaves Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Drue Smith. 50”x48” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: The Gingko by Sew Be It - SBI #1502. Year completed: 2006. Description: After making Red Gingko Leaves, I thought my other daughter, Judy, would just love this design made in blue. I had all the materials already in my stash so I immediately set to work making another Gingko. It was so much fun watching them open these quilts Christmas Eve because it definitely was a surprise. 105 - Sharon Meyer - Garden Wedding Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Sharon Meyer. 82”x96” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Judy Niemeyer design, A Garden for My Wedding Ring pattern. Year completed: 2007. Description: Over 500 different floral fabrics were used to make the arcs in the wedding rings. I collected them for years and either begged, borrowed or bought them until I said "That's enough” This quilt along with 2 others I made are just about enough Wedding Rings as well. 106 - Drue Smith - Red Gingko Leaves Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Drue Smith. 50”x48” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: The Gingko by Sew Be It - SBI #1502. Year completed: 2006. Description: I always just loved gingko leaves because they were so graceful. When I saw this pattern I just had to make it for my daughter Terri. 107 - Kristen L Bryson - Flip Flops and Flamingos Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Kristen Bryson and Karen Watts. 51”x51” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Flip Flop n Summer. Year completed: 2007. Description: I saw this flamingo fabric at a local quilt store and just had to have it. Some time later, I saw the Flip Flop n Summer quilt pattern and just knew they had to go together. This is actually the second one I made. An identical one is hanging at Boys and Girls Harbour in Laporte. 108 - Marilyn Cheak - Misty Mountain Pond Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Marilyn Cheak. 97”x97” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Misty Mountain Pond by Judy Niemeyer. Year completed: 2007. 109 - Susan Hoffmeier - Grape Harvest Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Susan Greve Hoffmeier. 51”x75” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Susan Greve Hoffmeier. Design Source: Saw the lattice idea a couple years ago in a magazine and liked it for the grape vine. Year completed: 2005. Description: I wanted to work with pastel fabrics and liked this idea for the grape vine. I enjoyed quilting some of the grape and vine in the background. 110 - Elaine Haycraft - Christmas Memories Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Elaine Haycraft. 53”x53” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Redwork Christmas Kids from "Quilt in a Bag Designs" by Pam Tobias. Year completed: 2007. Description: The designer, Pam Tobias, features traditional patterns for her "Quilt in a Bag" business. Each kit is dedicated to someone who has had breast cancer. For the sale of each kit, a ten dollar donation is made to the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. 111 - Joe Collins - Roses for Mary Modified Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Joe Collins. 80”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Roses For Mary/book NEW Quilt Roses For Mary by Jenny Haskins. Year completed: 2006. 112 - Sue Craven - Five-Dollar Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Pieced and embroidered by Billie Standley, quilted by Denise Green, finished by Sue Craven.. 54”x66” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: "Five dollar quilt" from Painted Pony. Year completed: 2008. Description: My mother made two of these quilts in different colorways - this one will be my sister's. 113 - Luti Wright - Celtic Vines Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Luti Wright. 55”x55” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand & machine quilted by Luti Wright. Design Source: The celtic medallion "Celtic Quilts' Beth Ann Williams. The poppies is a Nancy Pearson design. Year completed: 2008. Description: I began the quilt in a workshop in Johannesburg in 2002. We learned several techniques: appliquéing, calculating pieced blocks and adding borders. I did an appliqué workshop in 1998 with Nancy Pearson in South Africa and fell in love with her designs. I combined all the techniques, did the appliqué and left it for 5 years as an UFO. Then my quilt group encouraged me to hand quilt it. 114 - Jean Cloyd - Christmas Wreaths Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Honorable Mention. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Jean Cloyd . 75”x90” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: The Pieced Red Flowers are taken from a unknown pattern maker. Year completed: 2006. Description: Christmas Wreaths is my first Red and Green Quilt design is original with the three wreaths. The Center Wreath being the red pieced flowers and then an appliquéd Wreath of Holly and Berries. Embroidered tendrils are added to the last appliquéd Holly Berry Wreath. 115 - Karen Watts - Folk Art Funky Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Third Place. Made by Karen Watts. 56”x56” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Pattern Coventry Stars by Jo Morton. Year completed: 2008. Description: The pattern, Coventry Stars, was inspired by an 1800's Welsh quilt and used reproduction fabrics. I decided to jazz mine up with bright plaids, prints, and batiks. 116 - Peggy Bristow - Hawaiian Star Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Alan Bristow and Peggy Bristow. 48”x60” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Alan Bristow. Year completed: 2007. 200 - Carol Roeder - A Star is Born Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Second Place. Made by Carol Roeder. 80”x80” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Debbie Brown. Design Source: Evening Star by Debbie Maddy. Year completed: 2007. Description: This is a quilt I made in a class at Quakertown Quilts taught by Pat Forke. It has the appearance of a Lone Star quilt, but upon closer examination, one can see that it does not use diamonds, nor "y" seams, but half square triangles made with Thangles. This makes it a faster, easier to complete quilt. 201A - Eleanor Bradlaw - Bloomin' Blues Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Eleanor Bradlaw, Jean Haynie. 36”x54” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Jean Haynie. Design Source: Stack and Whack - my own arrangement. Year completed: 1999. 201B - Emily Venski - Purple Garden Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Emily Venski, Donna Warnament. 19”x51” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Emily Venski. Year completed: 2007. Description: Flowers in my garden don't always last as long as I wish but I enjoy my purple garden quilt all year long. 202 - Trudy Davis - Birthday Stars Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Made by Trudy Davis. 80”x60” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Adaptation of a Margaret Miller design. Year completed: 2008. Description: My niece, Nancy, is celebrating her 50th birthday this year. I made her a quilt to high-light her many talents and accomplishments. 203 - Denise Green - Under No Illusion Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Regina Young, Denise Green. 44”x63” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Illusions by Carol Bryer Fallert. Year completed: 2007. Description: Quilt top pieced by Regina Young as a gift - she collected purples for a long time. 204 - Sara C. Genoa - Spiritual Bouquet Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Sara Genoa. 45”x45” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Dottie Carlin. Design Source: used only pieces available. Year completed: 2008. 205 - Leslie Sabol - Garden Trellis Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Leslie Sabol & Karen Grabowski. 78”x92” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Grabowski. Design Source: McCall's Quilting. Year completed: 2002. Description: This pattern appealed to me because I could use some of my collection of large florals. 206 - Elaine Bishop - Pepper Dish Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Elaine Bishop. 45”x45” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Design Source: Designed by Judy Neimeyer. Year completed: 2007. Description: Judy Niemeyer has perfected the paper piecing process. I purchased two more of her designs to make, just because I am so enamored with all the preparation she does to ensure a successful result. As long as I pay attention, I almost can't fail to turn out a beautiful quilt. 207 - Marsha Hennigan - Color Burst Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marsha Hennigan. 42”x42” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marsha Hennigan. Design Source: Winding Ways template. Year completed: 2007. Description: A single block pattern with colors arranged around the quilt - rather than by block. 208 - Cherrie Kridler - Charles's Double Wedding Ring Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Cherrie Kridler (machine pieced the top) & Denise Green (machine quilter). 96”x96” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Double Wedding Ring pattern (traditional). Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was made for my husband and to celebrate our 20 years of marriage, 1987-2007. I used Robyn Pandolph's wonderful florals for the entire quilt. 209 - Annette Hasbrook - Windows with an Attitude Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Annette Hasbrook. 42”x52” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Annette Hasbrook. Design Source: Sandi Cumming's workshop, "Log Cabin with an Attitude” Year completed: 2007. Description: This piece was started in a workshop taught by Sandi Cummings when she came to the Lakeview Guild in 2006. It was a great way to loosen up piecing blocks and a wonderful exercise in color. I was fascinated by her use of inserts of different stripes to help the eye move through the quilt. I love the bright colors and the ability the quilt has to add brightness to its surroundings. 210 - Marlene Payne - Cosmic Weave Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marlene Payne. 47”x47” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marlene Payne. Design Source: Rail Fence design on point and machine quilting design by Kim Diamond. Year completed: 2006. Description: I bought the fabric on the way and made the top at our Fall 2006 Guild retreat. Upon returning from the retreat, my husband, Dan promptly named it "Cosmic Weave” It was intended for his office at United Space Alliance, but turned out too big. It, now, happily resides in our home. 211 - Judithe Cohen - Forever Spring Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Judithe Cohen, Denise Green (HollyDee Quilts). 76”x96” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Pat Forke "Scraps of Spring", 10/18/2005. Year completed: 2006. Description: The soft pastels of the flower baskets in this quilt captured my heart, and I began picturing it in the bedroom of our granddaughter Sarah who was 7 at that time. I modified the basket blocks to include many more half square triangles, resulting in a more colorful and scrappy look. The back incorporates many of the fabrics of the front, plus additional ones, making it seem reversible. Denise Green gave it life with her creative quilting. 212 - Judy Samuelson - Bargello in green Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Judy Samuelson. 48”x68” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Judy Samuelson. Design Source: Linda Ballard's Bargello book. Year completed: 2007. Description: I had my friend Sue help me pick out the colors for this quilt. I told her I wanted to do it in greens. I just love the way it turned out. I took a workshop with Linda Ballard on Bargello quilts and this is my quilt that I started in her workshop. 213 - Sara C. Genoa - Lavender Blue Dilly Dilly Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Sara Genoa. 45”x54” Machine quilted by Dottie Carlin. Design Source: Loni Rossi - Asian Floral. Year completed: 2008. 214 - Marilyn Cheak - Heavenly Stairway Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Marilyn Cheak, Denise Green. 76”x80” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: kit from Painted Pony. Year completed: 2007. 215 - Sanita M. Broom - Getting Together Again Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Made by Sanita Broom. 47”x52” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marlene Payne. Year completed: 2007. Description: The quilt was made at my first year at our Spring Retreat in Dickinson, TX. 216 - Cristyn Merry - Smarty Pants Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Cristyn Merry. 50”x50” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Design Source: Renae Haddadin's "His Light Reflected” Year completed: 2008. 301 - Marlene Payne - Peace by Piece Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Marlene Payne. 52”x52” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marlene Payne. Design Source: Original Quilt Design by Marlene Payne, Machine Quilting design by Kim Diamond. Year completed: 2008. Description: I designed and made the top many years ago and quilted it this year. I wanted to take common quilt blocks and by manipulating the blocks it created a secondary design. 302 - Kristen L Bryson - Peaches n Green Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Kristen Bryson and Karen Watts. 