100A  Marilyn Skarke – Kitties By Madison

Quilt Made by a Child.  Judged.  29 x 33”.  Machine pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Made by and quilted by Madison Skarke.  Pattern source: Kitties from Ruth Drolls’ class.  Owner’s Description: Madison made this quilt when she was 10 years old.  She took a children's class at Sew Contempo, taught by Ruth Droll. 

 

100B Tim Bowersox – Dreaming

Quilt made by a Child.  Judged; theme quilt.  42 x 34”.  Machine appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description:  This is Tim's first quilt, though he is always an inspiring force with his mom's quilts.  He knew exactly what he wanted to do and had the quilt designed in about five minutes.

 

100C  Luke Bowersox – Unknown

Quilt made by a Child.  Judged; theme quilt.  27 x 20”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description:  Luke is in 1st grade and loves to create things.  This is his first fabric creation.

 

100D  Erin Kuper – Child’s Prayer

Quilt Made by a Child.  Judged.  33 x 52”.  Machine quilted, 2003. Machine quilter: Dianne Kuper.  Design source: Aunt Martha’s stamped white muslin.  Owner’s Description: This quilt started as a stamped cross-stitch embroidery kit.  It took a long time to embroider.  My Mother quilted it and helped me figure out the scalloped binding.  I am putting this in my hope chest to use in my future children's nursery.

 

101 Jan Coldwell – Evan’s Special Quilt

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged.  82 x 94”.  Machine appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Richard Larsen.  Pattern source: Heart Is from the Stitch Connection.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was made for my sixth and youngest grandchild for his room.  It was fun to pick fabrics and colors while thinking about his reactions. 

 

102  Jerrianne Evans – Times Remembered

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged.  69 x 71”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil of Lone Camp Quilting.  Pattern source: Times Remembered by Pat Sloan.  Owner’s Description: I really enjoyed making this quilt.  The pattern is by Pat Sloan.  The fabrics were from a Block of the Month by a quilt shop in Michigan. 

 

103  Jan Coldwell – Gregory’s Quilt

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged.  8 x 94”.  Machine appliquéd/quilted, 2004. Machine quilter: Richard Larsen.  Pattern source: Milo’s Toys from Patchwork Pieces.  Owner’s Description:  This quilt was made for my grandson Gregory. The pattern was modified slightly to make it his. It is so much fun to see the excitement of a four-year-old as he explores the sights on the quilt!

 

104A  Billie Standley – Birds and Bouquets

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged.  33 x 33”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Pattern source: Darlene Christopherson.  Owner’s Description: I was talked into doing this quilt by my Tuesday Bee, for a book by Darlene Christopherson which may be published in the future.

 

104B  Carolyn Hughes – Reindeer Revue

Appliquéd quilt. Judged. 46 x 32”. Machine pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2002. Machine quilter: Denise Green. Pattern source: Reindeer Revue from Custom Creations/Cindy Surina. Owner’s Description: This was a fun project but it took nearly five years to complete. Denise's quilting added to the whimsical theme.

 

105A  Alisa Tutt – Tree Frogs

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged.  23 x 20”.  Machine appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description: This quilt has appliquéd tree frogs hopping on leaves.

 

105B  Patty Mayer – Wild Flowers

Appliqued quilt.  Judged.  61 x 61”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Pattern source: Adapted from “Midnight in the Garden book by Blackbird Designs.  Owner’s Description: This 4-block quilt was designed using blocks from the book "Midnight in the Garden".  It was great fun to work with such bright fabrics.

 

106  Fran Gentry – Applique in Blue

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged.  82 x 82”.  Hand appliquéd/quilted, machine quilted, 2004.  Hand quilter:  Fran Gentry.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Design source: Inspiration from Anita Shackelford and Elly Sienkiewicz.  Owner’s Description: I was fascinated with the paper cuts in both Shackelford's and Sienkiewicz's books.  After finding toile in my local quilt shop for the background, I was off and running.  Each block's pattern presented an interesting challenge.  Jo Lynn's quilting was just as we had discussed, but I felt the applique needed more quilting, so I added the hand quilting with #5 perle cotton.

 

107  Georgann Wrinkle – Houston Bay Area, In the Shadow of Downtown

Appliquéd quilt.  Judged; Theme.  60 x 60”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Design source: Original design.  Owner’s Description: Each paper-cut (Scherenschnitte), designed with the theme of communities and activities of the Houston Bay Area, is reminiscent of classic paper-cut patterns found on many Baltimore Album quilts of the mid-1800s.  The center inked block is the skyline of downtown Houston.  The design of this quilt demonstrates the unity of the diversified communities of the Clear Lake area and the influence of our metropolitan city.

 

108  Trudy Davis – A Wish for Hannah

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  58 x 72”.  Hand appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Design source: Piece of Cake. 

 

109  Elsa Tutt – Red and Green Pots of Posies

Appliqué quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  60 x 78”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Blocks made by Jean Cloyd, Sherry Duringer, Jerrianne Evans, Joy Hampton, Christi James, Linda MacDonald, Nancy Pocklington, Mary Alice Pruessner, Amy Shih, Virginia Spiers, Elsa Tutt, and Kay Wros.  Pattern source: Tulip Pot of Posies.  Owner’s Description:  These applique blocks were made as part of the Friendship Bee Exchange.  Each month, a bee member is selected and the other bee members make the blocks from the selected member's instructions.  

 

110  Jean Cloyd – Around the Southwest

Appliquéd Quilt, 3+ Persons.  Judged.  60 x 82”.  Hand appliquéd and machine quilted, 2000.  Group quilt made by Carolyn Allison, Kris Bryson, Jean Cloyd, Beth Johnson, Patty Mayer, and Sandra Thompson, with original block designs.  Machine quilter: Karen Watts.  Owner’s Description:  These fantastic blocks were appliquéd by my friends in a Round Robin Bee in 2001.  A southwestern theme was my choice.  I added the basket, Indian Prayer and Cactus blocks.  With all of these wonderful blocks, I designed my quilt with my choices of background, sashings and border fabrics.

 

111  Denise Green –‘Que Bee’s Artful Album Quilt

Appliquéd quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  62 x 84”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Blocks made by The 'Que Bee - Georgann Wrinkle, Diane Kuper, Pat Cotter, Mira Noble, Jerrianne Evans, Ronda Woods, Marion Woods, Janice Schwausch, Marilyn Yeakey, Fran Gentry, Sharon Meyer, Rae Wampler, Trudy Davis, Janeane Jaynes, Margaret Horton, Marsha Fuller.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was adapted from Jane Townswick's Artful Album Quilt Book.  The 'Que Bee made this beautiful Baltimore Album quilt top based on designs from the book.  It is hand appliquéd using batik fabrics on a chocolate batik background.  The back is Jane Sassaman's Exotic Garden fabric.  The quilt top was created in 2003 and was auctioned at Lakeview Quilt Guild's August 2003 auction.  Denise Green was the purchaser of this lovely quilt top and the quilter.

