Blue Windows Small Quilt

This is another small quilt I recently finished.  It measures 16 in square.  It is hand and machine pieced; machine quilted.  I intend to swap it as part of the ALQS round 10.

 This one hopefully shows some of the quilting.

Stars Galore

This lovely quilt, Stars Galore, is the quilt I received in the ALQS9 quilt swap.  It's 18.25" square, machine pieced and quilted.  It was made by Marie.  Her blog is Marie's Creative Space.

Intersections

I made this small quilt, 15.25 in square, as my entry in the ALQS9.  It was inspired by the art cover of JAMA back in July 2010.  The art piece is "Night Intersection" by Charmion von Wiegand.  This first photo has the front JAMA page I had saved along with the pieced quilt top.

The small quilt is machine pieced and quilted.  Here is the finished quilt.

Here is the back of the quilt.  I will add a sleeve for hanging and a label.

Up and Down the Stairs

This small quilt is for the ALQS8 (another little quilt swap #8).  It is my attempt at an Escher-like effect as the quilt actually works in all directions as you can tell from this diptic photo collage.  I used the photo to poll friends for which way it should hang.  The majority agreed the top one on the left.

Here's the finished quilt.  It is machine pieced and quilted.  It measures 18.5 inches square.

Here's the back.  I still need to add the sleeve to the back for hanging.

Here are my past entries for the other seven:
1st: Laced Ribbons Quilt
2nd: Flower Basket Quilt
3rd: Fractures I
4th: Blue Hawaii Wall Hanging
5th:  Winter
6th: Mariner’s Compass Rose
7th:  Country Garden Small Quilt

Country Garden Small Quilt

This small quilt (12 in X 12 in) was made for the ALQS7.  It is mostly machine pieced with a few small pieces hand appliqued (the center of each flower and the side triangles on the right).  It is machine quilted.

Here is a close up of the small flower

Here is the back of the quilt before I sewed on the sleeve and label.

The block, country gardens (you can get the pattern here if you create an account on Fons & Porter website), is from Mountain Mist.  The pattern dates back to 1941 and was designed by Margaret Hayes of Knoxville, TN.  It can be found in the book:  Mountain Mist Quilt Favorites (published in 1998).

Monarchs

Updated 3/2017 -- all links removed (except to my own posts) as many no longer active.

I am finally getting around to posting about the quilt I received as part of ALQS6.  I received it in the mail nearly a month ago.  It is lovely!  It was made by Jay who blogs at Creative Crone from studio Q.  She named the quilt Monarchs.

Jay sent me extra fabric so that I can sew a sleeve on the back and hang it.  The photos don’t do it justice.

Here is a link to the quilt (Mariner’s Compass Rose) I made for ALQS6.  It was mailed to Veronique in Chile.
Here are the posts of the quilts made and received from the first five ALQS.
Made:
1st: Laced Ribbons Quilt (went to Pennsylvania, May 2008)
2nd: Flower Basket Quilt (went to Indiana, September 2008)
3rd: Fractures I (went to Australia, June 2009)
4th:  Blue Hawaii Wall Hanging (went to   Great Britain, July 2010)
5th:  Winter  (went to the Netherlands,  January 2011)
Received
1st: I Received My Quilt (from Denver, June 2008)
2nd: It's Arrived! (from Italy, November 2008)
3rd: Geverfde Quilt (from the Netherlands, August 2009)
4th:  Falling Stars  (from Great Britain, August 2010)
5th:  Pale Flowers (from  Florida, February 2011)

Pale Flowers Quilt

Recently I received this quilt from Susan as part of the ALQS5.  It is lovely!   It is 8.25 in X 10.75 in.

Here is the back before I sewed on a sleeve so I can hang it.

Here are the posts of the quilts made and received from the first three ALQS.
Made:
1st: Laced Ribbons Quilt (went to Pennsylvania, May 2008)
2nd: Flower Basket Quilt (went to Indiana, September 2008)
3rd: Fractures I (went to Australia, June 2009)
4th:  Blue Hawaii Wall Hanging (went to   Great Britain, July 2010)
5th:  Winter  (went to the Netherlands,  January 2011)

Received
1st: I Received My Quilt (from Denver, June 2008)
2nd: It's Arrived! (from Italy, November 2008)
3rd: Geverfde Quilt (from the Netherlands, August 2009)
4th:  Falling Stars  (from Great Britain, August 2010)

Winter

Updated 3/2017-- photo and all links (except to my own posts) removed as many are no longer active and it was easier than checking each one.

