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Baby Bryce By: Afton,
New Mexico, USA
I designed this quilt using pictures of my son, his footprints & handprints, a lock of hair from his first haircut, a clock embellishment set to his birth time and a measuring tape cut to his birth length to commemorate his newborn stage. It’s hard to believe he was ever so small now that he’s 3.
Quilt size: width: 31.5" height: 36"
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Bea’s Stitches By: Lady Locust,
Oregon, USA
This is Bea. Her son and d-i-l are dear friends & are now 93 & 89 years old. In this little book are my hand copied illustrations of her stitches. This is to honor and remember her & give her the credit she is due though she is no longer with us. I realize it’s not a quilt, but it’s for us CQers.
Quilt size: width: 6.5" height: 8.75"
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Black and White By: Rita,
Missouri, USA
This is my first Dresden, I decided to make it modern. I took scrapes from all the quilts I’ve made so far, I also scattered some little leafs of the plates around to make it fun. Hope you enjoy it, I loved making it.
Quilt size: width: 48" height: 52"
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CIRCLES OF LIFE By: Jean,
Ohio, USA
This quilt was shown in Fons & Porter Magazine and made from old yard sale fabrics that were 36″ wide. The sashing is from an old quilt that needed to be torn apart and redone. It is machine appliqued and quilted.
Quilt size: width: 37" height: 54"
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College T-Shirt Quilt By: Holly Elam,
Alabama, USA
I made this quilt for a young lady who sent me her t-shirts from college. It was the first one that I free motion quilted all over.
Quilt size: width: 65" height: 85"
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Colorful Memories of Mom By: Karen K. at Fireball Quilts,
Utah, USA
I made this memory quilt with fabric from ~40 of my mother’s shirts. The collection, partly found in a bag in the basement, spans at least four decades. It’s precious to me, even the piece with paint splatters. The fabrics remind me of so many wonderful times with my Mom. I quilted it using FMQ.
Quilt size: width: 25" height: 36.5"
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Farm Memories By: Sam,
Saskatchewan, Canada
Displayed on the back of the quilt are 6 ‘memory’ blocks made for my great grandmother for her 80th Birthday quilt, representing my granny’s children. I re purposed them for the back of the bed runner I made for my Granny for her 80th birthday. All 18 blocks are different and symbolize our family.
Quilt size: width: 82" height: 24"
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Fractured Batiks By: Kelly Kreft,
Colorado, USA
The design is based on Ricky Tims’ Kool Kaleidoscope tutorial. This is done all in batiks and there are 18 different colors of threads used. When my mom passed away, quilting this was my therapy at the end some very rough days. Needless to say, this has a special place in my heart and my home.
Quilt size: width: 54" height: 54"
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Graduation 2014 By: KT,
California, USA
Made from hand dyed batiks. This is just the top, I am still working on the back, as it will be a graduation quilt for my little sister who loves bright colors. I have a little one so this is the only picture I could get without him all over it!
Quilt size: width: 69" height: 85"
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I Will Wear Purple By: Needled Mom,
California, USA
My sister and I made this quilt for our mom’s 80th birthday. It has 80 envelops that we had filled with letters from her family and friends recalling their memories of their love and friendship with our mother over the years. It was a huge hit.
Quilt size: width: 64" height: 76"
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Lilah’s Memory By: Cheryl Hartzog,
Florida, USA
When a Great granddaughter was born with Brittle Bone Disease. the parents were told she would not live very long , they only gave her days. She lived 3 months and 12 days. I printed pictures, orbit and a poem with her favorite butterflies, covered with plastic folders, fancy stitched around each.
Quilt size: width: 34" height: 46"
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Mom’s Memory Quilt By: Bobbi Wodtli,
Washington, USA
My father passed away in 2010. I made this quilt from many of his shirts. At his memorial service, I had muslin triangle blocks that people signed which are incorporated into the blocks. Some pieces even have the shirt pockets and buttons left. The pocket of one is on the back holding a photo.
Quilt size: width: 50" height: 60"
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My Dear Sweet Friend By: Bunny,
Ontario, Canada
I made this Portrait Quilt for my friend’s daughter. My friend passed away June 4/10,and I miss her. Making this portrait of her reminded me of how much fun we had quilting together. It hangs in her daughter’s home and she loves it. Marilyn Bedford was the teacher at QU. an amazing teacher.
Quilt size: width: 30" height: 32"
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My Family Heritage By: Karen Stenback,
California, USA
The flags in this quilt depict my heritage: In descending order, they are: American, Finnish, Saami, and Swedish. I made this quilt for a Challenge in my guild. It is an original pattern. It is machine appliqued and quilted.