 

112  Merridy Pyer – Houses, Etc.

Appliquéd quilt – 3+ Persons.  Not Judged.  48 x 41”.  Hand appliquéd, machine quilted, 1998.  Machine quilter: not given.  Blocks made by:  Angelique Hartman, Barbara Bradley, Cathie Ambrose, Carolyn Allison, Linda Austin, Rebecca Perry, and Karen Musgrave  Owner’s Description: We did an exchange at Kindred Spirits.

 

113A  Karla Colle – Poppy Vest

Wearable Art.  Judged.  19 x 19”.  Machine pieced, 2003.  Pattern source:  Poppy Vest by Eileen Sullivan and Jennifer Amor.  Owner’s Description: Paper pieced on both front and back - MANY small pieces!  Cherrywood hand dyed fabrics.

 

113B  Peggy Frankovich – Oriental Garden

Wearable Art.  Judged; Theme.  25 x 30”.  Machine pieced, 2004.  Design source: Oriental Garden.  Owner’s Description:  Black pieced coat with an Oriental girl on the back.  Dimensional cherry blossoms made from hand dyed fabric and decorated with hand beaded centers compliment the panel and machine embroidered designs on sleeves.  Sashiko stitching finished off the jacket.  Coral colored hat embellished with matching silk flower completes the ensemble.

 

114  Laroyce Coy – Sunset over the Serengeti

Wearable Art.  Judged.  Machine pieced/appliquéd, 2002.  Pattern source: Loes Hinse Kimono coat; Ghee’s Empress purse; McCall’s #6873 hat.  Owner’s Description: A fond memory of living in Africa keeps calling my spirit. You can see this in the African-inspired coat made of my hand-dyed cotton fabrics, with bargello piecing, smooth-stitch applique, and Judy Murrah's technique of zigzag strata. Can you see the sun setting on the plains of the Serengeti?  Wearable ensemble includes: coat, dress, hat, purse, necklace & earrings.

 

115A  Peggy Frankovich – My Husband Thinks I’m a Greek Goddess

Wearable Art.  Judged; Theme.  Machine pieced. Owner’s Description:  Judy Murrah's pattern was used as the base to use the Egyptian fabric.  The fabric was pieced and woven.  Yarn, buttons, and beads were used for embellishment.  Egyptian embroidery designs completed the outfit.

 

115B  Laroyce Coy – Blossoms Falling on My Shoulder

Wearable Art.  Judged.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Pattern source: adapted from Lorraine Torrance’s “Japanese Jewels;” flowers are from Kumiko Sudo’s book.  Owner’s Description: The flowers trailing from the shoulder are on a gold vine and stitched with metallic veins. There is a free-motion stitched scene stitched with a coral thread on the lower half. On the right side I have a trapunto stitched geisha highlighted with free-motion stitching. I placed origami twisted squares on the shoulder between the golden strips. The back is a Michael Miller panel with trapunto. The lining has also been satin stitched.

 

116  Kay Jolley – The Past Revisited

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  52 x 64”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2002.  Owner’s Description: This quilt is a copy of an old family quilt made in the 1930s by my great-grandmother. Major differences from modern patterns are that each arc has 8 pieces instead of 6 and no 2 arcs are alike.

 

117  Janice Schwausch – Stars

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  68 x 55”.  2003.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Pattern source: Almost Amish by Charlotte Angotti.  Owner’s Description: I went to a workshop at Quilt Festival taught by Charlotte Angotti in January 2002.  It was lots of fun to make this quilt. 

 

118  Barbara Cory – Joyous

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  51 x 64”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004. Owner’s Description: The quilt was the Mystery Quilt for Lakeview Guild's spring retreat.  I decided to use spring flowers as my central theme.  Tulips are one of my favorites. 

 

119  Susan Hoffmeier – Venice in June

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  46 x 52”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was made from a photograph.  I did it in a Ruth McDowell workshop in 2003.

 

120  Dawn Dungan – A Night on South Padre

Pieced quilt. Judged. 50 x 50”. Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Design source: Jan Krentz’ Lone Star. 

 

121  Susan H. Garman – Postage Due

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  48 x 60”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2003. Original design.  Owner’s Description:  With over 8,000 half-inch pieces, this quilt was the most challenging I’ve ever made. 

 

122A  Mary Ellen Ambrose – Charming Triangles

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  72 x 96”.  Hand pieced/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: One of the first quilts I learned about was a charm quilt.  Without having any fabric in a stash, I set this as my goal.  I stopped just short of the traditional 1,000 pieces as it was getting too large.  With hindsight, I learned that I had cut my triangle pattern too large.  So much for beginners.

 

122B  Lea Ann Ferring – Sky Country in New Mexico

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  62 x 74”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004 . Design source:  Variable Star by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan.  Owner’s Description:  We have land in Cloudcroft, New Mexico where I hope to retire someday.  The night sky is unobstructed from city lights and there are so many stars!!!!  We do have bears prowling around so I included some on the border prowling around on a star filled night.  The fabric colors remind me of the Southwest!

 

123  Cynthia England – Fishy Stack and Whack

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  72 x 87”.  Machine pieced.  Hand quilted by Wanda McDonald.  2004.  Pattern source:  Fishy Stack and Whack design by Bethany Reynolds.  Owner’s Description:  Made for my son who leaves for college this year. The original fabric is on the reverse side.

 

124A  Rhonda Gabriel – Ambush

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  48 x 35”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2002. Original design.  Owner’s Description:  Designed and pieced using Cynthia England's Picture Piecing Technique.   It is included in her book.  I made this quilt for my husband who is an avid bass fisherman.

124B  Karen Watts – Pacific Sunset

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  53 x 53”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: These purple and orange blocks began their lives as 4-patches intended for another quilt.  I gave up on that project, cut the 4-patches into diamonds, and Pacific Sunset was born.


 

125  Viola F. Hart – H’s All Around

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  72 x 86”.  Hand pieced/quilted, 2004.  Made by Leah Mauck, quilted by Fran Caudle.  Pattern: H Quilt.  Owner’s Description:  This quilt top was given to me by my daughter's neighbor who had lost his wife 5 years earlier to lung cancer.  She made many quilt tops but never seemed to get them quilted for some reason or other.

 

126  Beth Porter Johnson – The Quilter

Pieced quilt.  Judged; Theme.  62 x 85”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Original design.  Owner’s Description: The quilt celebrates the "magic” of quilting: its colors and its patterns.  Patty Mayer graciously served as my model.  The face, hands, and hair are commercial fabrics which have been over-painted.

 

127  Linda Novosad – Flag Houses

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  70 x 70”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 1992.  Pattern source:  Nancy J. Martin’s book “Christmas Memories.”.  Owner’s Description: This quilt won a blue ribbon at Go Texan Houston 1993 for Brazos County.

 

128A  Patty Dillon – I Left My Heart

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  38 x 28”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Original design based on a photograph by Don Klosterman.  Owner’s Description: The inspiration for this quilt is my childhood home. Growing up, I never really appreciated the beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Golden Gate Bridge symbolizes much of that beauty to me and brings back many happy memories.

 

128B  Lenee Smith – Nine Piece Stars

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  55 x 55”.  Machine pieced, 2004.  Pattern source: Traditional sampler pieced at Sew Contempo.  Owner’s Description: My first quilt.

 

129A  Kathy Charles – Home of the Free

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  36 x 30”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2002.  Based on Stitchin Friends’ Home of the Free pattern. 

 

129B  Beth Porter Johnson – Crazed Canna Lily

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  30 x 34”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2002. Original design.  Owner’s Description:  The original quilt is based on a sketch of a renegade canna lily that escaped my neighbor's garden and bloomed in my back yard!

 

130  Elvia O. Ramirez – Texas Posies

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  65 x 82”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 20041.  Machine quilter: Beth.  Design source:  Leslie Beck’s Best of the Best Quilts.

 

131A  Karen Watts – Kaleidoscope

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  47 x 47”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Pattern source: Ricky Tims’ pattern, published in Quiltmaker #87.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was a great way to play with colors and patterns.  The quilt looks complicated but was actually quite easy to piece.  The border is my design.


 

131B  Sandra Thompson – Lago Di Como

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  56 x 47”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: This is a quilt I created from a photograph I took while visiting Bellagio, Italy.  It is a villa on Lake Como. I used the Ruth McDowell method of designing and constructing the quilt.  It was a gift for my Italian friend and business partner.  Completed June 2003.

 

132  Barbara Cory – Patriotic Mystery Quilt

Pieced quilt.  Judged, Theme.  62 x 73”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Lone Camp Quilting.  Block designed by Will Martin, found on the internet.  Owner’s Description:  The quilt was the Mystery Quilt for Lakeview Guild's spring retreat.  The theme was to pick patriotic red, white, and blue colors.  With many members participating, we were United in accomplishing a goal that weekend.

 

133  Margaret McPhail – 2003 Mission Outreach

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  84 x 102”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Makers: Margaret McPhail, Carol Wiggs.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Pattern: Jacob’s Ladder and 9-Patch.  Owner’s Description: The fabric for this quilt was donated by the members of St. Christopher Episcopal Church to raise money for the 2003 Youth Mission trip to San Francisco.  The Jacob's Ladder blocks were set to highlight the country church and its desire to reach out into the community, and across the country.  The continuation of the pattern into the borders simply states that outreach was not limited to the 2003 trip.

 

134  Priscilla Koester – Christmas in El Lago

Pieced quilt.  Judged; Theme.  72 x 72”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004. Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Pattern source:  Ricky Tims’ O Tannenbaum.  Owner’s Description: Christmas reds, greens, and scrappy golds, along with some of Ricky Tim's hand-dyed fabrics, give sparkle to this Christmas wallhanging.  It was such fun to make this in January and to think of Christmases to come.  I plan to hang it in my front hall to welcome guests.

 

135  Marilyn Skarke – Flutterbyes

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  72 x 72”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Denise Green. Pattern source: Mystery quilt by Sue Garman (based on a quilt from Forget-Me-Not Studio).  Owner’s Description: I owned this Hoffman Challenge fabric for 2 years and did not know what to do with it.  I took it to the 2004 guild quilt retreat for a mystery quilt.  Making the mystery was a lot of fun and I finally got to use my flutterbye fabric.

 

136  Margaret Horton – Remember the Ladies

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  64 x 64”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2003. Design source:  Remember the Ladies – Terry Thompson fabric series; pattern unknown.  Owner’s Description:  Remember the Ladies fabric celebrates the wives of colonial presidents – “first ladies.”  The toile fabrics denote different first ladies.  I altered the pattern in the second border, using a square-in-square design, rather than additional flying geese as called for in original design.

 

137  Grace Villareal – Piñata Quilt

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  60 x 63”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2001.  Design source: Piñata Quilt. 


 

138  Lisa Moore – Jewel Blocks

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  50 x 6”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Sharon Williams.  Pattern source: Not Your Grandmother’s Tumbling Blocks.  Owner’s Description: I really love quilts that look hard to make, but are not.  This one was strip pieced.  I used my favorite colors to create the tumbling blocks. 

 

139  Elvia O. Ramirez – Southern Stars

Pieced quilt.  Judged; Theme.  65 x 65”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Karen Watts.  Pattern source: McCall’s Quilting Quick Quilts May 2003 issue.

 

140  Janice Schwausch – Goosebumps

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  67 x 67”.  2003.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Owner’s Description: I went to a workshop at Quilt Festival taught by Charlotte Angotti.  I made this quilt top 3 times before I was satisfied with its appearance. 

 

141  Marilyn Cheak – Christmas Tree Rag Quilt

Pieced quilt. Not Judged. 48 x 60”. Machine pieced/quilted, 2003. Owner’s Description:  This was one of 5 quilts I made as Christmas gifts for me and my 4 children.

 

142  Carolyn Allison – Log Cabin Baby Blocks

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  44 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Design source: Workshop taught by Flavin Glover.  Owner’s Description: I started the top at a workshop by Flavin Glover at the International Quilt Festival. It sat as an “unfinished object” (UFO) for a while, so I could decide how to quilt it.

 

143  Carole Varnado – Uncle Sam

Pieced quilt.  Judged; Theme.  44 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 20031.  Pattern source: Sherry Bain Driver.  Owner’s Description: I was inspired by 9/11 and the theme of the 2004 quilt show to make this quilt.  I used scraps that I had from other projects.

 

201  Dianne Kuper – Pieced Baltimore

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  98 x 102”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Design source: Pam Bono Designs; border quilting from Linda’s Electric Quilters.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was made as a block of the month.  The blocks were challenging with all of the small pieces.  I added an extra border so this quilt would fit my bed.  This is a first attempt at free-form long-arm quilting.

 

202  Cynthia England – Pine Burr

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  62 x 76”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Design source: Karen Stone.  Owner’s Description: The fabrics for this quilt were exchanged between friends. We thought the blocks would be too hard to put together if there were many different piecers.

 

203  Willie M. Kling – Twist & Turn Quilt

Pieced quilt. Judged.  98 x 98”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003. Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil. 

 

204A  Merridy Pyer – John Wayne

Pieced quilt. Not Judged. 20 x 22”. Hand pieced, machine quilted, 2003. Owner’s Description: I took a class with Patty Mayer. My husband loves John Wayne and I knew that he would like this quilt.

 

204B  Elizabeth Nalley – Irish Chain

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  60 x 96”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Pattern source: Double Irish Chain/Time for a Chain by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan.  Owner’s Description: For this quilt I chose the 1930s reproduction fabrics. I originally intended it to go on the couch as a Christmas quilt, but now I think it will lay on my daughter's bed. I machine-pieced and hand-quilted this project. I hand-quilted holly leaves and berries in the border.  The center motif is hand-quilted holly berries.

 

205  Suzanne Bovee Cowden – Quilter’s Colorwheel Nightmare

Pieced quilt.  Judged, Theme.  91 x 102”.  Machine pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2002.  Owner’s Description:  I used all the Y2K/2000 squares of different material collected from the Quakertown Quilts store. Cutting most down again, I came up with this huge color wheel design. I gave the middle a personal touch.  The fabric on the back is a memorial of the September 11th print.