This small art quilt was inspired by Movin Meat’s post:  Fearful Symmetry.  I took the EKG (photo credit), printed it out, enlarged a small segment and used it for the quilt. 

The quilt was made as part of the ALQS5.  It is meant to be an art quilt.  The spikes of the EKG made me think of stalactites and stalagmites, of winter and cold.  I had a fat quarter of a gray blue fabric with trees which I used for the background.  I used a blue batik for the foreground. 

It is machine appliqued and quilted using a multicolor metallic thread.  It is 8.5 in X 10.5 in.

Here is a view of the back before I sewed on the label and sleeve.

Falling Stars

Recently I received this quilt from Kate as part of the ALQS4.  It is lovely!   It is 14 in X 18 in.

Here is a more detailed photo.
Kate forgot the label so I will be adding one with her name, country of residence, the ALQS4, and date.  I will also add a sleeve so that I can hang it.

You may recall that I made “Blue Hawaii” wall hanging for ALQS4.

Blue Hawaii Wall Hanging

This is my submission to the ALQS4. It is an Hawaiian appliqué done using the raw edge technique. I machine appliqued and quilted it. It is 20 in square.

The blue indigo was a bandana I found at Hobby Lobby years ago with the intention of making several of the blocks in the book “Hawaiian Quilting” by Elizabeth Root. I used the Angel’s Trumpet block for this wall hanging.

Here is a view of the center.
Here is a view of the back before I sewed on the 4 in sleeve for hanging.

Here are the posts of the quilts made and received from the first three ALQS.
Made:
1st: Laced Ribbons Quilt (went to Pennsylvania, May 2008)
2nd: Flower Basket Quilt (went to Indiana, September 2008)
3rd: Fractures I (went to Australia, June 2009)
Received
1st: I Received My Quilt (from Denver, June 2008)
2nd: It's Arrived! (from Italy, November 23, 2008)
3rd: Geverfde Quilt (from the Netherlands, August 23, 2009)

Geverfde Quilt

Updated 3/2017-- all links (except to my own posts) removed as many no longer active. and it was easier than checking each one. 

I received my quilt from the 3rd ALQS earlier this week.  It arrived from the Netherlands.  The quilt was made by Margreet.  You can read her description of how she made the quilt and see her photos (better than mine) here.

The quilt is 19 in X 19 in.  Margreet forgot to make a label for it, so I added one with her name, country, date, and ALQS3 on it.  The quilt is hanging my front office at work.

You may recall the quilt I did for this swap was Fractures I.  To view the other quilts and see who got which ones go here.

Fractures I

I have wanted to try this technique called fracturing.  I read about in the American Quilter’s Magazine (subscription required).  The article is by Terri Kirchner, but highlights a technique she credits to

The late Ellen Adams, a Canadian fiber artist, developed a method of cutting and manipulating identical motifs to produce images that seemed to explode. She accomplished this by cutting motifs along shifted lines and rearranging them. “Fracturing” and expanding the image in this way fools the eye into seeing the motif much larger than its original size.

So for my entry in the ALQS3, I decided to use this technique.  I started with four identical 18 in squares of fabric.

Each square is then cut slightly differently.   It is very important to keep the squares and order correct.  The article suggests labeling them as A, B, C, and D and then with numbers (A1, A2, etc). 

The A square is cut into 1.5 in squares and “exploded” outward so there is room for squares to fit between each.

The B square is cut into 1.5 in square AFTER trimming 3⁄4" from the left side.  These square will be placed to the right of the As.

This photo shows the A squares spread out to “accept” the B squares.  My ironing board wasn’t large enough to spread them vertically too.

This one shows all the A and B squares sewn together.

The C square is then cut into 1.5 in squares AFTER trimming 3⁄4" from the top edge.  These go directly beneath the A squares.
The D square is cut into 1.5 in squares AFTER trimming 3⁄4" from the top and the left side edges.  These go beside the C squares, beneath the B squares.
Here are all the squares sewn into rows.


Here is the finished quilt.  It is 24 in square.
Here is a close, detail photo.
Here is a view of the back with the sleeve sewn and label sewn on.  You can see the machine quilting in this view.

It's Arrived!

Did you remember that I took part in ALQS (Another Little Quilt Swap)? I received my little quilt yesterday! I think it is beautiful! It came to me from Silvia who lives in Italy!!!

The quilt I made for the swap can be seen here.

Laced Ribbons Quilt

I finished my little quilt for the swap. It is 19.5 inches square. I machine pieced it and then hand quilted it. The pattern is called Laced Ribbons. If you follow each "ribbon" you will notice that it goes over, then under other ribbons.