74”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Flush of Spring from the book "Successful Scrap Quilts" by Turner and Rolfe. Year completed: 2008. Description: My son's girlfriend wanted to learn to make quilts so at Festival about 4 years ago, we each bought a kit to make this quilt. She finished hers the first year and gave me all her leftovers which I promptly put with mine and forgot about. Last year, my cousin was visiting and together we made a big push to get mine done. There were enough extra pieces left after that to make another for my cousin. 303 - Karen Guerra - Rafo's Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Karen Guerra. 71”x99” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: "Quilts for the Dorm" by Debbie Bowles. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was made for my nephew, Rafael Dubus, as a high school graduation gift. Rafo likes Asian design and choose the quilt pattern. I enjoyed shopping for the fabrics the International Qult Festival and at fabric shops in Tokyo, Japan. 304 - Karla Colle - Wild Goose Chase Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Made by Karla Colle. 51”x51” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karla Colle. Design Source: Pattern by Jo Morton. Year completed: 2007. Description: This was a change of pace for me to work with reproduction fabrics, Paper pieced geese and half square triangles. 305 - Carol Roeder - Southwest of the Border Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Carol Roeder. 80”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Debbie Brown. Design Source: Winnie Fleming. Year completed: 2006. Description: This quilt was the result of a technique class on borders taught by Winnie Fleming at Quakertown Quilts. Although making the quilt was "almost like giving birth", I learned a lot in the class and have used many of the tips in other quilts I have made. I chose the fabrics to go with the beautiful Jinny Beyer border fabric I found online. 306 - Lea Ann Ferring - Raspberries N Chocolate Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 50”x62” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Mother's and Daughters by Sew Unique Creations. Year completed: 2007. Description: I loved this quilt from the moment I saw it. I had collected pinks and browns for a long time and had all I needed to make this charming quilt. 307 - Karen Guerra - Insomnia Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Karen Guerra. 48”x90” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Karen Guerra. Design Source: String quilt workshop with Ellen Guerrant. Year completed: 2007. Description: Now only did Katrina affect my family in New Orleans, it caused me several months of insomnia as I came to terms with the unanticipated responsibility of caring for my elderly parents. When I couldn't sleep, sewing the strings and tieing the quilt helped me to relax. 308 - Karla Colle - Sensu Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Third Place. Judge's Choice. Viewers' Choice. Made by Pieced by Karla Colle, Quilted by Denise Green. 96”x96” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Japanese Fan by Judy Niemeyer. Year completed: 2008. Description: A great way to use up my collection of Japanese fabrics! Quilt was started at workshop with Judy Niemeyer and piecing completed in about 4 months. Pattern expanded to queen size. 309 - Robin Irvine - Face the Music Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Robin Irvine. 64”x77” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Robin Irvine. Design Source: Montana Cartwheel by Quilt Gallery, Kalispell, MT. Year completed: 2008. Description: Isn't the backing wonderful? I chose it months before I started the quilt. The arches are foundation pieced to create the New York Beauty Block. 310 - Rhonda Tiefert - Nana's Garden Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Rhonda Tiefert. 72”x97” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Rhonda Tiefert. Design Source: Slight Variation of Eleanor Burns' "Nana's Garden”. Year completed: 2004. Description: This quilt was accomplished after a fabric exchange with friends in Ohio. The piecing was done to look like Eleanor Burns' "Nana's Garden" quilt, but was accomplished in a different manner. The quilting was done on a long-arm machine, completely free-hand, with flowers in every direction, so that this quilt could be used as a table cloth or placed non-directionally on a bed. It has never been exhibited before now. 311 - Joe Collins - Oriental Stack and Whack Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Joe Collins. 82”x102” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Stack and Whack from book, Magic Stack-N -Whack by Bethany S. Reynolds. Year completed: 2007. 312 - Marian Woods - Hexagon Star Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marian Woods. 72”x90” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Marian Woods. Design Source: 2005 Quilter's Newsletter Calendar. Year completed: 2006. Description: I saw this pattern in the Calendar and I have lots of reproduction fabric so I had to make it. 313 - Rhonda Tiefert - Leafing Out Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Made by Rhonda Tiefert. 72”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Rhonda Tiefert. Design Source: Self-designed, inspired by the focus fabric. Year completed: 2008. Description: My nephew requested his high school graduation quilt be made in his favorite color combination of blue, green and yellow. I found the ideal focus fabric--then waited more than a year for inspiration. As this item is going to a teenager, I wanted to keep it quite simple and easy and let the fabric make it beautiful. 314 - Marsha Hennigan - Red Dahlia Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Marsha Hennigan. 50”x50” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Marsha Hennigan. Design Source: Marti Mitchell's Not So Giant Dahlia template. Year completed: 2008. Description: The petals are assembled as spirals during assembly. The circular flower is appliquéd onto the background to form the square quilt. 315 - Elizabeth Grubb - Window on the World Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Elizabeth Grubb. 72”x89” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Elizabeth Grubb. Design Source: Design inspired by a quilt I saw in Singer's The Quilting Bible. Year completed: 2006. Description: This was the 2nd quilt I made. I loved the batiks and thought they lent themselves to the stain glass window effect. This was also my first attempt at hand quilting, which was harder than I thought it would be! 316 - Patty Mayer - A Tribute to Jane Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. First Place. Merit Machine Quilting 1st Place. Made by Patricia T. Mayer. 81”x81” Hand pieced. Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Reproduction (with variations) of Jane Stickles' Civil War quilt. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt took the better part of 5 months to make the 169 individual blocks, assemble, and do the trapunto work in the border. Then Karen Watts spent 43 actual hours of machine work to accomplish the quilting. The fabrics are Civil War reproductions or very similar to fabrics of the time. The 4 1/2" blocks required both hand and machine piecing, hand appliqué and reverse appliqué and some have as many as 49 pieces in them! It was a fascinating project. 400 - Cynthia Clark - Glacier Pines Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Cynthia Clark, Sue Garman (quilter). 88”x88” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Sue Garman. Design Source: Glacier Pines by Judy Niemeyer. Year completed: 2008. Description: I love Judy Niemeyer's paper pieced patterns and started this one at a 4-day workshop with Judy in Round Top, TX. 401 - Diane Grafton - Daddy Didn't Have a Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Diane Geller Grafton. 72”x87” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Diane Geller Grafton. Design Source: Turning Twenty Again by Tricia Cibbs. Year completed: 2008. 402 - Emily Venski - After Dark Block Party Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Emily Venski. 72”x83” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Emily Venski. Design Source: Lori Christianson. Year completed: 2008. Description: Before I made this quilt, I did not have the wonderful fabric selection. Friendship Bee to the rescue!! We exchanged strips of fabric so we could all make one. Thank you friends! 403 - Karen E Overton - Lone Star Log Cabin Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Piecer - Betty Willmanson, Quilter - Karen E Overton. 101”x113” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen E Overton. Design Source: Pattern and Fabric kit from Quilts By The Bay, Galveston, TX. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt is from an original pattern and fabric kit from Quilt By The Bay. 404 - Sharon Meyer - Butterfly Lone Star Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Sharon Meyer. 70”x70” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Sharon Meyer. Year completed: 2002. Description: My daughter-in-law loves batiks and admired the colors and design while I was making it so I gave it to her for her birthday. I wanted to use the red and purple metallic twist thread but it was very difficult to use in the needle. I decided to use the butterfly fabric as a backing and quilt it from the back using the red metallic thread in the bobbin. 500 - Tish Reustle - Cappuccino Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Second Place. Made by Tish Reustle. 85”x85” Hand pieced. Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine appliquéd. Hand quilted by Tish Reustle. Year completed: 2008. Description: I have been experimenting with pleating, folding and origami, and "shibori-style quilting. 501 - Leslie Sabol - Storm Warning Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Leslie Sabol. 60”x60” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Leslie Sabol. Design Source: Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. Year completed: 2004. Description: This quilt was made at a time in my life when changes were coming. I have successfully weathered the "Storm”. 502 - Jonnie Nottingham - Faeries In My Garden Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Jonnie Nottingham. 60”x60” Machine pieced. Hand & machine quilted by Jonnie Nottingham. Design Source: Unknown. Year completed: 1996. Description: Hand quilted hearts, vine in the border. 503 - Mira Noble - Flowers and Birds Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Mira Noble. 98”x98” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Mira Noble. Year completed: 2008. Description: I collected the flowered 16" squares for years. Some had birds on them, so I added more blue birds and this is the result. 504 - Jenny Chiovaro - In the New Old-fashioned Way Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Jenny Chiovaro. 61”x81” Machine pieced. Quilted by Jenny Chiovaro. Design Source: Variation on Irish Chain 9 patch. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt began when I won some blocks in a lottery from another guild. I decided to do a modified charm quilt--the fabric in each 9-patch is different, and no fabric is repeated in the border. Some of the blocks were duplicate fabrics, so I made more. The rest didn't have their seams pressed open or were uneven, so I took them apart, and also made more. Decided it needed to be bigger, so I made more. Decided I wanted more blue, so I made more.. You get the idea..... 600A - Debbie Griffon - Waiting Category: Art quilt. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Debbie Griffon. 16”x21” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Debbie Griffon. Year completed: 2008. Description: Result of a challenge issued by the Out of Bounds Group. The quilt had to be monochromatic with the addition of black and white. The title ,"Waiting", refers to a conversation I had with my parents as a small child. I told my parents that heaven was a beautiful place full of babies waiting to be born. The faces scattered thru out the leaves and vines represent these souls. The figures in the center represent a happy family after a baby has found his chosen parents. 600B - Debbie Griffon - Museum Hill Category: Art quilt. Judged. Made by Debbie Griffon. 8”x11” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Debbie Griffon. Year completed: 2006. Description: My first try at making an abstract design. I took the photograph in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Museum Hill while on vacation. This quilt was the result of an abstract challenge issued by Quilting Arts Magazine. 600C - Sherrie Groman - The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep Category: Art quilt. Judged. Second Place. Made by Sherrie Groman. 18.5”x15.75” Machine appliquéd. Hand & machine quilted by Sherrie Groman. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. Description: Design is one of a series taken from sketches done while on a retreat in Mississippi. Hand dyed fabrics and threads by Laura Wasilowski. Angelina, beads, amethyst beads. 600D - Debbie Griffon - Garden of Beadin' Category: Art quilt. Judged. Made by Debbie Griffon. 10”x10” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Debbie Griffon. Year completed: 2008. Description: "Garden of Beadin' began with an orphan block. The quilt has heavy beading, handmade fabric beads, foiled fabrics, angelina, and a paperclay face for the angel. 600E - Sherrie Groman - Year of the Dog Category: Art quilt. Judged. Made by Sherrie Groman. 20”x24” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Sherrie Groman. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2008. Description: The pattern was a collaboration between my daughter Liz and me. It has gone through several permutations! 