RISING STAR QUILT SHOW 2011
Large and Wall Quilts
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Field of Flowers, by Ginny Leonardos
Pattern Name: freeform flowers.
Wall Quilt 14 x 27
Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused, beaded
In a class with Sylvia Naylor, I learned to use Misty Fuse and organza. I decided to bead the flowers to enhance their appearance.
The Burns of Rumford Maine, by Phyllis Maddox
Large Quilt 99 x 101
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Celebrating the 50th Wedding Anniversary. Family photos framed in a Chinese lattice adapted from illustrations in the book, "Chinese Lattice Designs" by Daniel Sheets Dye. It took 141 yards of black leadline to create the lattice.
Jungle Rain, by Gwen Marceline
Pattern Name: Jungle Rain.
Large Quilt 62 x 77
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Georgette Gagne of Black Wolf Quilting Studio
Jungle Rain is a free pattern from Karen Montgomery featuring Tonga Batiks. The fabric color placement and the excellent pattern instructions made sewing this quilt very enjoyable.
Crazy Kitties with Rainbow Colors, by Natalie and Sabrina McClain, Junior Member Quilt
Pattern Name: Puss in the Corner.
Wall Quilt 40 x 40
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was inspired by our love of cats, the book The Quiltmaker's Gift and the Laurel Burch fabric. This is our first joint effort but we each had a quilt in the 2009 RSQ show. We had help from our grandmothers Kay McClain and Paulette Schwartz. Natalie age 10 and Sabrina age 11.
Altered 9-Patch, by Kathleen McCormick
Original pattern.
Wall Quilt 20 x 16
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was made as part of a challenge in our bee to use the gold fabric in an altered 9 patch. It incorporates drafting techniques and color work from a Joen Wolfrom class. The challenge of creating your own block is something I think that I will try again.
Charming Rhythms, by Kathleen McCormick
Wall Quilt 52 x 42
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was made from a pack of coordinated 5" squares known as a charm pack. The fabric line was called Graphic Ryhthms and was designed by Gerald Roy. Something about this collection caught my eye. The quilt is simple in order to showcase the fabric.
Kerry's Quilt, by Laurena McDermott
Pattern Name: Study in Black and White by Julie Popa from Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting March/April 2008.
Large Quilt 101 x 109
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was for my daughter's high school graduation. She asked for it to be really wide so it would hid the storage items under her dorm room bed.
Summertime - A Butterfly Place, by Carolyn McShane
Pattern Name: Quilt center is 1 month of 'Block of the Month' designed by Tricia Rosenthal.
Large Quilt 76 x 78
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Machine Appliquéd, Painted, Machine quilted by Chris Barnes
Beginning with center blocks from 'Block of the Month,' sewn by myself and other RSQ members, the border was added as a summertime butterfly place. Coordinating colors and fabric designs from my UFO and scrap collections made the border a spot of summer sunshine.
Mountainside, by Arline Morrison
In Memory
Original design. 29.5 x 41 Hand Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Hand Quilted, Hand Embroidered. This quilt won Third Prize, Wall Quilts in 2008. This is how she described it:
Mountainside was the title given to this abstract landscape when it was finished. I worked on it bit-by-bit, making design decisions as it evolved. When completed, there it was - a mountainside. All my works are one-of-a-kind and are never duplicated.
Paul's Quilt, by Jean Necheles
Pattern Name: Stack-n-Whack.
Large Quilt 70 x 88
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Georgette Gagne owner/operator of Black Wolf Quilting Studio
I took a Stack-n-Whack class with Karen Pulaski, of Hudson, MA. The blocks are a unique kaleidoscope design, with a the border of the same fabric. My husband loves Asian fabrics and just mentioned that he loved this fabric. This was his Christmas gift and yes, he loves his quilt.
Jacket, by Bonnie Newman
Jacket Quilt
Made with the support and guidance of Jeanne Funk Gedies and lots of encouragement from our Tuesday Travel Bee
A Hint of Gold, by Ellen O'Brien
Pattern Name: Millennium Sampler.
Large Quilt 84 x 84
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Georgette Gagne of Black Wolf Quilting Studio
This quilt was made in 2010-11 as part of a Block of the Month program led by Monique Thompson of Cambridge Quilt Shop. Thanks to Monique and others at CQS for making such beautiful fabric choices!
Miss Norton's Bunnies, by Carolyn O'Hara
Wall Quilt 42 x 42
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Hand Quilted, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered
Based on "Grandma's Bunnies" by Darcy Ashton. My sister Betty Scully pitched in and appliquéd some of these blocks.
Dazzle, by Gail Pettiford Willett
Original design.
Wall Quilt 55 x 45
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Marcia Derse is a new designer I met at the Houston Quilt Show two years ago and I feel in love with her line of fabrics. They excited me and I kept going back to her booth. This quilt is made from her first line of fabrics.
My favorite Place, by Gail Pettiford Willett
Original design.
Wall Quilt 24 x 30
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused
Our Tuesday Bee needed another project so ideas were discussed. Many of us have traveled to Venice and loved the bridges and decided this would be a great project. IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING. We are happy with the results. Now I think a great reward would be a trip together to visit each of the bridges in Venice!!
Virginia's Vintage Violets, by Ginny Post
Pattern Name: Hunter Star.
Large Quilt 104 x 88
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
I bought this vintage looking, purple, green and beige fabric at the Vermont Quilt Festival years ago. I had a limited amount of the fabric, and love how the Hunter Star worked so well as a medallion for the quilt, and who could have too much purple and green in a quilt?
January Carnations, by Ginny Post
Pattern Name: January Carnations.
Wall Quilt 32 x 32
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, beading
This is my first attempt at fusible appliqué. I found this free pattern on Quilters' World Magazine's website, adding the blanket stitch around the edges and beading for the flowers' stamens. Vivid color for a cold January day!
Primrose Lane, by Helen Pride
Large Quilt 72 x 85
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
This was a pattern and kit designed by Elaine Waldschmitt of the Quilted Closet. I machine quilted it under my machine which was a bit cumbersome, but I was pleased with the final results. I loved the pattern's colors and design and enjoyed making it. It is now used as a quilt on a bed down our Cape Cod home.
Ornaments From Yesteryear, by Helen Pride
Original design.
Wall Quilt 9 x 11
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Hand Quilted, Hand Embellished
Our bee's challenge this year was to take the same 7 Christmas fabrics and design a small quilt to be donated to the Alzheimer's Initiative project. Each of us came up with a different design of our imagination.
Waves, by Bee Quilt by Qulting Friends
Pattern Name: Curvaceous Squares.
Large Quilt 67 x 90
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
The Quilting Friends Bee members are Nancy Wasserman, Erica Cavin, Diana Snow, Jacqui James, Phyllis Maddox, Monique Cerundolo, Winnie Getrost and Debra Kaden. This year we had fun trying Dianne Hire's Curvacious Squares pattern. It was quilted at Laurena McDermott's quilting emporium.
Ripples, by Bee Quilt by Qulting Friends
Pattern Name: Curvaceous Squares.
Wall Quilt 32 x 38
Machine Pieced, Tied
After we made "Waves" we had enough left over blocks of Dianne Hire's Curvacious Squares for "Ripples." The Quilting Friends Bee members are Nancy Wasserman, Erica Cavin, Diana Snow, Jacqui James, Phyllis Maddox, Monique Cerundolo, Winnie Getrost and Debra Kaden.
Nimble Needlers 9-patch challenge: Embedded 9-Patch, by Tricia Rosenthal
Wall Quilt 24 x 57
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This table runner or mantle decoration was inspired by a bee challenge to use the dark gold leaf print in a 9-patch design. I decided to make a series of smaller 9-patch blocks, each embedded within the larger 9-patch, to take the challenge one step further.
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