RISING STAR QUILT SHOW 2016
Large and Wall Quilts
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Grandmother's Flower Garden #2, by Shirley Ament-Bergey
Pattern Name: Color Splash Trip Around the World.
Large Quilt 88 x 108
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena's Longarm Quilting
I made one similar several years ago. When my granddaughters slept under that one, which they very much liked, I decided to make another one so they could each have their own.
A Touch of Coral, by Diana Bailey
Wall Quilt 28 x 19
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Hand Embellished
One of a series of quilts featuring top-stitched curves, splashed with coral (my favorite color of the moment). At last a chance to dig into my black and white stash; stalactites found their way in.
Sand Dollars, by Diana Bailey
Wall Quilt 28 x 19.5
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered
This is one of a series of quilts featuring top-stitched curves, designed to match the muted tones of used tea bags. Embroidery and couching around the tea bags provided a zen moment....
Lisa's Birthday Quilt, by Florence Baturin
Wall Quilt 54 x 60
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, photo transfer
This quilt was made as a surprise for my daughter on her 50th birthday. One of her daughters was my partner-in-crime; she provided names and addresses of friends asked to sign blocks and helped choose the fabrics. It was fun to arrange the photos by family groups. And yes, Lisa loves this quilt!
A Quilt for Amy, by Amanda Beland
Wall Quilt 52 x 66
Machine Pieced, Hand Quilted
This is a quilt for my best friend since childhood, and her favorite color is purple. I picked all of the blocks for this quilt from all of the Block of The Month that the Rising Star Quilters have done over the years.
Gone Fishing, by Amanda Beland
Wall Quilt 10 x 36
Machine Appliquéd, Hand Quilted
This is from the 2015 Row by Row challenge. It was the first time I machine appliquéd.
Back-to-School experiment, by Carolyn Bell
Original design.
Large Quilt 64.5 x 64.5
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Rental at Laurena's Longarm Quilting Studio
This quilt started as an experiment because I had no specific pattern in mind. I enjoyed finding fabric for this quilt when I traveled to New Jersey, Connecticut, and the North Shore. As a teacher, I love the fabric with letters and numbers. I am glad I had time to finish the quilt during summer vacation!
Goodnight Irene, by Holly Bell
Pattern Name: Goodnight Irene by Missouri Star Quilt Company.
Large Quilt 88 x 94
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Susan Ahnrud
I saw this quilt hanging in Jennie Doan's MSQS retreat center and fell in love. I decided to make one for myself as the perfect souvenir of my time in Hamilton, MO. It was the perfect project to piece at Spring Fling 2015.
Lion In Summer, by Susan Bennett
Pattern Name: Jungle Abstraction by Violet Craft.
Wall Quilt 60 x 60
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Carol at Calico Bass and self
Made for my husband's 80th August birthday with best wishes to keep on roaring!
Summer Glow, by Peggy Boning
Pattern Name: Summer by Hooworth and Rolfe.
Large Quilt 88 x 88
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
This quilt is all about color, with cheerful red, yellows, oranges and pinks. This quilt is also a puzzle quilt, as it is made of half square triangles so that every square has a pair except for two of them. See if you can find the two squares (the answer is on the back).
Peggy's Small World, by Peggy Boning
Pattern Name: My Small World by Jen Kingwell.
Wall Quilt 52 x 33
Hand Pieced, Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Hand Quilted, Hand Embroidered
Jen Kingwell's design was inspired by the Disney Illustrator Mary Blair and the Disney ride, "It's a Small World". The pattern has lots of little details to draw you in. For example, look for three arrows, the Eiffel tower, and a section designed to look like a city block.
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, by Judy Botsford
Pattern Name: Diamond Dust.
Large Quilt 70 x 77
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
The pattern won a first in the modern quilting category for Doris Brunnette at the AQS Quilt Week Show in Des Moins, 2014. I created a pattern using a photo in American Quilter and have made a slew of half square triangles as a result.
Nautilus, by Judy Botsford
Wall Quilt 36 x 40
Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Machine Embroidered, Fused, Painted
Begun in a workshop at Pro Chem with Betty Busby. Her class was an inspiration and an invitation to experiment in multiple ways with paint and cloth.
Accidental Houses, by Amy Breiting
Quilted Object Quilt 41 x 8.25
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Machine Appliquéd, Hand Quilted, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered
While I was making crazy log cabin squares, I noticed that some appeared to have houses on them. I decided to enhance that effect and put the squares together.
Leaves, by Carol Brown
Original.
Wall Quilt 38 x 38
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Painted
Some of these come from actual leaves; others from my imagination.
Unknown Flower From An Undiscovered Planet, by Carol Brown
Original.
Wall Quilt 28 x 28
Hand Pieced, Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I enjoy creating patterns and finding fabric that works with the pattern.
