Quick stats:
- Total submissions: 22
- Total countries: 8
- Total provinces: 2
- Total states: 8
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A Bugs Life By: Toni, New Zealand I attended a class to learn the techniques for this quilt, and I loved making all the bugs and butterflies. Applique, quilting and embroidery made this quilt a delight to make. Quilt size: width: 32" height: 36" |
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A Butterfly Quilt By: Katie Wiseman, West Virginia, USA This quilt was made to be donated to “missions of love” – Comfort Quilts for Japan. The Japanese have given me so much inspiration over the years my heart just aches for them! I accented each butterfly with thread painting and quilted a butterfly panto in the borders. ;c) Quilt size: width: 50″" height: 60″" |
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Alone among us By: Eva Johansen, Norway This quilt was made for a competition in The Norwegian Quilt Association and it is my own design. I got no prize. The birds are made of white and black cotton and stuffed with batting, the background fabrics are all batiks. Quilt size: width: 30" height: 30" |
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Aviary Friends By: Quiltalicious, California, USA Made as a challenge quilt in class. We were given a technique to or block to use each month. The birds and cat are all paper pieced and embellished with real feathers. Quilt size: width: 36" height: 36" |
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British Birdfair By: Turid Bakken, Norway I make a quilt for British Birdfair every year to be sold at the auction. British Birdfair raise money to protect birds all over the world. I’m looking forward to the birdfair, and to meet all my friends there. Quilt size: width: 23" height: 34" |
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Caterpillar By: Susan Shamekh, United Arab Emirates This was a quilt made for my friend’s grandchild. I really enjoyed watching the caterpillar grow as I sewed the blocks together! Quilt size: width: 40" height: 52" |
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Chickens on the Farm By: Kathryn Duke, North Carolina, USA I walked into Archangels Quilt Store in Raleigh, NC about 7-8 years ago and saw a sample using chicken fabrics. I thought it was just too cute. So, I purchased my first fabrics on line and began to create my version!! This was my first time using the prairie points to adorn the edges of my quil Quilt size: width: 42" height: 58" |
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Crow Time By: Dinah Tackett, New Mexico, USA I am made this for a friend who LOVES Crows. The Crow is a fabric painting, raw edged appliqued and padded onto the background fabric, which is stenciled and couched with metallic thread. Quilt size: width: 20" height: 20" |
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Dragonfly By: corina, Manitoba, Canada I made this little quilt in a class taught by Michelle Dobrin. It was the first time I tried thread sketching. I’ve used free motion quilting, thread sketching, applique and fabric paint. I have to say that this was the most fun I ever had in a class! Quilt size: width: 8" height: 10" |
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Dragonfly Garden By: Betty Rollinson, North Carolina, USA This was my first attempt at stained glass pieceing. It is all hand stitched and hand quilted. The pattern is by The pattern was by Three Swans Studio. It took me one year to complete. Quilt size: width: 29" height: 42" |
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Grandpa’s Hollyhocks By: Myra, Manitoba, Canada Original pattern name is “Hollyhocks and Hummers”, by Nancy Murty of Bee Creative Studio. I call mine “Grandpa’s Hollyhocks”, as I recall my dear grandfather growing these wonderfully tall flowers beside his house, and the Hummingbirds coming to them… Made for my parents, a 50th anniversary gift. Quilt size: width: 26″" height: 41″" |
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Grasshoppers Spiders and Bees Oh My By: Mama Jean, Oregon, USA I love making quilts from the not so ordinary side of life. Day of the Dead, Pirates and Skulls so it just seemed that bugs were the way to go. I also love working in bright vibrate colors and this sweet little quilt was born. Not everyone likes pink and blue…. Quilt size: width: 33" height: 35" |
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Ladybugs and Zebras By: Jessica Mirasol, Virginia, USA I made this quilt for my 4-year-old daughter. She loves ladybugs! I let her pick all of the materials herself so it ended up quite bright, but it suits her perfectly! Quilt size: width: 60" height: 88" |
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Lazy Afternoon By: Sylvia S, Georgia, USA I love dragonflies, and I had the center batik which also has dragonflies on it for quite some time because I couldn’t bear to cut it up-until I found this pattern by Quilt Design Northwest, which I thought would showcase it nicely. The technique is continuous line machine applique, and was a pain! Quilt size: width: 22" height: 28" |
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Love bugs By: beaquilter, North Carolina, USA this was part of a block swap, I then added the sashing and machine appliqued my own love bugs. Quilt size: width: 54" height: 54" |
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MOMS BACKYARD By: JANET, New Jersey, USA I made this quilt for my Mom as a thank you for all of the support that she gives to me.It features all of the birds in my Moms backyard Quilt size: width: 52" height: 52" |
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my winged beauties By: Doreen Kennedy, Ontario, Canada My passion is hummingbirds! Since I started quilting I seem to collect more! Quilt size: width: 18" height: 18" |
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Teal Dragonfly By: Rona Keith, New Zealand Last in a series of dragonflies that I’ve made. Inspiration came from Katie Pasquini Masopust’s ‘Ghost Layers and Color Washes’, a technique that I have enjoyed exploring. I suspect I have a few more quilts to explore! Quilt size: width: 30" height: 30" |
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The Audition By: LuAnn Kessi, Oregon, USA The is a mixed media art quilt. Quilt size: width: 14" height: 18" |
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Tulips and Hummingbirds By: Sara Johnston, Australia This is the first quilt I ever made. My mum has been making quilts for a very long time, so I guess eventually the desire to make one developed and I went for it! I chose these fabrics because I love wildlife and natural places, and bright colours are definitely my thing. Quilt size: width: 56" height: 63" |
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Waiting for Spring By: Maggi, United Kingdom Photograph of birch trees and a blackbird, printed onto cotton. Overlaid with hand dyed silk organza and free machine quilted. A journal quilt inspired by watching both the birds and the trees as they waited for spring to return Quilt size: width: 8" height: 11" |
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Water birds By: Margeeth, Netherlands Quilt made with patterns designed by Heleen Pinkster. Quilt size: width: 40" height: 40" |
Okay, I think this gets harder to pick only one each week. This set of quilts is so diverse. Even if a quilt doesn’t win, the makers should all be proud of their work.
There are some very detailed quilts here, but I think my favorite by far is the dragonfly…awesome! If I would have been allowed more than one vote, it would have went like this…
mom’s backyard
lazy afternoon
butterfly quilt
grandpa’s hollyhocks
british birdfair
Incredible work!!
Holy cow, that was a hard decision! There are several that deserve top honors!!!! they are all beautiful and I love reading the stories that go with ’em!! Thank you ALL for submitting such inspirational works of art!!!!
Thanks to all the fantastic quilters who participated. All these quilts are winners!
Wow! I had a really hard time voting for just one. I agree with everything that’s been said. I love birds and dragonflies and the details and workmanship in the bugs was fantastic. Kudos to all the quilters.
That was a tough vote – reeeally wanted to vote for 3 of them!
To me, ‘The Caterpillar’ is the best one, it holds the most colour, is full of cheerfullness. And its design holds the eye, guiding it along the image. Im not a fan of flys, dragon flys are dirty and spread disease and ducks live in their own muck. But a caterpillar turns in to abeautifull butterfly- i love that quilt.
i love katie’s butterfly quilt! the butterflies are so colorful and each one so unique. it matches everything no matter where you put it:) also a great cause. beautiful quilt katie!
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Michele
All are great quilts, love Chickens on the farm best.