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: