Fiber Arts Show & Tell

Carole Z.'s quilt top

Carole Z.'s quilt top. Interesting technique that makes the quilt look fractured.

Closer look at the above quilt. Kind of makes your eyes dizzy to look at it.

Carole Z.'s circle quilt top.



Barb G.'s pillow top. Her mom passed away recently and Barb made pillows out of her mom's shower curtain. She added a green fabric behind the cutwork and added some lace trim. What a nice way to remember her mom.

Emma's tee-shirt pillow. Emma painted this tee-shirt (that was her husband's tee-shirt) and recently turned it into a pillow.

Emma's sweatshirt pillow. Emma had painted this on a sweatshirt and then recently made it into a pillow.

Little quilt.

Paper doll quilt.

Backing fabric for the paper doll quilt above. This fabric is doll houses, how cute.

Small sunflower quilt.

Gloria S.'s quilt top. Gloria used scraps of squares to create some blocks and the other blocks are from a panel that was intended for making a cloth book for a child. Gloria turned it into a quilt instead of a book.

Closer look at Gloria's quilt top.

Dolores P. made dog scarves.

Bobbie P. made a quilt for her dad.

Bobbie P. also made a quit for her mom.

Bobbie P. holding her granddaughter.

Gloria teaching us how to make the 3-D Bowtie quilt block.

My bowtie block on the left and Shirley B.'s on the right.

Ann V.'s bowtie block.

 

UFO Group Show & Tell

Linda's pumpkin made using a roll of toliet paper. You can find directions to make one on 3 different sites: here, and here and here.

Top view of pumpkin.

Linda's framed ribbon embroidery.

Gloria's cats.

Gloria's reverse applique.

Shirley's tiny yo-yos for a doll bed.

Mistakes in Quilt Patterns

Quilts in the Barn wrote a long posting about mistakes printed in her quilt pattern. A magazine printed the wrong cutting measurements and the posting she wrote is a good lesson to everyone who makes quilts. Always cut only for one block to test the pattern for accuracy! It's also a good idea to make one block to see how you like the colors/fabric that you chose too before cutting out all the pieces for an entire quilt.

Fiber Arts Show & Tell

Cynthia's bag. (see the whole bag 2 photos down)

Another bag by Cynthia. (I like that fabric)

This is the same bag as the first bag above.

Another bag from Cynthia. (I totally understand the bag making/using addiction!)

Dolores' kitchen towel that looks like a child's dress. Click here for a tutorial on how to make these cute kitchen towels. They make great gifts.

Beautiful notebook cover made by Jeanne and given to Gloria as a gift. Gloria said it was way too beautiful to use!

Gloria finished her New Mexico Kitchen quilt (using only 4 blocks). This is a Pam Wolf design pattern. Beautiful job!

Gloria's kimono. (This will be a class taught in October, with prep work done in September)

Gloria's kimono too.

Judy's Funky Chicken close-up. So cute!

Judy's Funky Chickens.

Julie's batik quilt.

Julie's pillow. (Fossil Fern fabric)

Julie's Double Wedding Ring quilt...wow! (Love those bright colors Julie)

Julie's quilt.

Bobbie's show and tell: her new grandson. Look at him strumming that guitar. Could he be a future rock star?

Linda L.'s quilt block. Wow Linda you are really getting good at piecing! Just look at those star points.

Linda teaching how to do silk ribbon embroidery. It was a fun class.

Linda's stitches. These were the stitches Linda taught us in the class. Silk ribbon felt a bit different than using embroidery floss or perle cotton.

Okay I had to show you this. I was slicing apples that we grew and was slicing to dehydrate some. I sliced the bottom of the apple and look what a perfect star it is! Nature is so cool!

UFO Group Show & Tell

Emma's quilt front...



Emma's quilt back.

 

Gloria made this quilt using only 4 blocks from Pam Wolf's New Mexico Kitchen pattern.

Linda L.'s sweatshirt in progress.

Shirley's miniature quilt. Look at those tiny triangles and squares!