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- Total submissions: 39
- Total countries: 7
- Total provinces: 1
- Total states: 19
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3DTP By: Becky Johnson, Oregon, USA I created this quilt as part of a Tula Pink (fabric designer) challenge. We had to create a project that used her fabric or one of her patterns. It was the perfect opportunity to create a quilt from a pattern that was only in my mind, and to finally cut into my “Birds and Bees” fabric stash! Quilt size: width: 68" height: 82" |
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64 Reasons I love You By: Kerrie, Georgia, USA My Father in Law is always talking about being on the right side. He calls it the plus side (He’s a Preacher). That was my inspiration. All the colors intercept until they meet and make that colors plus. I decided to call it 64 reasons I Love You because there are 64 squares. Quilt size: width: 90" height: 90" |
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All About Me – Piecemakers’ Challenge By: “Bert” Klimas, Washington, USA Our guild challenge was themed All About Me. No rules other than to use the supplied small floral fabric. Techniques learned were faux piped binding and printing on fabric. I printed names of places I’ve lived, family members, pets that have owned me, hobbies, and placed my avatar in the center. Quilt size: width: 19" height: 19" |
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Athenas Puzzle By: Jean Romack, Wisconsin, USA Pattern Athena’s Puzzle by Janine Burke. All of the fabrics in this quilt came from Australia. I have a friend there that I met through a social network for sewers www,Connected Threadz. Long story short I emailed her a few of my original patterns and she sent me gorgeous fabrics from Australia. Quilt size: width: 98" height: 110" |
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Brown Star By: Claire Alexander, Oregon, USA The challenge was to draw two crayons and then using those colors plus a background, make a quilt of any size. I pulled a dark brown and a burgundy sort of color. I pulled every fabric that related to the two colors and started to design. Quilt size: width: 40" height: 60" |
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Bubblegum Square Dance By: Emma at Quilties, Iowa, USA My entry for Project Quilting 4:1 Square in a Square. I had these two yummy pink and brown stripe fabrics that when pieced diagonally in hourglass blocks make many squares in the square. Then I chose a few good coordinating solid squares, squares with cutouts and started the squares dancing! Quilt size: width: 28" height: 28" |
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Cat Tails By: Sandie, Florida, USA This was a quilt challenge I did at my favorite quilt shop, Country Crossroads, that was also an exchange. We had to use 2 colors plus an accent color. The pattern was a Billie Lauder mystery quilt called, “Twisted Tails”. Quilting was done by Bob Provencher at Country Crossroads. Quilt size: width: 42" height: 42" |
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City of Bridges By: Melissa, Pennsylvania, USA This quilt was made for the MQG Madrona Road Challenge. My guild decided on a “Roads & Bridges” theme (based on the Madrona Road story) so I went with an abstract suspension bridge design. I had a basic framework design and improvised based on the amount of fabric I had in each color. Quilt size: width: 40.5" height: 46.5" |
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Dazzling Diamonds By: Jen @ A Quilting Jewel, Massachusetts, USA I designed this paper pieced quilt for a challenge my guild – The Boston Modern Quilt Guild – held. We had to create a mini quilt in the colors of QuiltCon. I designed, pieced and quilted this mini quilt. Quilt size: width: 24" height: 24" |
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Farmer’s Daughter Sampler Quilt By: Starwood Quilter, Colorado, USA In 2010, I challenged myself to make appropriately-named quilt blocks to go with entries in my grandmother’s 400-page diary that she wrote in 1916, the year she turned 21. My completed quilt has 140 blocks in sizes ranging from 6″ square up to 12″ square. It was free-style quilted by Jane Heroux. Quilt size: width: 108" height: 115" |
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Galaxies Converge By: PersimonDreams, Wisconsin, USA Inspired by the Project QUILTING challenge, ‘Stars Over America.’ I took the challenge literally and created a converged galaxie quilt using printed fabrics and hand-dyed fabrics. Appliqueing stars and planets to blend the piece and adding angelina fibers to complete the look. Quilt size: width: 36" height: 36" |
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Garden Party By: Jill of Apple Avenue Quilts, Utah, USA I designed and made this quilt for my guild challenge. The requirement was that there had to be at least four snail trail blocks and there are exactly that. The quilt now hangs in my guest room. Quilt size: width: 35" height: 35" |