600F - Lynne E. Bach - Faerie Tree Category: Art quilt. Made by Lynne E. Bach. 42”x45” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lynne Bach. Year completed: 2008. 600G - Margaret Horton - It's a Holdup Category: Art quilt. Made by Margaret Horton. 54”x38” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand & machine quilted by Margaret Horton. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. Description: Thought everyone needed a good chuckle at every quilt show so here is my contribution. Used figures of ladies undies from a design book detailing women's clothes over the last 100 years and enlarged some of them so they would show up well. The tiny "real" bra was purchased and added to complement the theme. Had great fun doing this quilt. 601 - Kristen Bryson - Topsy Turvy Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Kristen L Bryson and Karen Watts (Pinwheels Block of the Month). 62”x84” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Topsy Turvy. Year completed: 2008. Description: This was a block of the month made with Japanese fabrics that I signed up for at Quilt Festival several years ago. My miniature version of the same quilt is hanging in the show also. 602A - Margaret Horton - Sea Beads Category: Miniature quilt. Made by Margaret Horton. 22”x13” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margaret Horton. Year completed: 2007. Description: Sea beads basically designed itself as I began interpreting what the fabric was saying and the beads and embellishments I was working with. 602B - Marsha Fuller - Framed Florals Category: Miniature quilt. Judged. Honorable Mention. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Marsha Fuller. 23”x23” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Marsha Fuller. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt is a result of a "Roosting" Robin challenge. Roosting Robins are done completely by the owner. The challenge is that each participant has to add the same "technique" to their quilt on each round. Ours started out with any center we wanted; second was flying geese; third was snowballs; fourth was something curvy. My personal challenge was to keep it small. 602C - Susie McCracken - Home from Paducah Category: Miniature quilt. Judged. First Place. Made by Susie McCracken. 16”x16” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Feathered Star. Year completed: 2007. Description: This little star took me 3 days to make. I had just returned from the Paducah show and saw some darling miniatures and came home inspired to make one of my own. It is paper pieced and I thought it would go faster than it did based solely on the size. Boy was I wrong. I did have fun making it. 602D - Margaret Horton - Sky Dye Garden Category: Miniature quilt. Made by Margaret Horton. 21”x17” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margaret Horton. Year completed: 2007. Description: Just used some of the lovely bali fabric I had in my stash on a dyed fabric background and then just embellished away! 602E - Karen E Overton - My Class Sample Category: Miniature quilt. Judged. Second Place. Whole Cloth Quilted by Karen E Overton. 15”x15” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen E Overton. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. Description: Original design made during a hands-on longarm workshop with Sherry Rogers-Harrison. The piped cording was added later in a hand class at the Houston International Festival with Susan Cleveland. 602F - Elsa Tutt - Miniature Kimono Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Elsa Tutt. 19”x21” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Elsa Tutt. Design Source: Variation of Monoki by Ursula Riegel. Year completed: 2008. Description: The folded fabric created a kimono that was appliquéd on the pieced background. This combines the art of origami with quilting. 602G - Margaret Horton - Beaded Jungle Category: Miniature quilt. Judged. Made by Margaret Horton. 25”x11” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margaret Horton. Year completed: 2007. Description: palm fronds and background dictated how I should embellish this mini quilt. 602H - Kristen Bryson - Tiny Topsy Category: Miniature quilt. Judged. Third Place. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Kristen L Bryson. 22”x28” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Kristen L Bryson. Design Source: Miniature version of a block of the month "Topsy Turvy” Year completed: 2008. Description: I was making a block of the month called "Topsy Turvy" and thought it would translate well as a miniature. I made a few changes and added a few new appliqué blocks. Look for the larger version in the show as well. 603 - Lea Ann Ferring - Tumultuous Topsy Turvy Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 62”x84” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Topsy Turvy by Pinwheels. Year completed: 2008. Description: The original Topsy Turvy is so sedate with it's sophisticated taupes and muted colors, but I couldn't resist making it "Tumultuous" with the Jan Mullens "Citruz" fabric line. I guess this is anything but sedate and sophisticated!! 700 - Robin Irvine - October in New Hampshire Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Robin Irvine. 63”x83” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Robin Irvine. Pattern designer unknown because quilt store went out of business. Year completed: 2008. Description: I went to New Hampshire last October and was inspired by the fall leaves to finish this quilt; which has been 3 years in the making and the colors of which were taken from the crazy backing fabric. It has taken 20 hours to quilt because each Bargello piece had a different quilting angle. Do you see the fall leaves outlined in the Bargello? 701 - Sherrie Geoman - Eat Your Veggies! Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Made by Sherrie Groman. 48”x54” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Sherrie Groman. Year completed: 2001. Description: I designed the original for my godson Keenan, who happens to be a vegetarian! 702 - Tonda Helm - Gingersnaps Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Tonda Helm. 43”x43” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Tonda Helm. Design Source: Gingersnaps by Bunny Hill Designs. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt caught my eye at the '06 Festival. The fabric was wonderful and I loved the little touch of lace that was included in one of the blocks. 703 - Cherrie Kridler - Not Like Cherrie At All Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Cherrie Kridler (machined pieced the top) Denise Green (machine quilter). 56”x66” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Judy Niemeyer's Total Eclipse. Year completed: 2007. Description: I love the explosion of color in this quilt and the heart blocks that anchor each corner. I was fortunate enough to attend a workshop by Judy herself and about 18 other friends in Round Top, Texas. This quilt, who my best friend says is not like me at all, will always hold special memories in my heart. 704 - Lisa Moore - Where's the Block? Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Lisa Moore. 56”x56” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2004. Description: This quilt is the result of a Bag O Parts Challenge from Charlotte Angotti's Quilt Camp. You received a bag o parts left over from one or more of Charlotte's "Let Me Surprise You" quilt kits and had to create a quilt using mostly the parts. I only added the border fabric. I wasn't sure that I would like the quilt until the borders were added. It turned out better than I expected and I won second place at quilt camp. 705A - Merridy Pyer - Lighthouse Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Made by Merridy Pyer. 25”x29” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Merridy Pyer. Design Source: this design idea is from a workshop teacher in Galveston. Year completed: 2006.
705B - Merridy Pyer - Purple is My Favorite Color Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Carol Roeder. 55”x55” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Donna Warnement. Design Source: O Tannebaum. Year completed: 2005. Description: This quilt was a block of the month from Quakertown Quilts. I made it for my husband in honor of our 40th wedding anniversary. I chose this pattern since he is of German heritage and the quilt designer is from Germany. The houses are all typical German architecture. I hope the quilt becomes an heirloom to be passed down to our children. 707 - Becky Stephenson - These Boots are Made for Roping Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Piecing and appliqué by Becky Stephenson. Machine quilting by Kathy Logsdon.. 54”x66” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Kathy's Kuilts. Design Source: Adapted from a pattern by Tina Schuman. Year completed: 2003. Description: Pattern published in the Sept/Oct 2000 issue of Fons and Porter "For Love of Quilting" Magazine. 708 - Marsha Fuller - Cathedral Windows Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. First Place. Best of Show. Made by Tommie Crocker. 85”x103” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Tommie Crocker. Design Source: This is so old, I don't know the original source. Year completed: 2008. Description: Cathedral Windows quilts are made square by square, one strip at a time. These strips are on the diagonal. Once the background squares are sewn together into a strip, the "windows" are placed on top of each seam and the edges of the muslin square are pulled back and sewn down to make the curved window frame. Each strip is sewn to the previous strip as it is finished. Quilting is different than normal quilting and done "as you go”. Please look at the back to see the strips and the quilting. 709 - Tonda Helm - Sweet Nothings Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Made by Tonda Helm. 52”x66” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Beth Creegan. Design Source: Sweet Nothings by Mountain Quilting Studio. Year completed: 2005. Description: I love the 1930's reproduction fabrics. There's just something about them. They seem so fresh and clean. This was a great one for using up some of my stash. (Hardly made a dent) 710 - Elizabeth Grubb - Little Blessings Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Elizabeth Grubb. 35”x44” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Elizabeth Grubb. Design Source: French Braid Quilts by Jane Hardy Miller. Year completed: 2007. Description: I love the French Braid quilts but was intimidated by the number of fabrics required to do a large quilt and the need to have the fabrics blend into each other. So I decided to make a baby quilt using coordinating fabrics, which were less difficult to choose. The result is a colorful quilt for my 1st grandchild to enjoy. 711 - Sharon Meyer - Jumpin Jax Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Sharon Meyer. 94”x106” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Judy Niemeyer design, Jumping Jax Flash. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt gave me a reason to collect not only bright batiks but to search for the more pale or pastel ones as well. The paper piecing was easy but setting the blocks together was a challenge due to the interlocking stars on the corners of all the blocks. There are as many as 12 layers of fabric in some of the seam allowances. 712A - Luti Wright - Flowers of my Heart Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Luti Wright. 32”x32” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Luti Wright. Design Source: This was a watercolor kit bought from Linda ? . Year completed: 2007. Description: This was a fun project. I did it with a friend one morning. The kit provided the 2 inch watercolor pieces. All I did was fuse them onto a fusible grid and stitched through the rows. Quilting can be easy!! 712B - Merridy Pyer - Lots of Chickens Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Made by Merridy Pyer. 36”x38” Machine pieced. Quilted by Merridy Pyer. Design Source: this design idea is one from a packet of twelve. Do not remember the designer's name. Year completed: 2006. 713 - Phyllis Hall - La Diva Category: Appliquéd quilt - 3 or more persons. Made by Georgann Wrinkle, Sue Garman, Denise Green, & many guild members. 80”x80” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Year completed: 2006. Description: Lakeview Quilters Guild 2007 raffle quilt. 800 - Merridy Pyer - Fabulous Kaffe Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Merridy Pyer. 58”x58” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Merridy Pyer. Design Source: this design idea came from a book. Year completed: 2008. Description: I saw the quilt in a book, but decided the border to be different. 801 - Susie McCracken - 4TH of July Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Susie McCracken. 56”x74” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Judy Niemeyer 4th of July paper pieced pattern. Year completed: 2007. Description: I was fortunate enough to attend a small retreat with Judy Niemeyer in Round Top, Tx. She was so helpful and encouraging to all of us, particularly to someone who had never paper pieced before! I enjoyed the whole process and learned so much from her and the other ladies that attended the retreat. 802 - Joe Collins - Burgoyne Surrounded Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Joe Collins. 88”x108” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Burgoyne Surrounded from pattern book, Burgoyne Surrounded. Year completed: 2008. 803A - Sanita M. Broom - This is How it All Begins Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Made by Sanita Broom. 37”x37” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Susan Haushalter. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt is part of my Sample Quilt for Quilting Class. 