RISING STAR QUILT SHOW 2016
Large and Wall Quilts
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Greek Island Village, by Barbara Salamy
Wall Quilt 16.5 x 16.5
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
Wanted to take a Happy Villages workshop with Karen Eckmeier. Bought the book instead, and this is my version of her Greek Village.
Waves of Flowers, by Barbara Salamy
Pattern Name: Laurie Shifrin's "Mango Tanngo".
Wall Quilt 41 x 50
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I like working with curves and never worked with flanges before so I enjoyed making it.
Happy Birthday, Jeff & Elise!, by Penny Sander
Pattern Name: Data Streaming.
Large Quilt 90 x 108
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
I made this quilt in honor of my brother and sister-in-law's 50th birthdays. The block was designed by Kathy Greer in the fall 2013 issue of Modern Quilts Limited Magazine. I had a lot of fun with the asymmetrical blocks, and I added extra borders. Laurena's geometric quilting really adds to the overall effect.
Tropical Twilight, by Bee Quilt by Sewatorium Sisters
Large Quilt 73 x 94
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Using donated material, the Sewatorium Sisters bee turned a simple pattern and modern fabrics into a beautiful bed quilt. FOR SALE. Proceeds will be used to purchase batting or other necessities for the Benefit Quilt bee.
This Way to the Block Party, by Sue Sharer
Pattern Name: Block of the Month.
Large Quilt 60 x 72
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This was the final block of the month from Quilters Way. I enjoyed many block of the month programs there, so named the quilt with a bit to remember them. I quilted this at Laurena’s on the Statler longarm, I had fun selecting patterns for the blocks and setting up the computer to do its thing.
Holiday Bobbles, by Janice Shaw
Pattern Name: Dec La Table.
Wall Quilt 48 x 20
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused
Made from a pattern by Ann Lauer this bargello kit met the criteria for my Bee Challenge and coincidentally in my "to do soon" pile. How lucky was that?!
Billie's Quilt, by Missy Shay
Large Quilt 58 x 69
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was made by Billie Berents before she moved from Cambridge. I quilted it on the long arm at Laurena's and put on the binding and sleeve. We hope that someone will give it a good home!
Row by Row 2015, by Missy Shay
Wall Quilt 38.5 x 63.5
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered, Fused, beads
Last year the Row by Row Experience had water as its theme. These 6 are from New England. In order from the top, they are from: Maine, Maine, N.H., Maine, Mass., Mass. I had a lot of fun collecting and making them.
Burr, by Stephanie Shore
Wall Quilt 30 x 46
Machine Quilted, Fused
Central part of the medallion created as an exercise in a workshop with Sue Benner in 2015.
Pixels 3, by Stephanie Shore
Wall Quilt 36 x 36
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused, couched with ribbon
My work explores ways in which juxtapositions of value and color interact to determine what can be seen. This quilt is one of a series using repeated bisected circles.
Off to the Beach, by Nancy Soyring
Large Quilt 62 x 83
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I tried a new technique -- quilt-as-you-go blocks, put together with sashing. I used fabric scraps that reminded me of summertime. This quilt would be good for lounging around at the beach.
Rainbow Game, by Bee Quilt Spring Fling Getaway 2015
Large Quilt 68 x 80
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
At RSQ's Spring Fling Getaway we usually play a sewing game for fun. This year 4 teams had to work together to make rainbow blocks,of course, there were things that made the job tougher! It will be donated to benefit quilts after the show.
Stars of Provence, by Susan Staecker
Large Quilt 54 x 72
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I collected the Provence style fabrics in several countries, including France, over many years. The pattern for this quilt was designed by Diane Tomlinson for Fons and Porter.
Half Squares, by Susan Staecker
Wall Quilt 20 x 27
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Hand Quilted
The triangle squares were salvaged from the stitch-and-flip corners in other projects and the appliquéd borders were designed by my friend and teacher Cathy Berry.
Great Blue Heron, by Jean Stringham
Wall Quilt 24 x 29
Machine Pieced, Hand Quilted, Machine Quilted
This wall hanging is made from a photo I took last fall. The great blue heron is a frequent visitor to Hall's Pond in Brookline.