 

206A  Karla Colle – Autumn’s Carpet

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  67 x 86”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2002.  Machine quilter: Elizabeth Rushwam.  Pattern source: Third Weekend in October by Ruth Powers.  Quilter’s Description: This was made 80% of the original pattern size.  Partially paper pieced, each leaf is a different fabric. 

 

206B  Catherine Ambrose – Eric’s Choice

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  48  x 72”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Design source: Bethany Reynolds’ Stack and Whack Star.  Owner’s Description: The stack and whack blocks were made during a class with Bethany Reynolds.  The other blocks and the batik mask panel were added to make the completed top.

 

207  Mary Jo Thompson – Bear Paw

Pieced quilt.  Judged; Theme.  91 x 104”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: Karen Watts.  Pattern source:  North American Bear Paw pattern by Judy Niemeyer.  

 

208  Carolyn Hughes – Flowers in My Baskets

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  78 x 90”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Pattern source:  All flower appliqué from Irma Gail Hatcher class.  Owner’s Description: I've had the smaller blocks quite a while, and decided to incorporate applique flowers when I signed up for an Irma Gail Hatcher class. The center square was enlarged 200% to fit other blocks.

 

209  Delores M. Stubbs – Brazilian Sampler

Mixed Technique quilt.  Not Judged.  73 x 93”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2002.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: This was my first Brazilian embroidery and my 1st quilt.  The top won First Place and President's Choice for Novice Category at the Portland, OR 2002 Brazilian Embroidery Show.

 

210  Anna Humphrey – It’s Not All Black and White

Mixed Technique quilt. Judged. 75 x 80”. Machine pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2004. Owner’s Description: This quilt has black and white baskets with a gray background and bits of color.  It was based on a photograph of a quilt in a 2003 Quilter's Newsletter calendar.  I embellished it with vine and yo-yos. 

 

211  Dawn Dungan – Butterflies for Sarah

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  84 x 96”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Design source: Denim Circles Quilt/Cathedra Windows from Quilting.About.com. 

 

212  Mira Noble – Geese in My Garden

Mixed Technique quilt.  Not Judged.  94 x 94”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: I enjoyed Kathy Munkelwitz's quilts and when I saw this one in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine I decided to make it. It has a lot of applique and some piecing. I made it larger by adding a larger border.

 

213  Rhonda Gabriel – Fruit of the Vine

Merit Quilting - Hand.  Judged.  84 x 106”.  Hand quilted, 2002.  Design Source: Medallion Star by Double Stencil.   Owner’s Description:  It took me 5 years and 5 spools (1000+ yds) of quilting thread to complete this Wholecloth quilt.  This was the first time I tried miniature cording in the binding and wool batting.  The grape cluster quilting design is echoed in the backing fabric.

 

214  Holly Marie Howard – Allegheny Wanderings

Merit Quilting - Hand.  Judged.  82 x 103”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2001.  Pattern: Spinning Star from Oregon Treasures. Owner’s Description: My husband admired this typically Amish pattern during trips to my home state of Pennsylvania.  I made this for him in fall colors because he takes an annual trip there every fall during deer season.  During a visit, I collected leaves during a hike along the Allegheny River and made quilting stencils from sassafras, beech, and sweet gum leaves. This quilt won third in the 2002 Houston Live Stock Show & Rodeo for piecing.

 

215  Dianne Kuper – Feathered Fancy

Merit Quilting - Machine. Judged. 94 x 94”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Design source: Marsha McCloskey’s “Feathered Star Sampler.”  Owner’s Description: The blue fabrics are indigo dyed fabrics from England.  I saw them at the quilt show and knew they had to be made into a feathered star quilt.  I am also a new long-arm quilter and decided to try my hand at trapunto.  The technique is time-consuming but the result is well worth the effort.

 

301A  Jo Ann Moore – Bountiful Harvest

Merit Quilting - Machine.  Judged.  30 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: Donna Warnement.  Pattern source: Curtis Boehringer.  Owner’s Description: The pattern was purchased at Stitch Haven in Brenham, at the guild’s 2002 Fall Retreat.

 

301B  JoLynn O’Neil – Quilted Autumn Garden

Merit Quilting - Machine.  Judged.  34 x 42”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was made from neutral colored blocks set vertically with border fabric. It is quilted trapunto style with 2 layers of batting. The bottom layer is Hobbs 80/20, with a layer of poly on top of that. Heavily quilting the motifs helps them appear to be trapunto.

 

302  Vernell Fesperman – Gathered Baskets

Merit Quilting - Machine. Judged.  73 x 81”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2002. Design source: Linda Wells’ Gathered Baskets.  Owner’s Description: Sew Contempo Block of the Month. 

 

303A  Karen Watts – Serendipity

Merit Quilting - Machine.  Judged.  40 x 48”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Pattern source: Bargello by Billie Lauder.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was begun at Spring Retreat in 2002 when I got tired of working on the other projects I had taken.  I won 4 half-yard fabrics in the quilt rodeo, and 3 of them were the basis for the quilt.  I just happened to have 4 other coordinating fabrics with me and... Serendipity!


 

303B  Holly Marie Howard – Almost Home

Merit Quilting - Machine.  Judged.  41 x 47”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2002. Made by Holly Howard with color selection by Theresa Stubbs.  Pattern source: Heavens Above the Sea from a book by Lorraine Stanbass.  Owner’s Description: This was my first attempt at using different threads, and it inspired me to take a class from Libby Lehman.

 

304  Rebecca Chaky – Butterflies by Starlight

Merit Quilting - Machine.  Judged.  65 x 78”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2001.  Original design.  Owner’s Description:  The beautiful butterfly and tie-dye fabrics inspired this quilt.  The layout was designed using Electric Quilt.  The quilting was done in feathers and swirls, freehand on a Juki sewing machine.

 

305  JoLynn O’Neil – Vertical Challenge

Merit Quilting - Machine.  Judged.  73 x 87”.  Machine quilted, 2004.  Machine quilters: JoLynn O’Neil and 17 students from a Hari Walner machine quilting class.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was quilted Round Robin style by students in Hari Walner's class. We were given the background fabric and had to come up with a theme. We moved from machine to machine and had a short period of time to quilt something on each other's quilts. Talk about stressing our brains and creativity!!  But it was fun.

 

306A Patsie Blanchette – Eagle Medallion

Merit Quilting - Hand.  Judged.  13 x 13”.  Hand quilted, 2004.  Based on Eagle Quilt, McCall’s Needlework & Crafts Bicentennial Quilt Book.  Owner’s Description: This is a pattern which I have been admiring and wanting to do for years.  This design appears as a pattern on 1/2" grids, which were supposed to be blown up to 2" grids to make the original 77" x 98" quilt.  I decided to attempt making it on the grid as printed in the magazine.