Books are Fun, by Susan Campos
Wall Quilt 34 x 47
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I loved reading Richard Scarry books to my kids when they were small, and I love alphabet quilts. To make this quilt, which combines those two loves I fussy cut a piece of Richard Scarry fabric, sashed each block with a coordinating print, then combined the resulting alphabet blocks with Stack and Whack blocks made from primary color solids. An alphabet print from my stash made for the perfect backing.
Rising Sun, by Susan Campos
Pattern Name: Glacier Star.
Wall Quilt 60 x 60
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This Judy Niemieyer Glacier Star quilt, with more than 1100 pieces, was paper pieced and quilted on my Bernina 200. The quilting was inspired by pictures from The Quilted Pineapple blog. Tone on tone thread was used to create texture but not overwhelm the design. A rigorous blocking returned the finished quilt to a flat and square presentation.
Day and Night, by Susan Campos
Pattern Name: Jacket pattern Kwik Sew #2896; Quilted Fabric is Courthouse Steps.
Quilted Object Quilt 20 x 28
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Machine decorative stitches
The name "Day and Night" reflects the fabric used to construct my jacket. The front is paper pieced Courthouse Step blocks with the center yellow squares representing the daylight sun. The back, made using my machine's decorative stitch and shiny polyester threads on black fabric, mimics the front with the design representing the dark night.
Just Turtles, by Erica Cavin
Pattern Name: "Turtles, Turtles" by Connie Spurlock and Teri Chandler.
Wall Quilt 40 x 40
Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused
This was my first time doing fusing and machine appliqué. The name of this quilt comes from all the help I got from my friends in the Just Sew bee. They gave advice on fabric choices ("more contrast in the backgrounds!"), machine appliqué and quilting. I did the actual sewing though.
Give a Dog a Bone, by Christina Crouch
Large Quilt 54 x 72
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I found some really fun dog fabric and had the usual thought, "What am I going to do with it". I decided to make some bones for the dogs. Didn't use a pattern, just made it up as I went along.
Sunset Waves, by Christina Crouch
Pattern Name: Tumbling Waves.
Large Quilt 66 x 74
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This year the Sewatorium Sisters challenge was to make a Bargello quilt. None of us had ever made one and thought this would be a good learning experience. This pattern by Becky Botello, reminded me of rolling waves.
Mary Makes Waves, by Mary D'Amico
Pattern Name: Morning Melody By Ann Lauer.
Large Quilt 60 x 72
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Our Sewatorium Sister, Mary, was excited for our Bargello Challenge. She bought a kit for one just before she landed in the hospital. She hoped to get home to start it,but sadly that never happened. We made it for her so it could be in the show. Of course, Margarita's were served during the binding party in her honor.
Ninteen plus One, by Jean Daily
Wall Quilt 54 x 66
Hand Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena's Longarm Quilting
Nineteen squares were presented to me by best friend Jean Sideris. They were all hand sewn by many hands and therefore a challenge to put together. I made the missing one, can you find it?
Red Violet Crayon Challenge, by Jean Daily
Original.
Wall Quilt 20 x 26
Hand Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
Red Violet 1 - Crayon Challenge, Original design, T Bee D quilting group. Our new-ishly formed group pulled crayons to determine a color on which to your based your quilt. There were no other requirements. It is so fun meeting new friends in Rising Star Quilters Guild.
Mimi, by Rachel Davis
Pattern Name: Red Letter Day.
Large Quilt 67 x 67
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
A collection of old-fashioned prints from Moda that I wanted to use in some way, and a modern pattern I came across online came together for this cheerful quilt. I plan to give it to one of the women in my family.
Shaman, by Rachel Davis
Large Quilt 54 x 75
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
I was very drawn to the designs and colors in this fabric collection (Parson Gray/Free Spirit). Each fabric has an evocative name such as "Celestial Fire," "Peyote Moon," "Spirits Harvest," "War Paint." In keeping with the Native American motif, I decided to use the traditional pattern Bear Paw, surrounded by a neutral fabric to make the colors stand out.
Blessings Multiplied, by Robbyn Dewar
Pattern Name: Kickin Stash.
Wall Quilt 43 x 51
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was inspired by Beth Helfter (aka Quilting Hottie) who was a speaker at Rising Star Quilt Guild a few years ago. She spoke about the fact that "perfection is overrated" and encouraged us to quilt outside our comfort zones. This is Beth's quilt pattern "Kickin Stash".
Martha's Summer Quilt, by Susan Dresley
Pattern Name: Sawtooth Star.
Large Quilt 60 x 72
Machine Pieced, Hand Quilted
I love working with these two colors. My daughter Martha selected the fish fabric used on the border. I wish I could still hand quilt, sigh.
Nine patch with curves, by Susan Dresley
Pattern Name: Nine Patch And Drunkard's Path.
Wall Quilt 60 x 60
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt is inspired from A Quilters Mixology. Mostly used quilts from my stash. It resides on my new couch.
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