My Quilts in the Quilters Unlimited 2016 Show

This past weekend my quilt guild, Quilters Unlimited of Northern Virginia, held their annual show.  I was happy to have four quilts in the show.  Here are photos of the quilts as they were hanging in the exhibition, followed by the information I wrote for the accompanying card for each.

 "Churned Colorforms" 

(40" x40") 

The crayons I was given for the Springfield QU Chapter 2015 Colorforms Challenge were red-violet and yellow-orange; the two shapes were rectangle and triangle.  In a book in the library I saw a photo of a quilt with offset Churn Dash blocks.  I used four Jinny Beyer fabrics along with background fabric leftover from another quilt.  This quilt will be donated to Operation Homefront for a baby shower gift.  I quilted this in a wavy horizontal line pattern traced from a Sue Pelland ruler.

 "Think Inside the Box"

(54" x 54")

In July 2014 I attended a workshop at Mid-Appalachian Quilters taught by Jeannette Pie.  The pattern was "Think Inside the Box" by Cathy Wierzbicki.  I selected a palette of patriotic fabrics thinking I would give this quilt away when completed.  After sewing the intricate piecing, then developing and executing the quilting designs, I think I'll keep this one, at least for a while.

 "Down Memory Lane"

(75" x 57")

Made of a cacophony of fabric from my 2-1/2", 3-1/2", and 4" scrap drawers this quilt is a memorable collection of fabrics I have used in quilts throughout the past twenty years.  Absolutely nothing was purchased specifically for the creation of this quilt - even the batting and backing were already in house.  The quilting is vertical wavy lines - what I call my "organic quilting."  Thank you Gyleen Fitzgerald for the online mystery in January-February 2015.

"Just Ask"

(98" x 80")

In October 2005 six members of Springfield QU (Pam, Cindy, Aby, Marcia, Judy, and me) selected the pattern "Just Ask" by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company as a joint project.  We each made four patches and also cut the other dark/medium fabrics to swap.  I completed the top within a year, even expanding it by adding an extra pattern repeat to make a rectangular quilt for a queen bed, but it took me another nine years to decide how to quilt it.  This was my first use of Hobbs wool batting and I quilted it on the diagonal, again using a Sue Pelland ruler to trace the curves.