803B - Sanita M. Broom - The Noodle That Became a Jelly Sandwhich Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Made by Sanita Broom. 43”x43” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marlene Payne. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was displayed at Hancock Fabric - Clear Lake store. 804 - Alisa Williams - The First Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Alisa Williams. 36”x52” Machine pieced. Hand & machine quilted by Alisa Williams. Year completed: 2007. Description: Bought the Batik 6 years ago the first time I visited the Houston IQA show thinking maybe I could make a quilt. Pulled it out of the drawer last year and a new passion was ignited. 805 - Alice Hook - Patterns of the Spirit Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Alice Hook & Donna Warnement. 90”x90” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Donna Warnement. Design Source: Biblical Blocks by Rosemary Makhan (1993). Year completed: 2006. Description: The quilt began with a stripe design. Many of the individual blocks are fussy cut from the stripes. Each has a biblical name. 806 - Tonda Helm - Simple Gifts Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. First Place. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Tonda Helm. 60”x60” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Simple Gifts by Mary Soreson. Year completed: 2008. Description: I love to appliqué and when I saw this pattern, I knew I had to make it. It's taken me several years, not because of the difficulty, but because it kept being put aside for one reason or another. The last was due to finding the right border fabric. I thought I had found it until I took Cynthia Williford's color theory class and found out it was wrong. Hopefully, she'll like my final choice. 807 - Karen Watts - Sunset Strip Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Karen Watts. 59”x73” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Pattern Leaves n' Strings by Piece o' Cake Designs. Year completed: 2007. Description: This was a fun way to use up leftover strips, in my favorite colors! 808 - Cristyn Merry - Tropical Sorbet Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Merit Machine Quilting 2nd Place. Made by Cristyn Merry. 85”x85” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Design Source: Broken Star. Year completed: 2008. 809 - Jeanne Allison - Busy Snowmen Category: Mixed technique quilt. Made by Jeanne Allison, Sandy Anderson, Elaine Bishop, Cindy Cochran, Pat Harrington, Rhonda Kondo, Dottie Pope, Lenee Smith, Trena Gay Wheatcraft, Luti Wright, Glenda Warren, Marilyn Yeakey. 60”x71” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Sherri Grant. Design Source: Sue Garman. Year completed: 2008. 900 - Tonda Helm - Wrapped with Memories Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Made by Tonda Helm. 54”x54” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Tonda Helm. Design Source: Attic Hankie Quilt by Kathy Pace. Year completed: 2007. Description: After my mother died , I found all of the handkerchiefs that had belonged to her, my grandmother and grandfather. I can remember my mom always having one with her. When I found this pattern, I knew it would be perfect for a lot of them. The pattern was for one square but I had too many to stop with one block. Now instead of having their hankies folded up in a drawer forgotten, I can pull out this quilt and wrap myself up with all the fond memories I have of them. 901 - Patty Whalen - Erin's T-Shirt Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Patty Whalen. 68”x68” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: "Shop Hopping" You did what?? With my T-Shirts! by Judy Bobbitt and Katie Reed. Year completed: 2008. 902 - Jeanette Dean - Memories of the Caribbean Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Jeanette Dean. 90”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Jeanette Dean. Design Source: Center block was designed by Laura Dean; rest of quilt design is "Rain Forest Retreat” Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was made for my guest room. I wanted a quilt that would remind me of the Caribbean and would have the Caribbean colors of two Peacock lamps that I had purchased on a whim. My daughter-in-law, Laura Dean, designed the center bird block which lies on the center of the bed when the quilt is on the bed. The batting is 100% Alpaca batting layered with 100% cotton batting. The Alpaca batting was given to me by my brother-in-law who raises Alpaca. 903 - Marilynn Skarke - Fun with Kaffe Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Marilynn Skarke. 66”x78” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Quick Quarter Quilt by Eleanor Burns. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was a kit from Creations in Kerrville. It was very easy and the results were wonderful. 904 - Lisa Moore - Sea Urchins on the Wall Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Lisa Moore. 66”x77” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Design Source: Sea Urchins by Judy Niemeyer. Year completed: 2008. Description: I love the look of bright batiks on dark batiks. This was a fun quilt to make although it was hard to cut away perfectly pieced spikes to make the layers of sea urchins. 905 - Patty Whalen - Brian's Marine Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Patty Whalen. 90”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Liberty Stars from the book "At the Lake" by Country Threads. Year completed: 2008. 906 - Karla Colle - Midnight Stars Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Pieced by Karla Colle Quilted by Barb Sawyer. 65”x80” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Barb Sawyer. Design Source: Midnight Stars. Year completed: 2003. Description: This was a Block of the Month from Painted Pony. Paper pieced using freezer paper. Enjoyed working with all the batiks but was sure glad when it was done! 907 - Mary Jo Thompson - Serene Voyage Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Mary Jo Thompson. 60”x60” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Helene Knott. Year completed: 2008. 908 - Marsha Hennigan - Double Wedding Ring Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marsha Hennigan. 86”x86” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marsha Hennigan. Design Source: Marti Michell templates - Double Wedding Ring. Year completed: 2007. Description: Pink/Green base colors are enhanced with bright, whimsical colors to add the look of a garden ring. The quilting was done on the regular sewing machine - one ring at a time. 909 - Lecia Majewski - Blue Pansy Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Lecia Majewski, Denise Green. 57”x58” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: One Block Wonders - Maxine Rosenthal. Year completed: 2008. 910 - Cinda Thompson - No More Mysteries Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Cinda Thompson. 59”x72” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Diana Pelton. Design Source: Charlie Kissed Me (Mystery BOM) by Storybook Quilts & various patterns from Elly Sienkiewcz book. Year completed: 2008. Description: This started out as a mystery BOM. When I saw what direction this was going, I decided that I didn't like it and was going to have to make some changes. I used what blocks were already done, then chose some that would fit in with the rest. Then used small pieced blocks to fill in and accent the appliqué. 911 - Tonda Helm - Polka Dot Blossoms Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Tonda Helm . 58”x58” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Donna Warnement. Design Source: Polka Dot Blossoms by Hopscotch Quilts. Year completed: 2006. Description: I just fell in love with this pattern. The colors are so happy and bright, I just had to make one for myself. 912A - Elaine Haycraft - Classic Nutcrackers Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Elaine Haycraft. 53”x53” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Classic Nutcrackers by Susan H. Garman. Year completed: 2007. 912B - Marsha Hennigan - Pomegranates Vines Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marsha Hennigan. 68”x68” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Marsha Hennigan. Design Source: Boughs of Pomegranates by Hoanne Figueroa for Fig Tree Quilts. Year completed: 2007. Description: Made as a gift for a family member. The patchwork is by machine and appliqué is traditional hand. 913 - Kristen L Bryson - Triple 4 Patch DejaVous Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by Lakeview Quilt Guild members. 97”x109” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: triple 4 patch. Year completed: 2007. Description: Triple 4 patch exchange by quilt guild members 914 - Mira Noble - Postage Stamp Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Made by Mira Noble. 105”x119” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Mira Noble. Year completed: 2008. Description: I collected 1 1/2" squares for years. Decided to make a quilt. I call it my Postage Stamp Quilt. 915 - Rhonda Tiefert - Cookies and Cream--a Box of Chocolate Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by Rhonda Tiefert, blocks pieced by over a dozen in a group exchange, many with whom I am unacquainted. 96”x96” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Rhonda Tiefert. Design Source: Box of Chocolates block exchange--setting my own design. Year completed: 2007. Description: I received well over 300 brown and tan nine-patch blocks in a group exchange. I set my main "Box of Chocolates" quilt (as yet still unquilted) in Civil War repro blues, but ended up having a lot of blocks left over. This quilt is the result. With fewer blocks to work with, I designed large "empty" spaces to hold intricate quilting which I did on a long-arm machine, completely free-hand, using two colors of thread: rose and taupe. 1000 - Jenny Chiovaro - Tutti Fruitti New York Beauty (Oh Routty) Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Jenny Chiovaro. 40”x51” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Jenny Chiovaro. Year completed: 2007. Description: I did an earlier quilt using the vegetables from the Kyle's Marketplace fabric line, so I had all these fruit fabrics left-just in time for Lakeview's Fruit Challenge. This is the first quilt I designed using EQ6 software, and is almost entirely paper-pieced. 1001 - Annette Hasbrook - Coco's de Carmen Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Annette Hasbrook. 37”x48” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Annette Hasbrook. Year completed: 2007. Description: Carmen Miranda represented a fun and whimsical opportunity to learn machine appliqué and participate in a guild challenge at the same time. 1002 - Trudy Davis - Pineapple Salsa Category: Mixed technique quilt. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Trudy Davis. 52”x40” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Trudy Davis. Design Source: Center appliqué design is my interpretation of a pattern I found in "Patchwork Quilt Tsushin". Year completed: 2007. Description: "Pineapple Salsa" is my entry, and one of the eight finalists, in the fruit quilt challenge in which LQG participated. The center appliqué design is my interpretation of a pattern I found in "Patchwork Quilt Tsushin” Wacky pineapple blocks surround the medallion and also serve as the border. My hand quilting finishes the project. 1003 - Patty Mayer - Lemoncello Category: Art quilt. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Patricia T. Mayer. 39”x52” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Quilted by Karen Overton. Design Source: designs by Patricia T. Mayer. Year completed: 2007. Description: "Lemoncello" was made to participate in the 2007 Lakeview Quilters Guild Challenge. This quilt was designed after a handpainted plate I had purchased on a trip to Italy. It echoes the colors you see so often in Italian tilework and pottery. Lemoncello is the name of a famous lemon liquor made in Sorrento, Italy. The quilt was selected as one of the eight quilts to go on to the national competition "The Ultimate Guild Challenge" and we won First Place, bringing $1500 to the Guild. 1004 - Sandra Thompson - Imperial Plums Category: Art quilt. Judged. First Place. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Sandra Thompson. 39”x49” Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Sandra Thompson. Design Source: Idea for this quilt came from a Dover Book 'Crate Labels'. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was made as part of the AQS 'Ultimate Guild Challenge' for 2007. There were 8 Fruit Quilts from Lakeview Guild chosen to go to the AQS Show in Nashville, August 2007. Our Guild won 1st place (blue ribbon) My quilt, Imperial Plums was one of the eight chosen. This was a fun and rewarding challenge. Sandra Thompson 1005 - Margaret Horton - Tooty Fruity Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Margaret Horton. 46”x46” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margaret Horton. Design Source: Gabrielle Swain designs. Year completed: 2007. Description: Used Gabrielle Swain's design ideas and complimented setting of blocks in a frame design set on gold fabric with colorful autumn leaves and berries on fabric for stripes and borders. 1006 - Elsa Tutt - B's & C's Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Elsa Tutt. 40”x52” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Elsa Tutt. Year completed: 2007. Description: The quilt was constructed for the LQG 2007 Fruit challenge. Postage stamp baskets framed appliquéd cherries. 1007 - Linda Ainsworth - Ma - Is it ripe yet? Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Linda Ainsworth. 