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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.

 

 

 

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.  

 

 

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!

 

 

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.  

 

 

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!

 

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. 

 

 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.  

 

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!

 

 

This Rooster was made for Sandra Wucher's Critter Swap. This one is machine appliquéd.  The hen on the right  is needle turn appliqué.

 

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 pattern.

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!

 

 

 

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?

 

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!

 

 

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. 

 

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!

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.

 

 

This are pictures of a quilt made by Lucienne Spalding with blocks from a birdhouse swap I hosted.  

 

 

 

A great appliqué vest made by Judy Pallett

 

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