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Happy Times By: Lia*s Handmades, Germany This was my entry for the 3rd Project Quilting Challenge, Season 3, called “Tool Times”, February 2012. I called this ‘Happy Times’ and used sewing tools for the challenge theme because sewing helps me totally zone out and makes me happy. Quilt size: width: 34" height: 55" |
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Hundertwasser Inspired By: Dianna, United Kingdom In the summer of last year the London Modern Quilt Guild challenge was to create a quilt inspired by a piece of art. I was inspired by Hundertwasser as I think his use of colour and unique work really catches your eye. My mum also quilts and she thought it fabulous so I gave it to her for Xmas. Quilt size: width: 38″" height: 29″" |
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It ain’t necessarily so By: Margareta Vovk Calic, Slovenia This supposed to be my first caleidoscope quilt. Through the process it came to be somthing quiet different from my first plan. And such changes of plans are what I like the most when I am making quilts. Quilt size: width: 80" height: 80" |
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It’s a small, small world By: WebGurl, Ontario, Canada Theme of the challenge was: It’s a small world. I had seen a photo of a leaf-cutter ant, and was so impressed with the size of the leaves they were carrying compared to their body size. In fact there are 3 sizes: the largest defend the nest against intruders, while the smallest work inside the nest. Quilt size: width: 30" height: 17" |
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Log Cabin Broken Star By: Lavonna ZWB, Oregon, USA I usually prefer to hand quilt everything, however my DH challenged me with finishing my UFOs, so I needed a faster option. I have machine quilted it in “sections” – those sections making one giant log cabin design on the back of the quilt. It is still in process at 100″ – finished size to be 120″. Quilt size: width: 100" height: 100" |
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Maelstrom By: Another Jennifer, Wisconsin, USA I made this quilt for the ProjectQUILTING challenge with the theme squares in squares. I used recycled jeans for the pieced side. Quilt size: width: 44" height: 44" |
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March Winds By: Cindy, Maryland, USA My guild challenged the members to use the “guild block” which is a red, black, and yellow block. I was a new quilter and not good at points, so I decided to make an art quilt where I could make the block become a kite in the sky. The chickens have seed beads to eat so they don’t get hungry. Quilt size: width: 39" height: 39" |
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Marcia Squared By: Marcia, Wisconsin, USA Quilted Tablecloth created for the Project Quilting Season Four Challenge ONE — Square in a Square. Quilt size: width: 30" height: 46" |
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My February Fantasy By: Jo, Ohio, USA I made this for a guild challenge to create our own version of Sun Kissed Blossoms from May 2011 QNM. The quilts will be displayed at our April 2013 show. Participants swapped flowers. Mine are fused, then machine stitched with invisible thread. I used perle cotton for big stitch hand quilting. Quilt size: width: 40" height: 32" |
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Mysterie 2 By: Aliza, Zambia My first finished quilt ever, was a mystery quilt I joined in. My neighbour loved it so much, I had to make this one for her. Second time around I struggled so much, I almost chucked it out. If you look close, you can spot the mistake… Quilt size: width: 61" height: 74" |
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old man and the sea By: janine green, United Kingdom I made this mini quilt for the Colour My World Challenge with M-R at Quilt Matters last November. November’s colour was blue. The fish uses drunkards path blocks and the fisherman has tiny knitted clothes. Quilt size: width: 20" height: 20" |
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Opening By: Fiber Artist Journey, Washington, USA Our small art quilt group was challenged with making a quilt to represent the word “Opening”. My favorite flower, the Stargazer lily, immediately came to mind. This piece is completely freehand machine embroidered, then machine quilted with trapunto to make the flower stand out. Quilt size: width: 16" height: 10" |
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Pear Blossom By: Jan F, Illinois, USA We were to blindly choose two crayons and make a quilt using those colors and have the quilt represent a season. My colors were white and pale/spring green. My season is spring. This is the first quilt that I did any beading on. It is my own design. Quilt size: width: 20″" height: 16″" |
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Picture Day By: Karen@BBQuilts, Ontario, Canada I belong to a Fat Quarters of the Month club. I challenged myself to use each month’s offering of 10 coordinating FQs in a series of modern quilt designs. For this quilt I chose a design by Elizabeth Hartman called Picture Day. I used the FQs along with Essex linen in Ivory in this two sided design. Quilt size: width: 52" height: 52" |
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Pieces of the Past By: Everythingquilts, Kentucky, USA A true scrappy. I was asked to make a quilt for an over sized king with a thick mattress. She asked for one with lots of pieces with a larger secondary pattern. Her words were “old fashion with a modern twist done in dark colors”. This is made entirely of scraps, hence the name. more pics on blog. Quilt size: width: 125" height: 110" |
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Rainbow (MaggieB) By: MaggieB, North Carolina, USA I have always wanted to quilt, and this is my first attempt. My daughter who lives several states away from me asked for a quilt of these colors. It is made with fat quarters and jelly roll strips and it is a quilt as you go. I hope you like it. Quilt size: width: 24" height: 48" |
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Rainbow quilt (Turid Bakken) By: Turid Bakken, Norway We got a challange from Ellison Lane Quilts to use all our scraps to make log cabin blocks for a quilt. This is what I came out with. There were a lot of other beautiful quilts too. Quilt size: width: 40" height: 56" |
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Rose Trellis By: Pam in KC, Missouri, USA I participated in an “ugly” fabric challenge. The roses were cut from the challenge fabric, then machine appliqued onto the quilt top with invisible thread. Quilt size: width: 16" height: 24" |
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Signature Baby Quilt By: Jenny, Iowa, USA These blocks were made by my MIL and had guests at my baby shower sign them. I pieced and quilted the rest in time for my son’s first birthday! I just love it! Quilt size: width: 56" height: 56" |
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SPRING FLOWERS By: Linda Douglas, Montana, USA “Spring Flowers” is a square Wall Hanging designed for my pale yellow painted bedroom. It was indeed a ‘personal challenge’! As a beginning quilter, I designed and machine pieced it, not realizing that a one inch flying geese border would be a bit difficult for a learner! Fun but a real CHALLENGE! Quilt size: width: 14" height: 14" |
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Square Roots By: WaggonsWest, Missouri, USA Project Quilting Season 4 Challenge: Squares. Made from inherited blocks and yardage. The square in a square pattern is like an infinity mirror: past and future reflected together. The traditional feather quilting is a nod to the skill of those quilters under whose quilt frame I used to play. Quilt size: width: 21" height: 21" |
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the elegance of flowers By: Jeri McKay, Florida, USA a guild challenge called Lovely Bones where you work from suggestions in 4 stages. I did not care the end result so I covered my green lady in flowers. Quilt size: width: 18″" height: 42″" |
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The House That Jack Built By: Debra Wick, New York, USA My quilting guild challenge was to make something that has a man’s tie in it. I designed this small cotton and wool quilt using 1-inch strips, which included the ties, into a large log cabin block. The border was enhanced by a wool log house, gathered “tie” flowers, and wool embroidered flowers. Quilt size: width: 25.5" height: 25.5" |
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Turning 60 By: Debbie Clarke, South Carolina, USA In 2009, our guild challenge was to create a quilt that shared a memory. Based on a table runner design from a magazine, this quilt shares my life memories. I included 60 machine appliqued leaves with words of affirmation and things I love along the stems of the vine and around each leaf. Quilt size: width: 62" height: 70" |
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Wonky Gypsy Squares By: Lynn Provencher, Florida, USA I made this quilt for Project Quilting-Season 4. We had one week to “make and finish” anything quilted – the theme being Square in a Square. The blocks were made using charm squares. I made it for my Mom…she LOVES Pink! Visit my blog for a quickie tutorial (Jan 13th post). Quilt size: width: 21" height: 21" |
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Zig Zag Scrappy By: Lisa England, Kentucky, USA Made for Project QUILTING, Season 3, Challenge 6: Ziggin & a Zaggin Quilt size: width: 42" height: 64" |
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Zig Zag Twist By: Pam Geisel, Ohio, USA Made for Project Quilting in March 2012 where we had to make a Zig Zag quilt. I used multi-colored batik fabrics on a black background then “framed” the layout with multi-colored fabric mosaics. I then “framed” that by couching multi-colored yarn. Quilt size: width: 22" height: 25.5" |
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