40”x52” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Linda Ainsworth. Year completed: 2007. Description: Original pattern made for the fruit challenge. It represents pineapples ripening on the window sill. 1008 - Meg Marchiando - To Market Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Meg Marchiando. 41”x48” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Meg Marchiando. Design Source: My pattern/design. Year completed: 2007. Description: "To Market" is my first original design and the first quilt I ever machine quilted. It was inspired by a friend's jacket which has some of these characters embroidered on it. 1009 - Marlene Payne - Fruits of our Love Category: Mixed technique quilt. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Marlene Payne. 40”x52” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Marlene Payne. Design Source: Machine quilting design by Kim Diamond. Year completed: 2007. Description: I made this quilt for my husband, Dan and his love for his orange orchard. Quilt design by Marlene Payne and machine quilting design by Kim Diamond. I hand appliquéd most of the three-dimensional and flat appliqué after it was quilted. I may never do that again. 1010 - Karen Watts - Path to Tranquility Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Kindred Spirits Challenge. Made by Karen Watts. 50”x64” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Ancient Roman mosaic in Italy. Year completed: 2008. Description: I designed and made this quilt for a bee challenge with the theme "ancient symbols” The labyrinth is an ancient pattern found in many cultures around the world, dating as far back as 4000 years. Labyrinths are used worldwide as a way to quiet the mind, find balance, and encourage meditation, insight, and celebration. There are 3 stages to the walk: releasing on the way in, receiving in the center, and returning, that is, taking back out into the world that which you have received. 1011A - Marti J. Porterfield - Ancient Graffiti Category: Art quilt. Kindred Spirits Challenge. Made by Marti J. Porterfield. 16”x20” Hand quilted by Marti J. Porterfield. Design Source: Original pattern. Year completed: 2008. Description: Most rock art found in the Southwestern United States are petroglyphs (images carved into rock); faint images of pictographs (images painted on rock) have been documented. This is my interpretation of both rock art forms. Stamped and painted cotton, hand quilted with pearl cotton, fused silk, embroidery, and beading. 1011B - Carolyn Allison - Parable of the Ten Virgins Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Kindred Spirits Challenge. Made by Carolyn Allison. 27”x44” Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Carolyn Allison. Design Source: Personal photograph. Year completed: 2008. Description: My bee had an ancient symbol challenge. I chose to depict the parable of the ten virgins in the New Testament. I used my daughter, Misty, as a model for the hands. Then to get the effect I wanted I used crayons, prismacolor pencils, inks, and solvy. 1011C - Mary Jo Thompson - Alpha & Omega Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Kindred Spirits Challenge. Made by Mary Jo Thompson. 42”x48” Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Diane Pelton. Design Source: Ancient Symbols. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt is part of the Kindred Spirits challenge. 1011D - Tonda Helm - Ancient Runways (this is the Kindred Spirits display - formerly known as Nazca) Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Kindred Spirits Challenge. Made by Tonda Helm. 30”x36” Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Tonda Helm. Design Source: Tonda Helm. Year completed: 2008. Description: The Kindred Spirits Bee apparently has challenges. Being the newest member, I felt like I should participate. I've always been intrigued by the Nazca Lines in Peru. They are geoglyphs that spread over 53 miles. So, with the challenge being "Ancient Symbols", this was the perfect choice. Little did I know that I would end up using 1/8" bias for the "lines". 1011E - Lea Ann Ferring - Beginnings Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Third Place. Kindred Spirits Challenge. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 32”x40” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was made for the Kindred Spirits "Ancient Symbols" challenge. I was drawn to the idea of beginnings or new dawn and in my research found that the scarab was thought to bring each new day by rolling the sun through the sky. The hieroglyphs in the background are taken from the saying by Ptahhotep: "No limit may be set to art, neither is there any craftsman that is fully master of his craft.". 1100 - Karen Watts - Strawberry Fields Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Karen Watts. 41”x54” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Design Source- mosaic in Central Park. Year completed: 2007. Description: The Imagine mosaic is in the Strawberry Fields Memorial to John Lennon in Central Park. The mosaic is a replica of one found in Pompeii, and was donated by the city of Naples. John Lennon's message of peace and acceptance around the world is still a dream..... "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one." 1101 - Emily Venski - Fruit Punch Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Emily Venski. 40”x48” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Emily Venski. Design Source: Summerhaven by Kathy Sandbach. Year completed: 2007. Description: The LQG members enjoy challenges. I was inspired by Kathy Sandbach who uses circles and strong angles in her designs. 1102 - Diane Grafton - 35 Pieces of Pie Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Diane Geller Grafton. 40”x50” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Diane Geller Grafton. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. 1103 - Lea Ann Ferring - Fruit of the Vine Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Third Place. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 39”x50” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Original interpretation of clip art picture. Year completed: 2007. Description: This was part of the Guild Fruit Challenge. 1104 - Beth Johnson - Jewels on the Vine Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Second Place. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Beth Johnson. 39”x49” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Beth Johnson on Brother home sewing machine. Design Source: Completely original. Year completed: 2006. Description: Quilt was embellished by machine needle felting using wool and silk roving, silk duponi, and various specialty yarns. Angelina fibers were also used. 1105 - Jean Cloyd - The Fruit of The Spirit Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Jean Cloyd. 40”x51” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Jean Cloyd. Design Source: Spring Rhapsody, Center Block by Robert Callaham . Year completed: 2006. Description: An Appliquéd Center Medallion of Birds in a Fruit Tree. I added six borders, the third border is made with a Fruit Fabric ,appliquéd in the Broderie Perse Style of the 18th Century. 1106 - Merridy Pyer - Fruits & Nuts? Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Merridy Pyer. 36”x46” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Merridy Pyer. Design Source: this design idea came from a magazine. Year completed: 2008. 1107 - Georgann Wrinkle - Welcome Home Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Georgann Wrinkle and Denise Green. 30”x50” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Pineapple pattern based on "Welcome Pineapple" by Mini Dietrich. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was made for the 2007 LQG Fruit Challenge. I had just learned to paper piece the curved flying geese from Carol Bryer Fallatt at Houston Festival which I included in the leaves of the pineapple. Since the pineapple is a symbol of welcome, I thought this could be used in my entrance hall at home. 1108 - Carolyn Allison - Going Bananas Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. First Place. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Carolyn Allison. 40”x52” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Carolyn Allison. Design Source: personal photograph, "Pieceful Scenes" book. Year completed: 2007. Description: I took a photo of my son, Sam, making his favorite face to scare girls with. I wanted a unique border (and also one that would make the quilt big enough ) and used the book "Pieceful Scenes" for my inspiration. 1109 - Elaine Bishop - Ambrosia Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Luti Wright and Elaine Bishop. 40”x52” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Luti Wright. Design Source: Ricky Tim's convergence design. Year completed: 2007. Description: We had a lot of fun working together on this quilt for the Ultimate Guild Challenge. 1110 - Elaine Bishop - Storybook Farm Category: Pictoral quilt. Made by Elaine Bishop. 52”x56” Machine quilted by Elaine Bishop. Design Source: McKenna Ryan design. Year completed: 2006. 1111A - Ruth Droll - The Rose Swag Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Ruth Droll. 22”x51” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Roses for Mary by Jenny Haskins. Year completed: 2006. Description: The Rose Swag was made from five different embroidery designs that were combined and embroidered down the center of the background fabric. The fabric was backed with fusible batting before being embroidered, then cut to size and pieced. Each design varied in length of time ranging from 12 to 28 min. Total number of stitches in the embroidered swag is approx. 104,074. 1111B - Margaret Horton - Glorious Bouquet Category: Mixed technique quilt. Made by Margaret Horton. 21”x17” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margaret Horton. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. Description: Floral arrangement on sky dye fabric was hand appliquéd, beaded and embellished with sparkling cording to highlight leaves and veins in the flowers. 1111C - Judy Samuelson - Friendship Wreath Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Judy Samuelson. 37”x37” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Judy Samuelson. Design Source: Friendship Wreath from the Quilt Collection. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was made from a quilt kit that I got at the silent auction a few years ago. I had a lot of fun putting it together. 1112A - Margaret Horton - Jungle Deluxed Category: Mixed technique quilt. Made by Margaret Horton. 24”x10” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand & machine quilted by Margaret Horton. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. Description: Broderie perse leaves of fern and exotic flowers have been hand beaded on top of cording to highlight the plants on Bali jungle fern fabric. 1112B - Margaret Horton - Wooded Glade Category: Mixed technique quilt. Made by Margaret Horton. 28”x20” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Margaret Horton. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2007. Description: Hand appliquéd design of wooded glade on sky dye background with cording and beading embellishments. Sky dye fabrics also used for water effects. 1112C - Karen Guerra - Magical Nine Patch and Four Patch Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Karen Guerra. 26”x20” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Guerra. Design Source: Yvonne Porcella taught a Magical Nine Patch and Four Patch. Year completed: 2006. Description: Yvonne Porcella's class opened my eyes to the potential of using classic quilt patterns in new ways. 1113 - Lisa Moore - Cheryl's Halloween Quilt Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Lisa Moore. 60”x72” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Sharon Williams. Design Source: Ghosts and Ghoulies by Sue Garman. Year completed: 2003. Description: I decided to appliqué and I liked the idea of Halloween characters. I finished the blocks in the quilt and was done appliquéing so, bats were quilted into the border instead of appliquéd. 1200 - Jerrianne Evans - Happy Harvest Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Ultimate Guild Challenge. Made by Jerrianne Evans. 40”x52” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand & machine quilted by Jerrianne Evans. Design Source: Original layout with inspiration from commercial patterns. Year completed: 2007. Description: Made for the 2007 Ultimate Guild Challenge. Original layout with inspiration from Annie's Sampler by Joined at the Hip, Nuts and Berries by Blackbird Designs, and Birds of a Feather by Kansas City Star. 1201 - Susan Hoffmeier - Venice Lunch Break Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Susan Greve Hoffmeier. 45”x52” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Susan Greve Hoffmeier. Design Source: From a Photograph my sister had.. Year completed: 2004. Description: I started this quilt in a class I took from Ruth McDowell, in Lee Summit, Mo. 1202 - Sandra Thompson - Tide Pools Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Sandra Thompson. 41”x30” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Sandra Thompson. Design Source: Quilt made from a original picture taken by my Son . Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt 'Tide Pools' was a gift for my daughter-in-law for Christmas 2007. One of her favorite things to do is to go to the seashores and look at tide pools. She and my Son brought back pictures of their adventures on the shores of Alaska. I took 2 of her pictures and composed this quilt for her. 1203 - Susan Hoffmeier - Venice in June Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Susan Greve Hoffmeier . Machine quilted by JoLyn O'Neal. 43”x50” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by JoLyn O'Neal. Design Source: Made from a photo I took while in Italy. Year completed: 2003. Description: This quilt was made from a photograph taken while on a gondola in Venice Italy, June 2002. My husband and I enjoyed 21 days with two of our granddaughters, in Italy. This quilt is my reminder of that trip that I enjoyed so much. 1204 - Sharon Meyer - Wise Old Owl Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Sharon Meyer. 28”x38” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Sharon Meyer. Design Source: Selkirk Creations, Great Horned Owl. Year completed: 2004. Description: My son is a graduate of Rice University and since the owl is the mascot and known for it's wisdom, I gave it to him for his office when he became a judge. 1205 - Marsha Hennigan - The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You! Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Marsha Hennigan. 64”x50” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marsha Hennigan. Design Source: Self Designed. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was made for my son who requested a longhorn quilt with batik fabrics. I used a photo as a base, enlarged it by expanding a grid and used the picture piecing technique taught by Cynthia England to design the pattern. 1206 - Elaine Bishop - A Journey to Light Category: Pictoral quilt. Made by Elaine Bishop. 48”x50” Machine quilted by Elaine Bishop. Design Source: McKenna Ryan design. Year completed: 2004. 1207 - Luti Wright - Happy Roosters Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Made by Luti Wright. 37”x57” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Luti Wright. Design Source: A "Block of the Month" quilt from Painted Pony in 2004. Year completed: 2005. Description: This was my first try using wool. I had a lot of fun with appliquéing the designs by hand. 1208A - Lea Ann Ferring - Autumn's Herald Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 22”x22” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was inspired by pictures of my favorite tree, The Aspen! This quilt was started in a class with Joyce Becker and then finished months later! 1208B - Luti Wright - Sunflower Fantasy Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Luti Wright. 28”x38” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Luti Wright. Design Source: I bought the kit from Nancy's Notions at the quilt show in 2006. Year completed: 2007. Description: The appliqué is fused, and the quilting is done by machine. I always love sunflowers and the moment I saw this kit I knew I had to make it. 1208C - Lea Ann Ferring - Shades of Blue Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 28”x23” Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Inspired by pictures of Louis Armstrong. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was made in response to a challenge to use only one color. The only rule in the challenge was to use fabric of the one color but we could add black and white too. Trying to get the correct shading was a real challenge and taught me a lot about value! 1208D - Karen Watts - Secret Garden Category: Pictoral quilt. Judged. Made by Karen Watts. 24”x32” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt was started in a Joyce Becker workshop, using a photograph of plain stone arches for inspiration. I added the flowers and trees and the five fairies. Can you find all of them? 1209 - Elaine Bishop - Petals of My Heart Category: Pictoral quilt. Made by Elaine Bishop. 56”x51” Machine quilted by Elaine Bishop. Design Source: McKenna Ryan design. Year completed: 2005. 1210 - Jeanette Dean - Memories of an English Garden Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Jeanette Dean. 36”x45” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Jeanette Dean. Design Source: Quilt concept came from "Enchanted Views" by Dilys Fronks. Quilt is original design.. Year completed: 2008. Description: In 2006, I saw Dilys Fronks on Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson discussing this "Garden Gate" quilt concept and was inspired to learn hand appliqué by creating this quilt. I took over 100 pictures of garden gates on a trip to London and the British Isles in September, 2006 and designed the wrought iron gate on this quilt based on one of the pictures. I had fun collecting fabrics depicting flowers and leaves to create the "English garden" behind the "garden gate". 1211 - Elaine Bishop - A Season in Time Category: Pictoral quilt. Made by Elaine Bishop. 56”x40” Machine quilted by Elaine Bishop. Design Source: McKenna Ryan design. Year completed: 2006. 1212 - Lea Ann Ferring - Pretty Posies Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Lea Ann Ferring. 32”x32” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Lea Ann Ferring. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2005. Description: This is just a whimsical quilt of pretty posies I made for my daughter, Sarah. 1300 - Mary Ellen Ambrose - By My Hand Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Mary Ellen Ambrose. 68”x88” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Mary Ellen Ambrose. Year completed: 2007. Description: The entire top and binding were completed by hand. The seam on the backing was the only machine work. This was a challenge I set for myself. 1301 - Karen Watts - Rainforest Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Third Place. Made by Karen Watts. 68”x68” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Daintree from the book Razzle Dazzle by Judy Hooworth. Year completed: 2007. Description: Fun with the versatile log cabin block. 1302 - Diane Helmer - Neopolitan Delight Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. First Place. Made by Diane Helmer. 80”x100” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Diane Helmer. Year completed: 2008. 1303 - Drue Smith - A Collection of Angels Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Drue Smith. 42”x67” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Drue Smith - Bernia 1230. Design Source: Mulbery Folk Art, 1998 Book 3 - A Collection of 15 Folk Art Angels. Year completed: 2000. Description: I liked the idea of the embroidered individual angels along with the embellishments of each block. It was a fun piece to do and gave me many hours of enjoyment. 1304 - Rhonda Tiefert - Morning Glory Trellis Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Rhonda Tiefert. 42”x42” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Rhonda Tiefert. Design Source: My own design, using techniques from Kumiko Sudo's "Fabled Flowers” Year completed: 2004. Description: Created for the Miami Valley Quilt Guild of Ohio's Challenge 2004, where we were given three fabrics to use and a size limitation. The flowers were directly from "Fabled Flowers" by Kumiko Sudo (The Quilt Digest Press, 1996). I fairly stumbled my way through the rest, embellishing with faux pearl beads and appliquéing the curved borders after several disastrous attempts to piece them. 1305 - Sylvia Schneider - A Child's Garden of Sunflowers Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Sylvia Schneider. 75”x89” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Connie Hoke. Year completed: 2006. 1306 - Emily Venski - Cats in the Fish Bowl Category: Mixed technique quilt. Made by Emily Venski. 41”x33” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Emily Venski. Design Source: Unknown. Year completed: 2006. Description: I love all kitty cats and this pattern was perfect to work at 2006 Fall Retreat. 1307 - Karen Watts - Memories of Ruth Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Karen Watts. 40”x48” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Original design. Year completed: 2005. Description: My Grandmother, Ruth Melke, had a big impact on my life as I was growing up, and I wanted to share her life with others. 1308 - Judithe Cohen - Fantasia For Flowers And Stripes Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Honorable Mention. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Judithe Cohen & Denise Green (HollyDee Quilts). 75”x83” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: "Shoofly Columns" - From the Book - Kaffe Fassett's "Kaleidoscope of Quilts" . Year completed: 2007. Description: Incorporating the use of sophisticated stripes with the saturated colors in the florals were certainly my inspiration for making this quilt. I was intrigued by the combination of a traditional block pieced with exotic 21st century fabrics. So much so, I replicated the original entirely. Denise Green was equally inspired with her intricate interpretation of the floral motifs using dense stippling within the "shoofly" blocks. Her quilting adds the necessary dimension. It truly sings to me. 1309 - Georgann Wrinkle - Four Ladies and an Eagle Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Second Place. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Georgann Wrinkle. 38”x38” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Georgann Wrinkle. Design Source: Ladies of the Sea/Sue Garman and Federal Rose/Terry Clothier Thompson. Year completed: 2008. Description: Sue Garman's patterns, "Ladies of the Sea," captured my imagination. I chose four of her ships, the American ships, and featured the Civil War Peace Eagle in the center. Eagles appeared in early American quilts (1820-60) at the same time these ships were playing a prominent part in America's history. This eagle carries the peace rose. 1310 - Kristen L Bryson - Fall On The Farm Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Kris Bryson & Karen Watts. 66”x77” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: None. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt is a fabric sample pack purchased at The Painted Pony. 1400 - Denise Green - Star Studded Wedding Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Denise Green. 68”x80” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Judy Niemeyer Wedding Star. Year completed: 2008. Description: It's Done! 1401 - Karen E Overton - Her We Go 'Round in Circles Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Pieced and Quilted by Karen E Overton. 66”x73” Machine pieced. Machine quilted. Design Source: Pattern by Elisa's Backporch. Year completed: 2007. Description: The was my first attempt at curved piecing. 1402 - Cristyn Merry - Overdue Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Second Place. Made by Cristyn Merry. 80”x80” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Year completed: 2008. 1403 - Lisa Moore - Deep Blue Current Spikes Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Lisa Moore. 69”x79” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Design Source: Japanese Fans - Judy Niemeyer. Year completed: 2008. Description: This is the first Judy Niemeyer quilt that I made. My husband wanted a blue quilt with spikes and I knew that the Japanese Fan pattern would be very spikey. 1404 - Lecia Majewski - Illusion Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Lecia Majewski, Cristyn Merry. 68”x68” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Cristyn Merry. Design Source: Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts - Evelyn Sloppy. Year completed: 2007. 1405 - Becky Stephenson - Pineapple Log Cabin Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Paper piecing and hand quilting by Becky Stephenson. 73”x85” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Becky Stephenson. Year completed: 1995. Description: Made for my son. Brian chose the pattern. 1406 - Alan Bristow - Victory Star Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Alan Bristow. 65”x65” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Alan Bristow. Design Source: Bonnie Blue. Year completed: 2008. 1407 - Trudy Davis - Hoppy Easter Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Trudy Davis. 45”x34” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Trudy Davis. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt started off as pillows, then ended up in the UFO stack. I put it together with some spring colors and fabric and a lot of hand quilting. 1408 - Susie McCracken - Hill Country Snails Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Susie McCracken. 75”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Snails Trail. Year completed: 2006. Description: I love the snail trail pattern, but I didn't want them to go "off" the quilt. I wanted the complete pattern to float inside the borders. 1409 - Sue Craven - Redwork Category: Mixed technique quilt. Pieced and quilted by Billie Standley; embroidery by Billie Standley and Gloria Marquis.. 44”x56” Machine pieced. Machine quilted. Design Source: Alex Anderson kit. Year completed: 2006. Description: I love this quilt; the piecing is so simple and it's really all about the embroidery and the fabric. 1501 - Marsha Hennigan - Spring-time Kaleidoscope Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marsha Hennigan. 68”x88” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Marsha Hennigan. Design Source: Perfect Patchwork Templates - Large Hexagons Plus. Year completed: 2007. Description: A twin bed quilt designed to capture the feeling of a kaleidoscope full of bright sprint-time colors and images. 1502 - Catherine Ambrose - African Queen Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. 70”x80” Machine pieced by Catherine Ambrose. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Hunter's Star book by Jan Krantz. Year completed: 2008. 1503 - Lecia Majewski - Emily's Great Idea Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Judged. 72”x83” Machine pieced by Lecia Majewski. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Dark Side - Lori Christianson. Year completed: 2007. Description: Strip exchange within the Friendship Bee 1600 - Jan Coldwell - Before You Meet the Handsome Prince Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Jan Coldwell. 64”x72” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Pete Hughes. Design Source: Before You Meet the Handsome Prince from With Needle and Thread by Nancy Hieronymus Barrett. Year completed: 2007. 1601 - Sharon Meyer - Got Fruit? Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Sharon Meyer. 60”x74” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Piece of Cake Designs, Simply Delicious. Year completed: 2008. Description: I began this quilt so many years ago that while traveling and appliquéing these blocks have been in at least 20 states and 6 forge in countries. I even stopped taking them to Appliqué Bee since my friends got tired of seeing them year after year! Finally all the fruit are in the same orchard. 1602 - Karen Watts - Bounteous Blooms Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Karen Watts, Patty Mayer. 64”x64” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Appliqué blocks from book, Midnight in the Garden. Original setting. Year completed: 2008. Description: Patty stitched the beautiful appliqué blocks for me, as I don't really care for hand work. I designed the setting and did the piecing and quilting. I wish my garden looked like this one! 1603 - Marian Woods - Calling Cards Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Marian Woods. 60”x60” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Marian Woods. Design Source: Jennifer Beauchel. Year completed: 2006. Description: I attended the first Quilt Show that was held in Nashville and met Jennifer Beauchel. She had made a much bigger version of this quilt. It was a beauty. I scaled mine down. 1700 - Elsa Tutt - Texas Album Charms Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Made by Elsa Tutt and Texas Quilters. 77”x84” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Sharon Williams. Year completed: 2001. Description: Album Charm squares were collected as part of 1999-2000 Texas quilters’ internet exchange. The friendship stars were made as part of the Friendship Bee Exchange. 1701 - Jean Cloyd - Tin Men With Heart Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by J.Corbin, Marilyn Cheak, Pat Cotter,Cynthia Clark, J.Evans, F.Gentry, S.Garman, D. Green, J.Hampton, E. Haycraft, S. Meyer, V.Spiers, JeanCloyd. 82”x82” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Jean Cloyd Original Design of Quilt. Year completed: 2007. Description: Tin Men Blocks were given as gifts to me for my 70th Birthday. My Honor to design a pattern to piece the Men into. 1702 - Tommie Crocker - Vintage Valentine quilt Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Second Place. Made by Tommie Crocker, Pete Hughes. 72”x72” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Pete Hughes. Design Source: Vintage Valentine by Verna Mosquera. Year completed: 2008. Description: Vintage Valentine quilt was made by Tommie Crocker and quilted by Pete Hughes. This pattern was designed by Verna Mosquera from the The Vintage Spool. 1800 - Jan Coldwell - Noah's Ark Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Jan Coldwell. 72”x84” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Pete Hughes. Design Source: All Aboard by Patty Meyer. Year completed: 2007. 1801 - Tonda Helm - Tulips in the Park Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Made by Tonda Helm. 61”x75” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Tonda Helm. Design Source: Tulips in the Park by Piece o' Cake. Year completed: 2001. Description: I fell in love with the fun prints. Piece o' Cake has been one of my favorite design teams. They gave a choice of a vanilla or chocolate background. I thought the chocolate would be a fun change of pace, not to mention it's one of my favorite food groups. 1802 - Jerryann Corbin - Carmel Confetti Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. First Place. Merit Machine Quilting 3rd Place. Made by Friendship Bee, Phyllis Hall, quilted by Denise Green. 88”x100” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Year completed: 2008. Description: This quilt was inspired by one made by the Friendship Bee in 2005 which was donated to the Lakeview Quilters Guild annual auction. 1803 - Diane Grafton - Believe in Sharon's Santa Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Diane Geller Grafton. 53”x64” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Diane Geller Grafton. Design Source: Sue Garman's Mama Said Believe. Year completed: 2001. 1804 - Tonda Helm - Marakesh Bazaar Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. Made by Tonda Helm. 58”x63” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Tonda Helm. Design Source: Country French by Barbara Brandeburg. Year completed: 2002. Description: There are four of us that have worked or still work at PPnQ that get together weekly and quilt. Of course working together, we became enablers for each others' addiction. This was one that one person decided we each had to make. It was still in my formative years as an addict, so I went along. I think I may be the only one that actually made it. 1805 - Nancy Pocklington - Noah's Ark Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Made by Nancy Pocklington – top; Denise Green - quilter. 90”x100” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Variation of Patty Mayer’s Noah's Ark Pattern.. Year completed: 2007. 1806 - Marian Woods - Birds Among the Flowers Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Judged. First Place. Made by Marian Woods. 57”x57” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Marian Woods. Design Source: From the book "Little Brown Bird" by Margaret Docherty. Year completed: 2007. Description: I made a smaller version of the quilt in the book. It was a lot of fun picking the fabric's for the flower's and the bird's. 1807 - Linda Ainsworth - Where's Hazel Category: Mixed technique quilt. Judged. Made by Linda Ainsworth. 71”x88” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Black Cat - Midnight. Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt top was made during the three weeks we were evacuated from our home during the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. Hazel, the real live cat, was missing for one week because she was terrified. I named the quilt for her. 1808 - Karla Colle - Golden Autumn Day Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Honorable Mention. Made by Block exchange participants: Karla Colle, Denise Green, Marilyn Skarke, Lisa Moore, Jo Lynn O'Neil, Susan Wynne, Bridget Dinwiddie, Nancy Overton and Barbara Thompson. Assembled by Karla Colle. Quilted by Denise Green. 80”x96” Machine pieced. Machine quilted. Design Source: Murky Pond in the Berkshires by Laurie Shifrin in "Batiks and Beyond” Year completed: 2007. Description: This quilt is the result of a block exchange. Fabrics limited to autumn colored batiks. A good way to get blocks with a large variety of fabrics. Also a really easy block to make for quilters of all skill levels. Quilt will be a gift for a friend's retirement. 1809 - Marilynn Skarke - My Pretty Little Cowgirls Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by Friendship Bee 2004. Marilynn Skarke, Kathy Charles, Cynthia Clark, Barb Cory, Trudy Davis, Dawn Dugan, Vernell Fesperman, Lecia Majewski, Merridy Pyre, Linda Quesenberry, Kathy Sysdek, Susan Wells . 72”x90” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Memories by Debbie Maddy. Year completed: 2008. Description: This was a 2004 Friendship Bee Block. These lovely cowgirls have been sitting in a box, waiting to be put together. Denise did a beautiful job quilting them. 1810 - Jan Coldwell - Bird Lover's Delight Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Made by Jan Coldwell. 64”x72” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Machine quilted by Pete Hughes. Design Source: Birds of a Feather by Brenda H. Kirby and Debra K. Hassig. Year completed: 2006. 1900 - Jerrianne Evans - Homage to American Quilters Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. 76”x76” Machine pieced and hand appliquéd by Jerrianne Evans. Machine quilted by Denise Green of HollyDee Quilts. Design Source: Pattern by Lori Smith of From My Heart to Your Hands.. Year completed: 2006. Description: When I first saw Lori Smith's patterns on the internet, I was blown away. I immediately ordered two of her patterns. This was the first one I completed. 1901 - Lecia Majewski - Jump in a pile of leaves Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by Lecia Majewski, Ruth Droll, Mary Alice Pruessner, Jenny Chiovaro, Helen Shinpaugh, Elvia Ramirez, Trudy Davis, Daphne Granger, Dawn Dungen, Elsa Tutt, Jerriane Evans, Denise Green, Marlene Payne . 71”x80” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Marlene Payne. Design Source: Murky Pond - Laurie J. Shifrin - from Batiks & Beyond. Year completed: 2007. Description: Exchange blocks 1902 - Jerrianne Evans - Triple Four Patch Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Second Place. Made by Jerrianne Evans, Denise Green and 18 additional exchange members. 84”x96” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Denise Green of HollyDee Quilts. Design Source: June 1996 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine. Year completed: 2007. Description: The design for this quilt is based on Timeless Treasures from the June 1996 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. The blocks are from an exchange beginning in August 2004 and completing in August 2005. Twenty ladies made 20 blocks each month. One block was made by Alex Anderson. 1903 - Elsa Tutt - Basket Sampler Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by Elsa Tutt and 2002 Friendship Bee Members. 73”x81” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Gathered Baskets by Linda Wells. Year completed: 2004. Description: The block patterns were purchased from Sew Contempo as a Block of Month. The blocks were made as part of the Friendship Bee Exchange. 1904 - Kay Jolley - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by unknown. 76”x77” Machine pieced. Hand quilted.. Design Source: double wedding ring. Year completed: 1930s. Description: All antique quilts were made by my great aunts, who lived in a German Mennonite community north of Wichita, Kansas. Every arc is different and wider than today's pattern. The top and bottom were trimmed off to prolong the life of the quilt. I think this quilt was made sometime in the 30’s. 1905 - Jean Cloyd - Red and White Album Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by N A. 94”x94” Hand pieced. Hand quilted. . Year completed: 1840s. Description: Red and White Album Quilt , Circa 1840 The Quilt was hand pieced to size 94 x 94, and then hand quilted. 1906 - Helen Shinpaugh - Double Wedding Ring Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Leora Soape Couch. 75”x84” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Leora Soape Couch. Design Source: Double Wedding Ring. Year completed: 1939. Description: This quilt was made by my husband's paternal great-grandmother, Leora Soape Couch, of Waxahachie, Texas, and was given to my husband's parents, Joe Bob and Marie Shinpaugh, as a wedding gift in 1939. After Mother's death on Dec. 28, 2007, I found the quilt with a note saying she wanted me to have the quilt. 1907 - Lea Ann Ferring - Antique Log Cabin Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Rose Evelyn Baswell. 78”x88” Hand pieced. Year completed: 1910. Description: Antique quilt made by my grandmother probably made in the 1910's to 1915's. 1908 - Marian Woods - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Unknown. 78”x87” Hand quilted by unknown. Description: Antique Quilt made in the 1800's. Bought top at Festival and my bee helped me quilt it. 1909 - Tonda Helm - Single Irish Chain -- (Antique Quilt Exhibit) Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Oleita Moore Tae. 80”x86” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Oleita Moore. Description: This quilt was made by my husband's maternal grandmother, affectionately called Nanny. She lived in Clarksburg, WV. 1910 - Marjorie Seiter - Rambling Rosebuds Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Marjorie Seiter . 66”x85” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Hoffman. Year completed: 2005. 2001 - Leslie Kessinger - Antique Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Unknown. 78”x87” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Unknown. Year completed: 1940. Description: Red sashing with butterflies and muslin back. This was completed pre-1940. 2002 - Kristen L Bryson - Double Irish Chain Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Unknown (Antique). 80”x90” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by unknown. Design Source: Double Irish Chain. Description: This Double Irish Chain came out of an older lady's home in Maryland. No one knows who made it or when. Interestingly to me, some of the pieces in the pattern are appliquéd in place although it looks like a pieced quilt. 2003 - Leslie Kessinger - Antique Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Unknown. 78”x87” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Unknown. Description: Blue quilt with baskets and muslin backing. 2004 - Sara C. Genoa - Antique Cross Stitch Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Alice Garza. 78”x87” Quilted by Alice Garza. Year completed: 1960. Description: Antique Quilt Display. 2005 - Charlette Miller - Centennial Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Mary W Harper. 