Quilt size: width: 30" height: 36"
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My Tag By: Pam Gonzalez,
Illinois, USA
This is a quilt I made from taking a photo of a washer that’s in one of my gardens. I printed it on fabric, painted it, thread painted it and did some hand embroidery. It was fun to make. It’s a Magtag wringer washer but I call it My Tag.
Quilt size: width: 13" height: 15"
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Nancy’s Candy Jar Shelf By: Heather Pearson,
Ontario, Canada
I filled these shelves with all sort of memories of my sister’s adventures around the world, specially her favourite candies. Also shows her world travelling bunny, Barlow, and her cowboy boot . The books on the top have real titles of books representing her life’s activities
Quilt size: width: 50" height: `70"
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Oma’s Gartendecke/ Grandma’s Garden Quilt By: Sylvia Mölls,
Germany
This Quilt I made for my Grandmother. She loves the garden, but is already 98 years old. If she can not work in the garden any more, she will have the Quilt to comfort her. It is a design from Pearl Pereira, hand-applique, hand-quilted, hand stitching in Hungarian, Grandmother is from Hungary.
Quilt size: width: 65" height: 90"
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Opa Decke / Grandpa Quilt By: Flickenstichlerin,
Germany
The quilt was made for my father’s 70th birthday and resembles all the important things in his life. Ice-cream, locomotives, his three children, my mother with him, church, his work at a light bulb factory and him as a handyman around the house. Quilt is machine pieced, appliqued and quilted.
Quilt size: width: 65" height: 90"
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Our Secret Garden By: Karen Giles,
Michigan, USA
This was a 50th anniversary quilt for my parents. Everyone was in on the secret when I sent out for comments from family and friends, which were scanned in for the border of the quilt. Included were lace framed portraits and doilies made by my grandmother. Tears were shed by my mom/quilt buddy.
Quilt size: width: 80" height: 90"
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PaPa’s Western Shirts By: Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation,
Tennessee, USA
This quilt is made from my grandfather’s shirts. He is in the end stages of Alzheimer’s, and is now in a nursing home. My grandmother asked if I would take his shirts and make four quilts, one for each of their sons. This is the first and will go to my Dad as a special reminder of his father.
Quilt size: width: 60" height: 60"
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Spring quilt By: Tove Sherling,
Norway
This quilt I happened because of one block I made, and I Liked the colors. I made more blocks. All different just to try different techniques. A few of them are known, some stars and hexagons. The rest I designed myself. I just had fun with colors and shapes. Just one block at the time.
Quilt size: width: 48" height: 50"
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Stars in the Loft By: Karen H,
Ontario, Canada
While not made in memory, it is a memory of my Dad. We shared a love of art. I was almost finished this quilt when he fell ill. I rushed to finish so he could see it before he died. He smiled & nodded when he saw it. Each time I see the quilt I think of my Dad and what a great dad he was.
Quilt size: width: 86" height: 95"
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surrounded By: Glenda Penner,
British Columbia, Canada
My friend shared some fabric bits and pieces with me that had been amongst her mother’s things after her death. I knew when I saw the embroidered girl that I would make a little quilt to give back to her. My friend lives surrounded by vineyards now, hence the grapes and vine.
Quilt size: width: 15" height: 15"
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Swan Godess By: Lee Franklin,
Florida, USA
My tribute to Laurel Birch, from her book “Legends”. She is missed.
Quilt size: width: 40" height: 40"
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Sylvia & Louise By: Lynda DeTray,
Ohio, USA
I made my Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler (Sylvia & Louise) in the year after my mother’s passing. The quilt is held together with thread and tears. My mom got me interested in all kinds of needlework from the time I was young and this quilt is in memory of her.
Quilt size: width: 88" height: 106"
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ward Wilson By: Mary Schilke,
Vermont, USA
This is a portrait I made of my neighbor Ward Wilson. A rarity in this day and age I live in a neighborhood where we socialize and dine together on a weekly basis. After a long fight with cancer Ward has left the neighborhood.This is an original design , fused, painted,machine quilted
Quilt size: width: 24" height: 36"
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Waves By: Ella & Nesta,
Italy
This quilt was made after following a course by Roberta Sperandio. The technique is called “Tidal Curves” and consists in cutting more than one layer of fabric with freehand curves. It’s really fun and effective.
Quilt size: width: 20.9" height: 20.9"
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My favorite summertime meal is probably barbecue chicken, potato salad, sweet corn on the cob, watermelon, fruit cobbler, and lemonade. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!
when we camp in summer my favorite meal is
fried fish, fried potatoes,onion & cucumber marinated in vinegar solution, pork& beans, and watermelon for dessert.
My favourite summertime dinner would be grilled chicken and grilled mixed vegetables with a fresh green salad. For dessert a rhubarb and strawberry pie with crumbles together with vanilla ice cream or custard. Yummy! And very Swedish! :)
I love potato salad with fried eggs at the side! Yumm!
