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The pattern is called:
Color wash Wreath and
Ribbon by Carol Porter
The pattern
gives instructions for strip piecing the design but I used a new
product called Quilt Fuse which is a lightweight fusible interfacing
with 2" grid.
You can use
any color wash or watercolor pattern with Quilt Fuse. You could
also use any cross-stitch pattern but you might want to use the tiny
grid fusible or your quilt will be huge.
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This is a
block I made for a Twenty Plenty swap I joined. I represented the
USA and because I'm from Alabama (home of Mardi Gras) and live in
south Louisiana (Mardi Gras Maniacs!), I thought this was an
appropriate design.
I drew the
mask and fused it down. I then stitched bias tape for stained glass
effect. The feathers on top are done with a decorative stitch on my
machine.
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This is a
picture of a chatelaine that Linda Bishop made. It's from
instructions that I wrote. I'm hoping to write a pattern for it
some day.

This is Linda
showing off a beautiful quilt she made that is hanging in the post
shoppe in Thames, New Zealand where she is the manager.

Here is a
photo of a fabulous quilt that she hand quilted. It has the
chatelaine draped over the top of the hoop. Very talented lady!

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This
is a technique from a book called
Fabric
Collage Quilts by Joanne Goldstein.

This piece is
still being worked on and probably will be for a very long time..
It's an updated Broderie Perse technique using fusible appliqué and
then adding hand embellishment with floss, perle cotton, buttons,
beads, etc.
The
stems and bow are done with Bias Bars.
For some reason people
are terrified of trying this. It is wonderfully easy and so much
fun!
These
are some close-ups of the collage bouquet. I've added some silk
ribbon embroidery to the bow and a few glass beads.

Flowers and
leaves were button hole stitched. Some flowers have pearl beads,
bugle beads, French knots, etc. for embellishment.


The lilies
have double bullion knots for the pistols and French knots for the
stamen. At least I think that's what the flower parts are. :-)
This technique is tons of fun. I hope you'll give it a try!
There is still
a lot of work to be done but I'll have to do that later.
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The beginner
class I used to teach uses the book Basic Guide To Rotary Cut Quilts
by Fons and Porter. It is a great book for anyone to add to their
library. You can teach yourself to quilt by using this book!
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This is the
quilt I made for my niece Leigh as a wedding gift. I used a
combination of Hoffman and Thimbleberries fabrics. No particular
pattern. I just made it up as I went along. That's my bad nephew
JJ on the left. Dear niece Cherish is standing behind the quilt.
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This
quilt top is from Easy Strip Pieced Tulips by Eleanor Burns. It's
in the Quilt In A Day series. The only thing I did differently was
to make my tulips all alike instead of having 3 different colors of
tulips.

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This quilt was
made by Judy DeMeire from blocks she received in Round I of
Millennium Time in a Bottle. Beautiful!
This block was
originally designed by Debbie Kauffunger and is traditional pieced
pattern. Debbie gave me permission to do a paper piecing
translation of her pattern. You might call this block...the block
heard around the world....as its popularity in swaps was
unbelievable!
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This Rooster
was made for Sandra Wucher's Critter Swap. This one is machine
appliquéd. The hen on the right is needle turn appliqué.
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This is a
block I made for Sandra Wucher's Critter Swap. The theme for this
round was Farm Critters. This design came from the Chanteclaire
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This
beautiful quilt on the left is the creation of my friend, Toni
Carringer. She was in Round I of Millennium Time in a Bottle and
this is how she used her blocks! The bottles are all made using
Millennium theme fabric. Absolutely stunning!
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This quilt
pattern is the
Faux Log Cabin by Billie Lauder.
This quilt is
*tremendous* and is made entirely of greens and creams from the
Thimbleberries Collection by Lynette Jensen for RJR. This picture
almost looks like a drawing, but this is the real quilt top!
I'm thinking
about adding appliqué vines and leaves to the neutral areas. What
do you think?
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My
Stack-n-Whack quilt made from the Moda Lighthouse fabric. Thanks to
Bethany Reynolds for creating such a great idea! I was lucky enough
to come across a whole bolt of this fabric recently for a cool
price!
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This is the
very first Round Robin I participated in. I made the center block
from a pattern by Piecemakers. My friend Myrlene Pertuit added the
checkerboard with heart corner round.
Martha Roach
added the next round and Auline Dunn added the final round. Don't
you just love her Bluebirds of Happiness?
Christi Cook
hand quilted it for me. It hangs over the love seat in my family
room. This quilt is a treasure to me.
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This is the
second Round Robin I joined. Again I made the center block. Jan
Stogner added the round with the Snowman, Angel (carrying a cat of
course!), Mary Toups added the round with houses and trees and
Martha Roach added the final round. I haven't finished this one yet
but you can be sure it will have a place of honor in my home! |
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This quilt was
made by Sue Trepte. We were in a Sampler Swap together with several
other quilters from all over the country. Each member started with
a packet of fabrics that were to be the theme of her blocks. The
packets were mailed round robin style and each member made a block
when she received the packet. She used some of the theme fabrics
and added some of her own. The completed block was then mailed to
the owner of the packet and the packet went on to the next person in
the group. This quilt is from the blocks Sue received in the
swap. I *think* I made the block that is second from the bottom on
the far left. |

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This are
pictures of a quilt made by Lucienne Spalding with blocks from a
birdhouse swap I hosted.
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A great
appliqué vest made by Judy Pallett
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