86”x86” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Mary Harper. Year completed: 1976. Description: This quilt was made in 1976 by my mother, Mary Harper who was 77 yrs old when she finished it. She made 3 other quilts similar to this one and gave one to each of her children. I thought some folks might enjoy seeing her work. I know she would be so thrilled to know it is on view. I have never used this quilt and keep it stored in my Mom's cedar chest. It of course was made to commemorate The USA bi-centennial. 2006 - Jeanne Allison - Double Wedding Ring. Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Esther Furst. 82”x92” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Lutheran Ladies Group of Alma, Kansas. Design Source: Double Wedding Ring - design source unknown. Possible found in the Kansas City Star.. Year completed: 1965. Description: This quilt is one of ten double wedding ring quilts made by my mother in the sixties and seventies. This particular quilt was used as a spread on their bed for many years, therefore it has been washed many times. All of the approximately forty quilts that she made were hand quilted by the Lutheran Ladies Group of Alma, Kansas. Only the best quilters in the group could work on her quilts because of her accuracy in piecing. She sold many of her quilts, gave each grandchild a wedding quilt when they married, but never gave her four children a quilt. After she died, her remaining quilts were distributed to her children. 2007 - Sara C. Genoa - Antique Embroidery Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Sara Genoa. 78”x87” Quilted by Sara Genoa. Year completed: 1960. 2008 - Leslie Kessinger - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Jennie Moore and Carrie Moore. 78”x87” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Jennie Moore and Carrie Moore. Year completed: 1927. Description: Feed sacks with muslin back. 2009 - Elizabeth Whitley - Blessings from a Marriage Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Adeline S. MacMillan. 81”x95” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Adeline S. MacMillan. Design Source: double wedding ring. Year completed: 1948. Description: There is a cream colored embroidered line sewn along the back of one scallop that reads as a label: "Made by Adeline S. MacMillan 1948 - '51” Adeline spent hours every day keeping her fingers busy piecing and quilting while she prayed and listened to spiritual music on the radio. These pieces are from dresses and smocks and some purchased fabric she planned for this quilt. Adeline had divorced and suffered the death of a child and this was her solace for those losses. We have no way of knowing for sure, but perhaps the pink and blue center squares of each double wedding ring represent the children that come as God's blessings of the love from a marriage union. 2010 - Becky Stephenson - Sleepy Hollow Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Piecing and appliqué by Becky Stephenson. Machine quilting by Denise Green of HollyDee Quilts. 68”x68” Machine pieced. Machine appliquéd. Design Source: Pattern by Kim Diehl. Year completed: 2007. Description: This pattern was published in the April 2001 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine. 2100 - Pat Cotter - Oak Leaf and Reel Category: Appliquéd quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. First Place. Made by Pat Cotter, Marsha Fuller, Georgann Wrinkle, Janeane Jaynes, Lynn Bach, Lea Ann Lively, Grace Villarreal, Trudy Davis, Sharon Meyer, Jean Cloyd, Jerrianne Evans, Rae Wampler, Sue Garman, Denise Green, Mira Noble. 63”x78” Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Year completed: 2006. 2101 - Kay Jolley - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by unknown. 69”x84” Machine pieced. Hand quilted.. Design Source: one fabric quilt. Year completed: 1945. Description: All antique quilts were made by my great aunts who lived in a German Memmonite community north of Wichita, Kansas. I don't know when paisley's came in, so I'm guessing this quilt was made in 40's or 50's. It's got a flannel back and was tied using red and blue yarn in a pattern. 2102 - Emily Venski - Spring Time in Missouri Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Unknown. 77”x97” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by unknown. Design Source: unknown. Year completed: 1970. Description: "Antique Quilt Display" This quilt was purchased in 1970 by Doris Strumph. It was hand made by two women in St. Elizabeth, Missouri. These women quilted several afternoons a week, finishing quilts made by friends and neighbors and quilting for the Catholic church. They would donate their time and labor to the church and make many hand quilted quilts for the church to raffle off at their annual fall picnics. 2103 - Kay Jolley - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by unknown. 67”x84” Machine pieced. Hand quilted.. Design Source: unknown. Year completed: 1940. Description: All antique quilts were made by great aunts, who lived in a German Mennonite community north of Wichita, Kansas. This quilt was pieced on an isometric grid with 30, 60 angles. I've tried without success to find a pattern name. Best guess is it was made in early 1940's. 2104 - Elizabeth Whitley - Garden of Red Ruche Roses Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by An elderly woman who was our neighborhood grandma, "Miss Alma", of Prince Green Yacht Basin in Morgan's Point, LaPorte, TX.. 65”x83” Hand pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Miss Alma. Design Source: Unknown. Red and green blocks, red ruched roses, yellow puffed centers. Year completed: 1962. Description: Completely hand made, appliquéd, embroidered and quilted. Given to me when I was about 10 years old and used for many years. It inspired me to learn to quilt. 2106 - Jean Cloyd - Iron Cross (scrappy) Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by N A. 54”x75” Hand pieced. Hand quilted. . Design Source: N A. Year completed: 1940. Description: This Iron Cross Quilt is Very Scrappy and most likely made in the 1940's. Hand pieced and Hand Quilted, the backing has been turned to the front to form the binding. 2107 - Virginia C Spiers - Pink and Blue Baby Quilt - Antique Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Ella McSwain Coleman (Maker) owned by Virginia C Spiers (niece of maker). 28”x30” Hand pieced. Machine pieced. Year completed: 1939. Description: This quilt was made by my Aunt Ella McSwain Coleman for her baby, my cousin Carolyn Coleman who was born in January of 1940. 2108 - Marian Woods - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Unknown. 78”x87” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Bee members. Design Source: Unknown. Description: Made in the 1800's. I bought the top at Festival and bee members helped quilt it. 2109 - Denise Green - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Louisa Bertha Rand. 45”x77” Machine pieced. Hand quilted by Louisa Bertha Rand. Description: Crazy quilt made from men's ties and tied. 2110 - Fran Gentry - Surviving with Fancy Flowers Category: Appliquéd quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Third Place. Fabulous Florals Theme. Pieced and appliquéd by Fran Gentry, Binding by Annette Hebbert, Quilted By Denise Green. 53”x53” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Piece of Cake design by B. Goldsmith and L. Jenkins. Year completed: 2008. Description: In 2002, P&B fabrics published a book entitled Sew with the Stars, Sew for a Cure. I had met Becky that February at Appliqué Academy. She is an excellent teacher and I admire her designs. This was an opportunity to achieve 2 goals by making this quilt, contributing to a cure for breast cancer and making a beautiful quilt. 2200 - Jeanne Allison - Birds, Baskets, & Flowers Category: Appliquéd quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Second Place. Made by Jeanne Allison, Karen Jenkins, Sherri Grane. 76”x88” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Jeanne Allison. Design Source: Unknown, kit purchased at International Quilt Festival. Year completed: 2001. Description: One "Block of the Month" kit was purchased at Houston International Quilt Festival in 1995. Karen and Sherri made two more kits from their stashes. We each took four blocks and made three of each. These were completed in October 1999. I began hand quilting mine in January 2000 and completed the quilt in February 2001. 2201 - Helen Shinpaugh - Antique Quilt Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Margie Marie Shinpaugh, 1918-2007. 64”x78” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margie Marie Shinpaugh. Design Source: unknown. Year completed: 1933. Description: Flower motifs made from feed sacks in the 1930s. Quilt assembled and quilted some time later. Given to me by my late mother-in-law, Marie Shinpaugh. 2202 - Denise Green - Antique Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 2 persons. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Valerie Harrison. 70”x90” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Year completed: 1970. Description: 1970 top pieced, completed by Denise Green in 2008. 2203 - Tonda Helm - Sunbonnet Sue Baby Quilt -- (Antique Quilt Exhibit) Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Elia Montey Breaux. 37”x49” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Elia Montey Breaux. Description: This quilt was made by my great-grandmother in Abbyville, LA. I do not know when she made it. I do vaguely remember seeing it in my childhood. She lived in a two room house and only spoke French. The only memory I have of her is a visit to her home when I was very young and her giving me some fresh goat's milk. It was awful. 2204 - Helen Shinpaugh - Antique Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Margie Marie Howard Shinpaugh. 70”x80” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Helen Shinpaugh. Year completed: 1930. Description: Pieced in the 1930s, quilted in 1989. 2205 - Tonda Helm - 1930's Butterfly -- (Antique Quilt Exhibit) Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Elia Montey Breaux. 85”x101” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Elia Montey Breaux. 2206 - Laresa Evans - Antique Quilt Category: Mixed technique quilt. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Mary H. "Lena" Edwards Evans (my grandmother). 69”x82” Quilted by Mary H. "Lena" Edwards Evans. Year completed: 1930. Description: Probably made shortly before or after her marriage in 1928. 2207 - Mira Noble - Uncle Dave's Quilt Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Irene George of Cedar Bayou, TX. 71”x84” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Irene George. Design Source: unknown. Year completed: 1930. Description: This quilt was made for Uncle Dave. He was my husband Don Noble's uncle. His mother, Irene George, made it for him when he was married. 2208 - Helen Shinpaugh - Antique Quilt Category: Appliquéd quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Margie Marie Howard Shinpaugh. 75”x90” Hand appliquéd. Hand quilted by Margie Marie Shinpaugh. Design Source: Stylized Butterfly/source unknown. Year completed: 1934. Description: Appliquéd by my mother-in-law, Marie Shinpaugh, during her youth, blocks assembled and quilted some time later. Butterflies are mostly made from feedsacks, with embroidery embellishments. 2209 - Elizabeth Grubb - Red and White Star Category: Pieced quilt - 1 person. Antique Quilt Exhibit. Made by Bell Singleton Boyce. 71”x82” Hand pieced. Hand quilted by Bell Singleton Boyce. Design Source: Unknown. Year completed: 1900. Description: This quilt was made by my Great, Great Aunt Bell (my father's grandmother's sister, on his mother's side of the family). It was probably made in the late 1800's to early 1900's. (As a point of reference, my father was born in 1918.) 2210 - Jenny Chiovaro - Blooms of Joy Category: Appliquéd quilt - 3 or more persons. Fabulous Florals Theme. Made by Houston-Bay Area Appliqué Society. 60”x60” Machine pieced. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Adaptation of a design by Nancy Pearson. Year completed: 2006. Description: I was the lucky winner of this raffle quilt. You see! Buying raffle tickets really does pay off--as well as supporting our fellow quilters. 2301 - Lisa Moore - Really Bright Log Cabins Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Third Place. Made by Lisa Moore and About.com Internet Exchange Group. 60”x72” Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Karen Watts. Design Source: Log Cabins set in Barn Raising Set. Year completed: 2005. Description: I found this exchange on about.com. It was my first internet exchange and my first log cabin quilt. I love the bright colors. 2302A - Jean Cloyd - Theorems For This Century Category: Appliquéd quilt - 2 persons. Judged. Third Place. Made by Jean Cloyd. 36”x65” Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Jean Cloyd Original Design. Year completed: 2008. Description: Theorems are True American Folk Art, not prints but unique art. Women of the 1800's worked with stencils and oil paints on Velvet to design their Theorems. My Theorems are designed using Fabrics, Embroidery and with some inking. 2302B - Fran Gentry - Geese Among the Stars Category: Pieced quilt - 3 or more persons. Judged. Made by Fran Gentry(piecing), Annette Hebert (binding), Denise Green (quilting). 68”x89” Machine pieced by Fran Gentry. Machine quilted by Denise Green. Design Source: Dizzy Geese. Year completed: 2007. Description: The blocks for this quilt were paper pieced. There are over 100 pieces per block, and there are 12 blocks. The original pattern simply binds the 12 blocks after they have been sewn together. I wanted to continue the theme of "flying geese" to finish off the quilt.
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