Pond Meets Sky, by Barbara Tarrh
Pattern Name: Twisted Bargello.
Wall Quilt 62 x 45
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
When our bee decided to do a bargello quilt as a challenge this year, I thought, "How hard can this be?" Several nervous breakdowns later, I'm happy to say I might consider another.
Kyushu Giboshi, by Beth Valliere
Pattern Name: Fire Island Hosta.
Large Quilt 70 x 70
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Linda Bevins
After visiting our son on the Japanese island of Kyushu, I decided to make this Quiltworx pattern, Fire Island Hosta, in Asian-inspired fabrics. The Japanese word "giboshi" means "hosta". I was happy to win one of 68 awarded third-place ribbons at the 2016 Vermont Quilt Festival.
Star Light, Star Bright, by Beth Valliere
Pattern Name: Prismatic Star.
Large Quilt 62 x 62
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Linda Bevins
This paper-pieced pattern by Quiltworx was challenging for color placement. I spent many hours choosing fabric strips to achieve an explosion of color.
Mediterranean Village, by Bethany Viens
Pattern Name: Happy Villages by Karen Eckmeier.
Wall Quilt 17 x 17
Machine Quilted, Fused
Our bee had a crayon challenge. I ended up with Copper Penny - definitely a color challenge for me. I'd wanted to try Karen Eckmeier's Happy Villages so I combined our bee challenge with the pattern to create something that reminds me of a Mediterranean seaside village.
My Love Has Come Along, by Lynn Vogt
Large Quilt 104 x 94
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
A wedding (now anniversary) gift eight years in the making and a labor of love. Adapted from Kim Diehl's pattern "Romance and Roses". I changed the block size and designed my own border. I also made pillow shams to match the border. My favorite quilt so far.
Bargello Whispers, by Lynn Vogt
Wall Quilt 55 x 40
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I chose a 2.5" pastel strip set as my “color palette” and added the dark purple and bright orange for emphasis. Using Eileen Wright’s “Twist and Turn” book for basic instruction and inspiration I made the strip sets and then cut and played until I had something I liked.
Whacked, by Bee Quilt WAQ
Wall Quilt 50 x 70
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Nancy Wasserman
This time we really whacked our way to this colorful quilt. Starting with a 10 1/2" square of light colored batik fabric, we whacked either a diagonal or straight cut and inset a 1/2" to 1" darker color batik strip. The blocks were passed around twice and a WAQ could do nothing or whack another cut and inset another strip.
This is WAQ's donation to the 2016 RSQ Benefit Quilts.
The WAQ's (Wednesday Afternoon Quilters of RSQ): Florence Baturin, Nancy Howard, Delores McCravy, Deb McKenna, Pam Turner, Nancy Wasserman, Sandy Whitecross, and Linda Whitehead.
Let's Make a Fort, by Nancy Wasserman
Large Quilt 80 x 80
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
Original design worked out in a Thomas Knauer workshop. Using Braille, color selection, block size and positioning, the quilt holds many special messages for my grandchild(ren) that goes beyond the initial "Modern Quilt" you see before you.
Contrast, Value, Complement, Tertiary, by Sandy Whitecross
Large Quilt 66 x 66
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt is the result of the Early Bird Mystery Color Quilt class of 2014 at the Button Box Shop. The class explored the impact of color choice, value selection and by using primary, secondary, tertiary colors and blenders all in the same block pattern, each of us created VERY different quilts. A study in Color.
Rags to Riches, by Sandy Whitecross
Original.
Large Quilt 68 x 80
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt is a combination of many, many fabrics, few of which were mine originally! RSQ members and other quilters cleaning out their stash have given me bags of scraps to create something. Starting with 8.5 inch pieced squares, I decided to do some cutting and re-positioning to come up with this design. I will definitely create others with this design!
Seeing Green, by Gail Willett
Wall Quilt 21.5 x 27
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I was visiting a friend in Vermont and we decided to have a quilting weekend camp. We wanted to do something completely different so I looked through my Gwen Marston books for inspiration.
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