My favorite summertime meal is chicken or shrimp kabobs on the grill, along with corn on the cob, fresh vegetables from the garden, strawberry shortcake for dessert and sweet tea for a beverage.
BBQ chicken, cottage cheese with tomato slices, homemade ice cream and fresh strawberries from my strawberry patch! :)
My favorite summertime dinner is steaks on the grill.
HI! MY FAVORITE SUMMER MEAL BBQ CHICKEN,CORN ON THE COB,GREEN SALAD, WATERMELON!
I like anything grilled on the barbeque with fresh veggie side dishes. Stuffed grilled mushrooms are a favourite too.
I love anything fresh from the garden, salad greens, herbs…being vegan I just can’t wait for fresh.
Nothing like a hotdog at the ballpark!
Fresh tomato, basil and mozz cheese w/balsamic vinegar. YUMMY!
Fresh veggies from the garden are my very favorite. The flavor is so much better than store bought.
My favorite summer meal is Moroccan Lentil Salad and a glass of a crisp white wine. The “lentil salad a bit like stone soup because after you add the chick peas, tomatoes, sweet peppers in three colors, jalapenos, cilantro and lime … you hardly notice that there are lentils in it.
Summers in South Texas can be brutally hot, so we love nuthin’ better than some salad, tomatoes & corn straight from the garden. Very refreshing, especially when paired with sweet lemonade made with lemons picked right off the tree outside our bedroom window. mmmmhhm!
Roast chicken and salad! thanks for a super giveaway.
My favourite summer dinner is barbecued steak, baked potato (on the BBQ) and Caesar salad.
Hambergers on the grill with fresh corn on the cob, coleslaw and blueberry pie!
Wow, outstanding quilts, as usual. I love the 2 that are portraits–how unusual!
I think my fav Summertime dinner is grilled steak and grilled corn on the cob!! The quilts this week are outstanding. It was so hard to just pick four!!
sumtertime dinner: cold fried chicken, potato salad, off the vine sugar snap peas, watermelon!
great quilts. love them all. thanks
Home mad patties & veggies cooked on the BBQ by my husband – with a homemade potato salad with home grown tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce hmmmmmmmmmm I can taste it now :)
I love egg salad sandwiches for a summertime lunch.
hamburgers and watermelon!
BBQ chicken, sweet corn on the cob and watermelon. Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth. I won the Saral paper once before. Absolutely love it. It great for marking letters on wool applique. Also use it for tole painting. Love you Miska, so if you pick me give it to someone else. I bought a whole role after trying out my win.
corn on the cob and BBQ hamburgs…followed by ice cream…yum yum…
Those portrait quilts are outstanding!
Hamburgers and hot dogs and chicken wings on the barbecue!
Corn on the cob with butter and pepper and a big side of fresh sliced tomatos with basil!
This is an easy one….there is nothing like a tomato picked fresh off the plant…and of course I luv potato salad…two of my favorite summer foods. Happy stitching everyone!!
Beautiful quilts!
I like cold mint tea.
Barbecue chicken would be my favorite. And my husband would have to have potato salad to go with that, no mustard, please.
My family loves Oriental Chicken Salad. I grill the chicken breast, slice and lay on top the bok choy mixed veggies with toasted Ramen noodles. Good stuff.
My favorite summer time meal would be potato salad and chicken. Thanks for the chance.
My favorite summer meal – cool chicken salad with a crusty roll, with tomato, cucumber & onion salad – eat it in the shade or on the back porch – YUM!! too hot to cook!!
I also have to say, this was one of the hardest weeks to vote. After reading each story, I wanted to vote for each of them!!
My favorite summertime meal is grilled fish or chicken with veggie kabobs and watermelon & berries for dessert.
My favorite summer dinner is pork chops cooked on the grill with cool sides of either potato salad or cucumber salad.
Ribs and corn on the cob, with a cold glass of tap beer
Barbeque ribs and chicken and steak. Any and all, we are easy to please and my family eats what ever is served!
My favorite meals in summer are full of fresh veggies like corn on the cob, fried squash, sliced tomatoes, cucumber salad etc.
My favorite summertime meal is barbeque chicken, fresh tomatoes/onion/oregano salad, corn on the cob, and watermelon.
Tender steaks on the barbecue, sweet corn, cucumber salad, and vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries on the top.
I love barbecue steak, with mushrooms and potatoe. and of course icecream for desert.
My favorite summer meal is tomato sandwiches, sourdough bread, home grown tomatoes and Duke’s mayonnaise. Yum!
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My favorite dinner is Bacon, lettuce, and fresh tomato sandwiches!! Yum!!!
I love grilled pork chops!!
My favorite summertime dinner is lobsters, steamers, mussels, and corn. Heaven!
fried okra – creamed corn – sliced
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