Marcia Skaarup sent me this photo of the wallhanging she made for her daughter using our pattern, My Whimsical Quilt Garden. Isn’t it cute!
Marcia says:
A wonderful feeling of Spring in this (yucky) time of ‘not winter and not yet spring’ in Kamloops, BC. A fun, quick project using fusible appliqué. Now to make one for our home…..someday….
Thanks for your wonderful pattern!
Susan Marshall sent this picture of her first attempt at applique after taking my class last year at Common Threads Quilting. Isn’t it great! So bright and pretty!
Made by Susan Marshall
This is our Lucky Stars pattern, made with some changes to the original pattern. It’s out of print and I really do need to make it available as an ePattern, one of these days.
Susan said:
I’m currently working on Aunt Millie’s Garden… you have created a monster!
Go applique monsters!
How full is your email inbox? I try to keep a handle on mine but I just found a show and tell quilt that was sent to me December 4!!! Janice, I’m sorry for being so very slow. Here’s what Janice had to say:
I just finished My Whimsical Garden quilt. It was so much fun to applique with all the bright colors. I machine quilted it on my Janome home machine trying to stay with the whimsical theme. So much fun! I’m such a fan of you and Linda.
Thanks, Janice
Janice, your quilt is beautiful and the quilting is especially nice. Way to go! Thank you for sharing it with us :-).
Judy Burrell attended my Pick-Up Sticks class in October 2015 in Monument Colorado. I love it in purple!
Pick Up Sticks by Judy Burrell
You can find this pattern in The Quilters Practical Guide to Color. It’s a lot of fun to make, and kind of addicting :-).
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Patricia Faye McLaughlin sent me a photo of her Backyard Birds quilt, saying:
I wanted to share my completed Backyard Birds Quilt that was our 2015 project on the Quilters Club of America Applique’ Group.
It is one of my very favorite quilts. I did the FMQ on my domestic machine. Thank you so much for such a fun quilt pattern.
I love it! Well done, Patricia!
My mom began this quilt in May of 2012. The finished quilt went on her wall a couple of weeks ago…
Mom chose some fabric from my stash and then I brought more fabric. I offered to give her ‘help’ but she was very happy do make this on her own. She did it her way and it’s perfect!
The top was finished in time for it to hang on her wall last year, un-embellished. I quilted it this summer and she spent the following weeks adding embellishments. Can you tell that my mom really likes sequins :-)?
None of this was easy for her. She struggled with her glasses, arthritis and neuropathy in her fingers. Threading the needle and dealing with the little sequins and beads was a challenge—but she did it! Click the arrows on the slideshow, below, to see more of the blocks.
Have I said that I’m proud of my mom for sticking with this? I am! It has a folk art vibe that just can’t be beat. Way to go, Mom!
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