Quick stats:
- Total submissions: 23
- Total countries: 4
- Total provinces: 4
- Total states: 11
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90 Squares of a Curious Nature By: Heather Acton, Saskatchewan, Canada This was made for our Uncle Reg on his 90th birthday. I used exactly 90 squares made up of Curious Nature fabrics and white squares with printed photos from Reg’s life. Auntie Eileen did the embroidery. Uncle Reg is an amazing man and you’d never guess his age. He’s a World War II hero, too. Quilt size: width: 54" height: 69" |
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Blue Ribbon Quilt By: Pam Geisel, Ohio, USA This quilt is made using 86 ribbons that the customer’s daughter won at horse shows competitions. The ribbons were appliqued to a quilt sandwich and the final quilt weights 3.5 pounds Quilt size: width: 41" height: 46" |
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Come Together By: kc, Texas, USA This quilt represents the interests of my friend’s son & his new wife. There are 42 embroidered or appliqued blocks set in an attic window style. Each block represents him, his wife, or their life together. It was presented to them on their first anniversary & they loved it! It was my 2nd quilt. Quilt size: width: 112" height: 112" |
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Discovery 1492 By: Kaaren Biggs, Ontario, Canada This was a challenge entry in 1992 celebrating the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of America. A particular line of fabric was required and I learned a new technique for piecing long narrow points. We were in Florida for that winter and I was very surprised to win first prize! Quilt size: width: 34" height: 30" |
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Dixon’s Wedding Quilt By: Mary Manson, North Carolina, USA My parents have been married for 63 years. Mother gave me her wedding dress last year, and I made this quilt from the dress. It’s satin with lace overlays, and machine quilted. A wedding photo and invitation were printed on fabric and sewn on the back. They love it, it hangs in their dining room. Quilt size: width: 52" height: 52" |
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Elephants By: Lies Bos-Varkevisser, Netherlands I made this quilt in commission as a remembrance of someone’s late husband. The quilt is made of his neckties, all with an elephant print, combined with regular cotton prints. The quilt is quilted with eleven swallows. The fly from the right to the left and are quilted with a silver thread. Quilt size: width: 78" height: 40" |
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Flight of the Monarchs By: Cynthia Zoller, New Hampshire, USA Each year millions of monarch butterflies travel up to 2,000 miles to winter in the Oyamel forests of Central Mexico. This quilt was made to honor that monumental flight. Quilt size: width: 50" height: 50" |
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Getting Along By: Penny, North Carolina, USA I have named my quilt “Getting Along”… since this is one of my favorite photos of my kids and it was a rare day because they were actually getting along with each other. This quilt was machine appliqued and free motion quilted by me. In total it took about 24 hours to complete, start to finish. Quilt size: width: 31" height: 24" |
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Hearts Desire. My Christchurch Commemoration By: Jenny in NZ, New Zealand Esther Aliu Mystery BOM. Quilt size: width: 75" height: 75" |
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Holding on to Memories By: Anita Bidulka, British Columbia, Canada I had to do some major digging to find pictures. The fabrics are all related to the people, including my mother’s wedding dress fabric around their picture, this was my first attempt at a quilt like this, it will be around for many years I hope. A keepsake to be passed on. Quilt is double sided. Quilt size: width: 74" height: 90" |
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ice skate By: wildflowers, Illinois, USA ice skates/made for grand daughter for her ice skate/only been skating 2 years and has won 1st and 2nd in all competitions Quilt size: width: 80" height: 102" |
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JJ Anniversary By: Eileen Kane, North Carolina, USA My daughter designed this logo for her wedding. We had it on the “save the date”, the announcement, the blog, the invitation you name it! For their 1st anniversary, I took the logo, enlarged it and made this piece for them. It’s hangs proudly in Jenn & Jason’s living room. Quilt size: width: 20" height: 24" |
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Little Cowboys By: Tina Gilley, Florida, USA I made the blocks a few years ago with a local bee. It was on my ufo list for this year. I moved it to the first of the list to complete to celebrate the birth of my grandson Grant. Quilt size: width: 39" height: 45.5" |
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Marie’s Life By: auntie chris, New York, USA Quilt was made commemorating my sister.Blocks are all pertinent to her,jazz lover,horse lover,New York block etc.Photo transfer picture is of our parents wedding day.It is heavily embellished with beads, bows,trims.Sorry the photos are pre – digital age so they are scanned images. Quilt size: width: 65" height: 82" |
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Mom’s 70th birthday quilt By: Katy(LethargicLass), Ontario, Canada This is the first quilt I ever made and it was for my Mom’s 70th birthday. I had family and friends from all over the world sign blocks and made the back up with them all. Quilt size: width: 45" height: 60" |
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My Dear Edith version of Dear Jane By: Patti MacKinnon, Ontario, Canada I made this quilt in memory of my mother who taught me a lot about sewing, but she wasnt around long enough to enjoy my quilting endeavors. The block patterns came from Brenda Papadakis’ book: “Dear Jane: The Two Hundred Twenty-Five Patterns from the 1863 Jane A. Stickle Quilt.” ®. Quilt size: width: 98" height: 98" |
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Pawprints for Tammy By: Paule-Marie, Arizona, USA This quilt was made for my boss who is a cancer survivor. When she thought it was back, we gathered ‘pawprints’ of family, friends, coworkers & customers, some of whom were also cancer survivors. I even got her dogs’ pawprints. The GREAT news after tests was that it wasn’t back. Quilt size: width: 63" height: 63" |
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PURE HEARTS By: Linda Douglas, Montana, USA “Pure Hearts” is a 24″ square Valentine Gift wall hanging quilt. Machine pieced and quilted except for the four cream stitched hand embroidered center hearts. What a fun project! Quilt size: width: 24" height: 24" |
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Southern Bells By: Yvonne Bamlett, Alberta, Canada The blocks were started in the 1970’s by my grandmother. She made one for me and one for another granddaughter, then in 1978 another grandaughter was born. Grandma passed away before it was complete. I have finished the quilt and it was given to Sharon when she was married. A great memory for all. Quilt size: width: 96" height: 96" |
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Tribute to M.C. Escher By: Suzie Q Powell, Ohio, USA This is a Tribute to M. C. Escher, the father of tessellation also a study in black and white. This is my original design including Escher’s designs. The long arm machine design includes Dragons and Lizards to go with quilt top. This is the quilt I dreamed of making. Quilt size: width: 55" height: 67" |
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Up At The Villa With Michael By: Sally Gould Wright, California, USA Made in memory of a beloved friend who was a Roman scholar and coin collector, I used my own photo images from the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA, a place that my friend loved for a quilt to commemorate his life. Images were printed in black & white on cotton and colored and toned with Tsukineko inks. Quilt size: width: 20.5" height: 30" |
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Wedding Quilt By: Diane U., Ontario, Canada To celebrate my girlfriend’s wedding; I made her this quilt in all her favorite colours to match the theme at the reception. She loved it. Quilt size: width: 48" height: 63" |
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Wouldn’t Aunt Gene Be Proud! By: Trish Casey-Green, Virginia, USA This was made as part of Ami Sims Alzheimer quilt series a few years back. I made one to donate, and one for me. Yes, that is a real tea-bag, and my Great Grandmother and Great Aunt Gene on the porch swing. Everything else is salvage/recycled/reclaimed. Even the teabag. (yes, it’s real) Quilt size: width: 8.5" height: 11" |
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