 

306B  Patsie Blanchette – My Trapunto

Merit Quilting - Hand.  Judged.  18 x 18”.  Hand quilted, 2004.  Pattern source:  Hazel Canny pattern.  Owner’s Description:  I took a trapunto workshop given by Hazel Canny in Alvin in September 2003, and have worked on the pattern she provided off and on since then; I finished this in February 2004.  I have always admired trapunto and wholecloth quilts, so this was a chance for me to attempt both techniques on a small scale.

 

306C  Chris Jahnke – Welsh Beauty

Merit Quilting – Hand.  Judged.  42 x 42”.  Hand quilted, 2003.  Design by Hollice Turnbow. 

 

307  Susan H. Garman – A Quilt for the Princess

Merit Quilting - Hand.  Judged.  40 x 40”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2004.  Original design.  Owner’s Description:  My daughter asked for an "antique-looking quilt" for her own soon-to-be-born daughter.  The soft, muted colors of these old fabrics seemed perfect for my first grandchild!  

 

308  Jo Ann Moore – The Great American Apple Pie Quilt

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  30 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: Donna Warnement.  Pattern source: The Great American Pie Apple Pie Quilt by Curtis Boehringer.  Owner’s Description: The embroidery was accomplished while on 2500 mile trip during the holidays to visit children and grandchildren.  The pattern was purchased at a quilt shop in Brenham, while on a guild retreat.

 

309A   Mira Noble – A Bunch of Flowers

Mixed Technique quilt.  Not Judged.  32 x 32”.  Hand/machine appliquéd, 2003.  Pattern source: Joanne Goldstein.  Owner’s Description: I saw Joanne Goldstein on Alex Anderson's TV show. One of her quilts looked interesting to make. I worked on it from memory, and when it was completed, I found her book in our guild library; then I added the ribbon.

 

310  Fran Gentry – Partridge in a Pear Tree

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  60 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd/quilted.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Design source: Darlene Christopherson.   Owner’s Description:  After taking a class from Darlene Christopherson in which she taught us to hand piece a Lone Star and offered suggestions for the center and corner blocks, I chose a Christmas interpretation.  Darlene is preparing a book for publication.

 

311A  Lea Ann Ferring – Fat Tuesday

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  25 x 37”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004. Made by Lea Ann Ferring and Annette Hasbrook.  Owner’s description:  Annette and I found some fun African panels at International Quilt Festival that just spoke to me.  We bought the beads and yarn for embellishments there, too, and we each created one of these wall hangings sharing ideas and fabric!!  It reminds me of Mardi Gras because of the colors and the festiveness of it!

 

311C  Patricia Reustle – "Fools rush in..."

Mixed Technique quilt. Judged. 75 x 45”. Machine pieced/appliquéd, hand pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description: The title refers to all the things that I was unaware of when I started this quilt!

 

312  Holly Pietz – How Does Your Garden Grow?

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  71 x 80”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2001.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was a block of the month quilt from a quilt store in Awatookie, AZ.

 

313A  Sharon Dinsmore – Teach Your Computer to Design Quilts

Mixed Technique quilt.  Not Judged.  36 x 42”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004. Original design.  Owner’s Description: The miniature quilts featured within the quilt were designed in Electric Quilt and printed to pre-treated fabric sheets designed to be printed with an inkjet printer. The quilting over the miniature quilts was created with a design created in Electric Quilt which was then transferred to Brother's PE Design software and stitched out with a Brother ULT 2001N embroidery machine. The remaining quilting was machine stitched on a sewing machine.

 

313B  Glenda Warren – Fantasy Birds

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  45 x 45”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was appliquéd and embellished using patterns from Darlene Christopherson's forthcoming book (as yet untitled).  The quilt was made for the joy of appliquéing and for inclusion in Darlene's forthcoming book. 


 

314  Tonda Helm – Remember When

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  76 x 90”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil. Design source: Alice Wilhoit’s Remember When. Hand embroidered . 

 

315  Susan H. Garman – The Barrel Racer

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  56 x 82”.  Hand appliquéd/quilted, machine pieced, 2003.  Original design.  Owner’s Description: I wanted to do a pictorial appliqué, so I sketched a barrel racer – one of my favorite rodeo events -- and then appliquéd it onto a pieced background.  The quilt finally came together when I decided to make it look like a rodeo poster.

 

316A  Marian Kush – Wings of Flight

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  29 x 26”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Original design using Susan Carlson’s appliqué method.  Owner’s Description: This uses a layered fabric technique with tulle overlays.  It has metallic and variegated threads and extensive quilting for details.

 

316B  Elaine Haycraft – Haycraft Reunion

Mixed Technique quilt. Judged. 44 x 60”. Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 1995. Pattern:  Bowtie and Snowball.  Owner’s Description: The quilt top, minus borders, was brought to a family reunion in Owensboro, KY. Everyone present signed the quilt and explained how he/she was related to the Haycraft Clan. My husband's aunt, 94 and matriarch of the clan, signed the top snowball.  Two of the youngest children, ages 7 and 5, signed in the lower left area, adding much charm to the quilt.

 

317  Emily Venski – Bunny Calendar

Mixed Technique quilt.  Not Judged.  59 x 83”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Pattern source: Susan Garman.  Owner’s Description: This is a block of the month quilt depicting country bunnies dressed for all occasions throughout the year.


 

318  Sandra Thompson – Colors of My Rainbow

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  60 x 70”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Design source: Patricia Campbell’s Jacobean Rhapsodies patterns.  Owner’s Description: A quilt exchange with Patty Mayer blessed me with this wonderful appliqué quilt. Patty hand appliquéd all the blocks and presented them to me. I pieced them together into this quilt with sashings and the quilt was quilted by JoLynn O'Neil.

 

319  Margaret Horton – Victorian Ladies Crazy Quilt

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  64 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Design source:  Crazy quilting of Ellie Sienkiewicz and Judith Montano.  Owner’s Description:  This quilt is heavily embellished with beads, charms, flowers, and other similar trinkets and must be handled with extreme care.  Contrary to most crazy quilts, this one was lined with batting and quilting done to the back by machine and then the top was hand quilted and tied with yarn to hold it all together.

 

320  Holly Pietz – Patriotic Sampler

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged; Theme.  60 x 60”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2001.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was a block of the month quilt from a quilt store in Awatookie, Arizona.

 

321A  Marsha Fuller – Perennial Patchwork

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  20 x 17”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2002.  Design source:  Perennial Patchwork pattern by Renee Plains.  Owner’s Description: This little quilt pattern was in American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine and caught my eye.  The 2 triangular striped pieces at the bottom corners were not in the design.  They are a result of a cutting mistake I made.  Thankfully, I was able to correct the mistake by adding these pieces, and it looks great because the fabric was striped.  This hangs at our back door, so we look at it every time we exit the house.

 

321B  Jerrianne Evans – Lady Liberty

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged; Theme.  24 x 28”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2002.  Owner’s Description: I made this quilt for a Patriotic Challenge in the Freestone Quilt Guild. It also fit the theme for our 2004 Mayfest quilt show.  The design is adapted from "American Spirit" by Jan Patek.

