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Show and Tell: Steve’s Birds

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Suzanne Cassanelli sent a photo of her just completed, amazing Steve’s Birds quilt and the story that goes with it. Be sure to read the story :-).

I just finished this beautiful Steve’s Birds quilt and I wanted to send you a photo. I’m so happy and proud of myself. I never imagined I could complete such a project. It’s my very first applique, and I learned so much from your classes. I’d bought all the patterns but never actually finished a project before this one.

These birds are a gift for a friend I’ve known for fifty years. I’ve decided to make and give a quilt to everyone I’ve truly loved in my life. I still have a little time. Thanks you again for this pattern and for your classes, which are so clear, so comprehensive, and for your kindness. Joyeux Noel… Suzanne

Thank you, Suzanne, for your kind words and for sharing the story of this quilt. You did a lovely job AND you gifted the quilt to your long-time friend. How wonderful! And you are going to make more quilts specifically to give to special people. That is a very good idea. I don’t always know where my quilts are going to end up and I’m going to remember this…

Steve’s Birds, Show and tell…

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Barbara Hotelling sent the photo of her Steve’s Birds quilt top and I want to share it with you all because her birds are just wonderful!

Wanda wrote: I learned a lot while doing this project. I did the smaller version/size of the pattern and many of the pieces were quite small. I really didn’t believe I had the skills to do the appliqué. I don’t think I could have done it without your Appliqué Mastery class and your various u-tube videos. I’ve come to enjoy needle turn appliqué, even though I am extremely slow!  That’s ok – it’s the process, right?  Anyway, while this is far from perfect I am happy with the result.  I just started hand quilting, so it will be a while before the quilt is complete.  I am certainly enjoying the project.  Thanks for everything you do!

Thank you, Wanda, for your kind words and for sharing your quilt! I hope you enjoy hand quilting it and I look forward to seeing it then too. May you have many happy stitches!

Aunt Millie’s Floral Cabins, Show and Tell…

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Floral Cabins is the Peace River Quilt Guild 2027 Opportunity Quilt. Learn more about this wonderful quilt below…

This quilt top was donated to our Guild by the husband of former Guild member Connie Deckenbach, after she passed away. Connie had completed the center Log Cabin but the wide borders were unfinished.

Linda Macklin found the perfect pattern for the border & purchased “Aunt Millie’s Garden” by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins. Once the written permission from Becky Goldsmith, arrived allowing us to use the border pattern Linda, along with JoAnn Burtscher, Pat Moore and Jane Schurr donated all the bright batiks and hand appliquéd the border.

Guild Member Robin Kinley quilted the quilt and Pat Moore did the binding. The label was the finishing touch made by Pam Hunt.

This quilt was entered into the PRQG’s 2025 quilt show and won First Place in the Collaborative Category.

I’m sure Connie is smiling down on her friends and I know whoever wins this opportunity quilt will love and treasure it. Thank you, Linda, for sharing it with us!

Steve’s Birds – Show and Tell…

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Linda Souza sent me her version of Steve’s Birds and I am sure you will love it as much as I do!

Linda wrote:

I just loved working on this. The birds are wool applique on cotton. I added the names because everyone who would see what I was working on asked the bird names.😎 As you can see the red robins at the lower left, not a part of the pattern were added only because we see lots of robins in the San Francisco bay area.

Thank you for this great project.

Thank you, Linda, for sharing your quilt with all of us! I love your robins… you did a great job designing that block! I grew up with robins but we don’t see them much around here—at least not around our house—and I miss them. I also like the names you added! Well done, you!

If any of you are interested in the bird patterns, click here. Happy stitcing!

Steve’s Birds – Show and tell…

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I met Gini Frederick in Sun City Festival when I visited Linda a month or so ago. She shared her unfinished Steve’s Birds blocks and has since put the top together. I like the setting, which is different from mine, and the addition of the flying geese blocks. Well done, Gini!

Gini wrote:

I loved making this quilt. It was so much fun and so rewarding. I did not do needle turn, but instead fusible applique. You might recall one of my quilting buddies, Jami Smith, already shared her quilt with you. We both had fun sharing and comparing our blocks.

Thanks again for sharing Steve’s birds!

Thank you, Gini, for sharing your quilt with us and I’m glad that you enjoyed making it! May you have many more happy stitches :-).

FYI: you can find the Steve’s Birds patterns here.

Show and Tell… the Eiffel Tower!

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Karen Gray sent me this photo of the quilt she made last year in my Independent Study class at Empty Spools. She took my online Photo to Fabric class, got her pattern ready, and used our time at Empty Spools to choose fabric and begin hand sewing the pieces together.

Karen, you did a great job of focusing on the structure of the tower and of creating a design with depth. Well done and thank you for sharing!