 

321C  Glenda Warren – Blue Birds in My Garden

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  45 x 45”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2001.  Machine quilter: Elizabeth Rushwam.  Pattern source: Adapted from Joanne Knott’s Steps Through the Garden pattern in Quilts for All Seasons.  Owner’s Description: This wall hanging was made for the person who sold the most raffle tickets for our Guild Raffle Quilt in May 2003.


 

 

322  The Kindred Spirits Bee – Portrait Quilts

Special Exhibit.  This collection of quilts was made when members of the Kindred Spirits Bee were challenged to design a "portrait" of another member of the group.  The resulting quilts reflect the personalities and interests of these creative women.  Many members of the bee are Guild members.

 

323  Elsa Tutt  – Five Shining Stars

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  52 x 52”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Blocks made by: Moira Farah, Denise Green, Holly Pietz, and Elsa Tutt.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Owner’s Description: The quilt top was constructed as a Round Robin challenge.  The 5-star block was provided along with background and focus fabric. Each person added a border or round of their choice to complete the top.

 

324  Betty McCoy – Grandma and Me

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged; Theme.  45 x 68”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Mary Ellen Ambrose and Cathy Ambrose.  Made by Betty McCoy, Susan Olsen, and Jane McCoy.  Design source: The redwork is based on patterns by Alene Ward.  Owner’s Description: While at 2003 Fall Retreat my sister, Mary Ellen Ambrose, and I decided to collaborate on a quilt for Mayfest.  My daughter, daughter-in-law, and I embroidered the redwork.  Mary Ellen and her daughter-in-law, Cathie Ambrose, completed the quilt.  We are making 2 of these quilts – 1 for each family.


 

325  Beth Porter Johnson – Gepetto’s Friends

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  62 x 68”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd. Blocks made by Beth Johnson, Carolyn Allison, Jean Cloyd, Kris Bryson, Patty Mayer, and Sandy Thompson.  Original designs.  Owner’s Description: This quilt, from a "round robin" block exchange, started with the middle puppet block in the right column.  The block was passed to a quilter who, after adding a puppet block or two, passed all the blocks on to the second participant.  What fun it was to receive the blocks back and to discover all these wonderful creations!  I pieced the blocks together, adding the hand-painted mannequins in the border for visual interest.

 

326  Denise Green – Classic Planes

Mixed Technique quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  54 x 72”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Blocks made by: Denise Green, Christi Jensen, Elsa Tutt, Holly Pietz, Mary Alice Pruessner, Kay Wros, Sherry Duringer, Jerrianne Evans, Jean Cloyd, Charlene Lin, Joy Hampton.  Design source:  Classic Planes by Quilt Nouveau Designs – as interpreted by Beth Creegan and Painted Pony & Quilts.  Owner’s Description: I saw this quilt on the Painted Pony website (a few years ago) and just knew I had to make it for my husband, whose hobby is model airplanes.  My friends in the Friendship Bee each made one of the blocks and then I put the quilt together and quilted it.  After this show, my husband will have this quilt to hang in his office or in his model room.

 

327  Marsha Fuller – Garden Glories Quilt

Mixed Technique quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  56 x 64”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004. Machine Quilter: Denise Green.  Blocks made by Marsha Fuller, Georgann Wrinkle, Marian Woods, Pat Cotter, Jerrianne Evans, Mary Benham, Fran Gentry, Denise Green.  Design source: Garden Glories Quilt by Binky, Quilt Nouveau Designs.  Owner’s Description: The appliquéd blocks were made by members of a local friendship applique bee.  I gave them the block-of-the-month patterns and fabrics, and 2 months later they presented the finished blocks to me.  What fun!  I put the blocks together and designed my own borders.  I fell in love with this quilt because of colors and the unusual design of the flowers and root balls.

 

328  Billie Standley – Ever Vigilant

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons. Judged. 50 x 60”. Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Makers include Billie Standley, Liz Juarez, Michelle Vaughn, DJ Cochran, Cindy Thompson, Vickie Stipes, Annette Kuder, and Nancy Geschke.  Pattern source: Ever Vigilant by Barbara Baume, Quilter's Newsletter, July 2002.  Owner’s Description: The eagle facing the arrows symbolizes a nation at war. The eagle is adapted from an early 19th century quilt that was pictured on one of the Smithsonian websites. The group made all the pieced squares and the border from reproduction fabrics and I did the center block.

 

329A  Emily Venski – Emily’s Garden

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  41 x 41”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2002.  Blocks made by the Lakeview Quilters Guild lottery block participants and Emily Venski.  Owner’s Description: The blocks in this quilt were contributed by the Lakeview Quilters Guild. Appliquéd flowers and butterflies were added to complete the garden.

 

329B  Karen Watts – Land of Enchantment

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  48 x 48”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Blocks made by Karen Watts, Mary Ellen Ambrose, Annie Bowersox, Kris Bryson, Patty Mayer, Donna Pierpoline, Mary Thompson, Sandy Thompson, Cathy Wiles.  Pattern source: Lone Star begun in Jan Krentz’s workshop.  Owner’s Description: I received the appliquéd blocks from members of my bee during an exchange.  I couldn't decide how to set them until Jan Krentz came to our guild, and I suddenly knew my blocks belonged in a Lone Star.  The block designs are taken from a book called Indian Designs by David and Jean Villasenor.

 

330  Debbie Oglesby – Nana’s Garden

Mixed Technique quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  76 x 94”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: JoLynn O’Neil.  Made by Ruth Hockman, Sandy Kimbrell.  Owner’s Description: I found silk flowers with the exact colors I wanted for my antique bedroom (1880s brass bed). Mom matched thread and embroidered the squares in a year. Mom, my children's Nana, will be 80 this summer and has embroidered beautiful items for me since I was five.  Knowing little about quilting, I relied on my friend, Sandy Kimbrell, to guide me in colors.  What an excellent choice!  Sandy also pieced the top.  We saw JoLynn's work and knew she would be the perfect quilter for our garden theme.

 

331  Lisa Moore – Charming Star                      

Pieced quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged; Theme.  75 x 70”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Sharon Williams.  Original design.  Owner’s Description:  This quilt is the result of a block exchange with the Frantic Manics.  We traded blocks that were made up of four triangles in the same color family.  I played with my blocks on my design wall until the star appeared. 

 

332  Jerryann Corbin – Dizzy Geese

Pieced quilt, 3+ Persons.  Judged.  74 x 91”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter:  Denise Green.  Blocks made by Friendship Bee: Marilyn Cheak, Jean Cloyd, Diana DeLozier, Suzanne Gonzales, Joy Hampton, Elaine Haycraft, Marie Pasternak, Mary Alice Preussner, Maxine Saarloos, Virginia Spiers, Emily Venski, Jerryann Corbin.  Pattern source: designed by Joan Streck, Overland Park, KS; featured in Quick Quilts from your Scrap Bag.  Owner’s Description: Blocks made by my friends in the Friendship bee.  Put together by Jerryann Corbin.  Given to my daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Dave Deal, Christmas 2003. 

 

333  Pat Cotter – Timeless Treasures

Pieced quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  96 x 100”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003. Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Block makers: Pat Cotter, Betty Bell, Dot Collins, Diana Delozier, Sue Garman, Fran Gentry, Denise Green, Betty Grimes, Dianne Kuper, Diane Lovetinsky, Marsha McDaniel, Linda McDonald, Margaret McPhail, JoLynn O'Neil, Linda Payne, Holly Pietz, Christina Porter, Tracy Wagster, Georgann Wrinkle, Kay Wros.  Pattern source: Timeless Treasures.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was an exchange with 19 others using Civil War reproduction fabrics.  Design from a quilt featured on the cover of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine (June 1996).

 

334  Jerrianne Evans – Friendship Churn Dash

Pieced quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  75 x 90”.  Machine pieced by Jerrianne Evans; machine quilter: Denise Green of HollyDee Quilts; 2003. Blocks made by: Kris Bryson, Laura Chandler, Jean Cloyd, Jerryann Corbin, Jan Davis, Jerrianne Evans, Moira Farah, Sue Garman, Fran Gentry, Denise Green, Joy Hampton, Elaine Haycraft, Marian Kush, Charlene Lin, Linda MacDonald, Patty Mayer, Marie Pasternak, Virginia Spiers, Becky Stephenson, Vernice Stokes, Elsa Tutt, and Grace Villarreal.  Owner’s Description:  My friends in the Friendship Bee stitched the Churn Dash blocks in January 1999. I pieced it into a top in 2001.  Denise Green quilted it in 2003 with a pattern similar to the traditional Baptist Fan.

 

335  Jerryann Corbin – Guiding Star

Pieced quilt, 3+ Persons.  Judged.  75 x 91”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003. Machine quilter:  Denise Green.  Block was inspired by a quilt seen, with modifications; original designer unknown.  Blocks made by Jerrianne Evans, Joy Hampton, Pat Hemminghaus, Christi Jensen, Charlene Lin, Margaret McPhail, Nancy Pocklington, Mary Alice Pruessner, Virginia Spiers, Billie Standley, Emily Venski, Jerryann Corbin.  Owner’s Description:  Blocks made by my friends in Friendship Bee. Assembled by Jerryann Corbin, owner.

 

336  Cynthia England – Friendly Houses

Pieced quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged; theme.  63 x 76”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2003.  Blocks made by:  Cynthia England, Jerryann Corbin, Patty Dillon, Rhonda Gabriel, Phyllis Hall, Chris Jahnke, Nancy Pocklington, Virginia Spiers.  Owner’s Description: This was a block exchange between good friends. 

337  Sue Craven – Faceted Amethysts

Pieced quilt, 3+ persons.  Not Judged.  80 x 104”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Blocks made by: Sue Craven, Holly Cassell, Sherry Duringer, Jerrianne Evans, Denise Green, Pat Hemminghaus, Christi James, Charlene Lin, Nancy Pocklington, Mary Alice Pruessner, Liz Villemarette.  Pattern source: Faceted Jewels.  Owner’s Description:  In 2001, my mom and I took a workshop with Charlotte Angotti, and this was what she taught. We bought the pattern that day, but I never would have gotten this done without the Friendship Bee, who made 2 sets of blocks for me.  I also took it to Melody Crust's quilting-design workshop last winter, and she came up with the basics of the quilting design. It's an imperfect quilt but I love it!

 

338  Sue Craven – Texas Timeless Treasures

Pieced quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  84 x 96”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Blocks made by:  Sue Craven, Cathy Ambrose, Kris Bryson, Marilyn Cheak, Jerryann Corbin, Patty Dillon, Ava Dornbush, Cynthia England, Moira Farah, Rhonda Gabriel, Denise Green, Elaine Haycraft, Pat Hemminghaus, Selma Johnson, Sheila Johnson, Marie Pasternak, Pat Rabon, Virginia Spiers. Pattern source: Triple Four-Patch.  Owner’s Description: This was a block exchange started in 1999.  I was a very new quilter when it started and a fairly experienced one by the time I finally got it finished!

 

339  Charlene Lin – Copernicus

Pieced quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  68 x 68”.  Machine pieced/quilted.  Machine quilting provided by Denise Green of HollyDee Quilts.  Original designer unknown.  Block makers included Charlene Lin, Jerryann Corbin, Jerrianne Evans, Joy Hampton, Pat Hemminghaus, Christi Jensen, Margaret McPhail, Nancy Pocklington, Mary Alice Pruessner, Virginia Spiers, Billie Standley, Emily Venski, Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: I made this quilt as a donation to the new Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library.  The blocks were made by the Lakeview Quilters Guild Friendship Bee.  The fabric choices and quilt layout were done by Jerrianne Evans and the top was pieced by me.

 

340  Rhonda Gabriel – Texas Blooms

Pieced quilt, 3+ persons.  Judged.  89 x 89”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2004. Blocks made by Rhonda Gabriel, Linda Woodward, Lucile Marburger, Susan Derkacz, Alberta Nickelson, Susan Johnson, Susan Tennison, Carolyn Lorenz, and Florence Duncan. Machine quilter: Terrie Alexander.  Original design.  Owner’s Description: This is the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild's 2004 Raffle Quilt.  The show is July 23-25, 2004 in New Braunfels, Texas.  The theme of the show is "Texas through the Eyes of a Quilter".

 

341  Sharon Meyer – Tin Man

Pieced quilt – 3+ Persons.  Judged.  72 x 80”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: The Tin Man Blocks and 9-patch blocks were bought in different lots at the Lakeview Quilters Guild auction last year.  My friend, Denise Green, gave me some orphan triple 4-patch blocks she had left from a block exchange.  While looking at these different blocks it occurred to me that with a little alteration they might all work together.  I think they are happy together and I gave some orphans a home.

 

342  Margaret McPhail – BTSR 2003

Pieced quilt.  Judged; Theme.  72 x 54”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: The inspiration for this quilt came from Troop 464's 2003 Summer camp trip to Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch, located in the West Texas Davis Mountains.  The main pattern is a Rail Fence with 3 breaks in the pattern to represent the many gates in the fences at BTSR.  The Delectable Mountain border blocks reflect light blue for the clear daytime skies, and dark blue with silver starts in remembrance of the clear, star-filled nighttime skies.  The quilting is like icing on the cake, with sprinkles!  The quilting lines of the horse's head commemorate the adventure of the cavalcade riders.

 

343A  Sharon Dinsmore – Sunshine Kitty

Miniature quilt.  Not Judged.  16 x 13”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2004. Original design.  Owner’s Description:  Original quilt design created from a digital photo. The photograph was manipulated with Adobe Photoshop to create a watercolor effect. Printed on pre-treated fabric made for inkjet printing.

 

343B  Sharon Dinsmore – Tucked In

Miniature quilt.  Not Judged.  16 x 12”.  Machine pieced, hand quilted, 2004.  Original design.  Owner’s Description: Original quilt design created from a photograph. The photograph was manipulated with Adobe Photoshop to create a watercolor effect. It was printed on pre-treated fabric made for inkjet printing. Hand quilted with embroidery floss.

 

343C  Holly Marie Howard – Hazel’s Block

Miniature quilt.  Judged.  19 x 19”.  Hand quilted, 2004. Pattern source: Original design by Hazel Caney.  Owner’s Description: Every year at International Quilt Festival, I admire the work of merit hand quilter Hazel Caney.  I was lucky enough to meet her 2 years ago and discover she did workshops.  The Galveston Island Quilt Guild was fortunate enough to contract her for a lecture and workshop, and this is the block created under her tutelage.  I named it in her honor.

 

343D  Emily Venski – Fond Memories

Miniature quilt.  Not Judged.  18 x 22”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: Cardinals and dogwood always remind me of my home state, Missouri.

 

343E  Risa Myers – Dragon

Miniature quilt.  Judged.  14 x 19”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2002.  Pattern source: This appliqué quilt was based on a puzzle by SentoSphere.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was based on a wooden puzzle given to my son when he was born. I thought the design would be wonderful in appliqué, and that it would be a fun decoration for his room. The dragon scales are quilted in variegated metallic thread.

 

401  Susan Hoffmeier – Venice in June

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  43 x 50”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2002. Machine Quilter:  JoLynn O’Neil.  Owner’s Description:  This quilt was made from a photograph taken on a trip to Italy.  I wanted to have a quilt to remember by trip.

 

402A  Marian Woods  – Fiddling While Rome Burns

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  60 x 60”.  Hand appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was made as a result of a workshop by Darlene Christopherson.

 

402B  Marti J. Porterfield – Crone Mask

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  34 x 39”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2004.  Owner’s Description: The mask face and the background are fabrics that I discharge dyed; the head covering is African fabric. The pieced blocks are mainly African fabrics, with a few Australian fabrics.  The border is USA-designed fabric.  I made this quilt to experiment with old and new techniques, and have fun.  I had more fun that I ever imagined!

 

402C  Billie Standley – Roseville

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  53 x 57”.  Machine pieced, hand appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Owner’s Description: This is from a pattern by Maggie Walker. I bought it at the 2001 Houston Festival. It was a block of the month. I did the appliqué in 2002 and quilted it in 2003.

 

402D Luti Wright – Faces of Africa

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged; Theme.  55 x 55”.  Machine pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2002.  Original design.  Owner’s Description: This is a truly African Quilt, made in South Africa to depict various face masks.  I was made with scraps and without a pattern.  I had no idea how it would turn out.  I relied entirely on inspiration!

 

403A  Delores M. Stubbs – Brazilian Bouquet

Mixed Technique quilt.  Not Judged.  80 x 99”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Owner’s Description: I made the Brazilian Embroidery.  The quilt top was pieced and quilted by Denise Green.  It placed third in the Intermediate Category in the 2003 Brazilian Embroidery Show in Portland, Oregon.

 

403B  Suzanne Bovee Cowden – Hemingway’s Pride

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  44 x 54”.  Machine pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2003. Pattern source: the paper-pieced sections were created from Margaret Rolf’s Animal Kingdom CD-ROM.  Owner’s Description:  This is a thank you gift for my best friend for what she's done for me. I kept in mind she is Patawatomi Indian and loves animals. But of course her cat, in the middle, is the real star.

 

403C  Opal Anderson – Sunflowers

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  41 x 53”.  Machine pieced/appliquéd, hand appliquéd, 2004.  Machine quilter: Karen Hoffman.  Based on Sunflowers pattern by Wonder Arc Designs. 

 

501  Lisa Moore – Jacob’s Dragonflies

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  75 x 75”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Sharon Williams.  Pattern source: Traditional block – Charlotte Angotti kit.  Owner’s Description: Most of the fabric for this quilt came in a kit from Charlotte Angotti.  I searched the internet for more dragonfly fabric and added more blocks and my own border to make the quilt bigger.  This was my first really scrappy quilt to make and it took me a while to make friends with it.  I really love it now.

 

502A  Jan Coldwell – Star with a Twist

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  78 x 82”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Richard Larsen.  Pattern source: California Twist by Trudie Hughes.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was one of the first I started, put away for several years, and finally completed last year. 

 

502C  Virginia C. Spiers – Embellished Harmony

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  30 x 31”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Pattern source: Ricky TIms.  Owner’s Description: Although this is a bright little quilt, I decided it needed to be a little more exciting.  I decided to add the embellishments to add some spark to it.

 

503A  Elaine Estefan – Bright Rainbow

Pieced quilt.  Not Judged.  79 x 99”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Denise Green.  Design source:  Starr Designs.  Owner’s Description:  A lovely bright and easy project.

 

503B  Diane Grafton – Annie’s Quilt

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  82 x 92”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2003.  Machine quilter: Connie Hoke.  Design source: Jewel Squares from Kaffe Fasset’s Glorious Patchwork for portion of the pattern.  Owner’s Description: Quilt pattern chosen off of book cover by my 16 year old daughter who was 18 by the time the quilt was finished.

 

600A  Jean Cloyd – Lancaster Stamps

Pieced quilt.  Judged.  76 x 76”.  Machine pieced/quilted, 2004.  Machine quilter: Karen Watts.  Original design.  Owner’s Description:  Studying pictures of the early Mennonite and Amish quilts, I designed my Postage Stamp Star with that in mind.  The eight-pointed star quilt was a fun challenge for me, with over 1600 one-inch squares, or postage stamps, in the star.  The fabrics used are cotton except for the wool batting.  My nickname for this quilt is PS (postage stamps). 

 

600B  Marian Woods – Piecemaker 2002

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  85 x 85”.  Hand pieced/appliquéd/quilted, 2003.  Pattern source: Piecemaker 2002.  Owner’s Description: This quilt was very time consuming and challenging. It took 23 months to complete.

 

600C  Carolyn Hughes – Birds of Paradise - Exploded

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  102 x 102”.  Machine pieced/quilted, hand appliquéd, 2003.  Machine quilter: Pete Hughes.  Pattern source: Karen Stone’s Birds of Paradise.  Owner’s Description: My daughter liked this wallhanging pattern of Karen Stone's so I enlarged it to king size - don't think I would tackle this one again!

 

600D  Sharon Meyer – Let Me Play Among the Stars

Mixed Technique quilt.  Judged.  90 x 94”.  Machine pieced, machine appliqué, machine quilted, 2002.  Machine quilter: Denise Saundra Neeley.  Pattern source: Judy Niemeyer – Twisted Star pattern.  Owner’s Description: As usual, this Judy Niemeyer pattern is as complex as the rest of her patterns.  It is constructed with blocks that are triangle-shaped and was actually easier to put together than I thought it would be.  I like to include as many fabrics as possible in my quilts to help keep the viewers' eyes moving.  While I was working on the border I realized I had not named the quilt yet and decided that since it was a piano key border, "Let me play among the stars " was as good as it would get.