PRICKLY PEARS ON THE PRAIRIE

BY SHIRLEY GISI

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

USA

Techniques:

Hand-embellished, machine pieced, appliquéd, and quilted, fused appliqué

Design Source:

Southwestern landscapes

I love color. Southwest landscapes provide plenty of it. This piece emphasizes and sometimes heightens the hues of the desert. Hand-applied spines on the cactus add dimension.

BEAUTIFUL TAIWAN ~ FUSHOUSHAN FARM

BY HSI-CHEN HSU

Honorable Mention

NEW TAIPEI CITY

TAIWAN (R.O.C.)

Techniques:

Hand-pieced, machine quilted, embroidered, and embellished

Design Source:

Photographs of Taiwan

I use cloth to paint and let the world see Taiwan.

FALL BRIDGE

BY JILL KERTTULA

CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA

USA

Techniques:

Hand-embroidered, machine quilted, raw-edge appliquéd, couched

Design Source:

Original photography

I was the artist in residence in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during one beautiful October. The colors of the leaves were amazing. This is inspired by a photo that I took on my last walk through the park before I left for home.

C'VILLE CAROUSEL

BY JILL KERTTULA

CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA

USA

Techniques:

Hand-embroidered, machine quilted, couched, raw-edge appliquéd

Design Source:

Original photography

There is a very small push carousel in downtown Charlottesville, Virgina. I captured both the colors and movement in this piece. It is inspired by a photo that I took of the horses in movement.

HIPS AND SEPALS

BY CAROL MORRISSEY

First Place – Art

DOUBLE OAK, TEXAS

USA

Techniques:

Machine quilted, fused, digitally alltered

Design Source:

Original photo

I’ve been observing different art techniques, such as pointillism, and studying how artists manipulate and abstract images while representing a recognizable object. In the last few years, I’ve been kind of obsessed with the use of circles in various media. In recent years I have been interested in creating images in a stylized form, using circles to slightly abstract my photographs. Hips and Sepals is the fifth quilt in my series using this technique.

KILAUEA

BY HELENA SCHEFFER

Best of Show

BEACONSFIELD, QUEBEC

CANADA

Techniques:

Machine quilted, fused

Design Source:

The power of color, especially red

RAINY NIGHT XIANG OPERA

BY SHI-CHEN SHU

NEW TAIPEI CITY

TAIWAN (R.O.C.)

Techniques:

Hand-embroidered and embellished, machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Original photography

I use cloth to paint and show the most beautiful picture. I share it with my patchwork friends.

MODERN ARCHEOLOGY

BY BROOKE WINTERS

DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS

USA

Techniques:

Hand-appliquéd, embroidered, and embellished, machine pieced and quilted, beaded

Design Source:

Original design

My archeological dig began by only using fabric scraps which go back about 25 years. I embroidered the veins on the flower petals instead of the seam lines of the crazy patchwork. I added some Swarovski beads, just because I always like a little sparkle.

MY HOMETOWN,

SEEING BEAUTIFUL TAIWAN

BY HSIU-CHIH WU

NEW TAIPEI CITY

TAIWAN (R.O.C.)

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Flying lantern

An old street in my hometown, Shifen, is shown here.

MY TESSELATIONS QUILT

BY TERESA BOI

OTHER QUILTERS: LOIS JACOBS AND MARGARET LUBA

PALATINE, ILLINOIS

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted, hand- turned binding, paper pieced

Design Source:

Multifaceted gemstones were my inspiration, reflecting a rainbow of color.

My Tesselations Quilt is from an original pattern by Nydia Kehnle and Alison Glass, using ombré fabrics. I modified some of the paper pieced triangles to give more variation to the shapes and colors. I liked the explosion of color as seen in vibrant gemstones.

RAINBOW STAR

BY ELSIE CAMPBELL

PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA

USA

Techniques:

Hand-appliquéd and embellished, machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Traditional Broken Star pattern

The rainbow of colorful fabrics I used for this quilt makes me happy. Inspired by a tree I passed on my daily walks, I plucked one of the very large sycamore leaves and used it as the pattern for the rainbow of appliquéd leaves on this quilt.

LIFT UP

BY SHERI CIFALDI-MORRILL

WOODBRIDGE, CONNECTICUT

USA

Techniques:

Hand-pieced, machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Drunkard’s Path

One of the traits of a phenomenal woman is that she is committed to lifting others up. She is committed to helping and supporting others. She realizes that there is room in this world for everyone to succeed and knows that by encouraging others, individuals, families, and communities are stronger. Lift Up is a modern interpretation and layout of the traditional Drunkard’s Path block. Lift Up was commissioned by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven for promotional purposes of their 38th Annual Arts Awards. The theme was “Phenomenal Women.

COLOUR, SHAPE AND MOVEMENT

BY PAT FORSTER

MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Drunkard’s Path block

The design emerged from play. I started with a 7 x 7 grid of numbers one to eight generated randomly, one to four for the four orientations of the block with a dark quarter-circle, and five to eight for the four orientations with a light quarter-circle.  Then, I followed the numbers to lay out dark and light quarter-circles cut from what I had in my yellow, orange, and red boxes of fabric, changing a few orientations to produce variety in the shapes that were generated.

SUMMER SUNLIGHT

BY NANCY GENNARO

BELLAIRE, TEXAS

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Inspirational photo

Finding this gorgeous strip-pack of ombré fabrics, I knew I had to make something special with them. This was my first time working with ombrés and the result was so satisfying, I knew I had to make this quilt my first ever show quilt. The richness of these colors just thrilled me. The light ones create an almost translucent look, like summer sunlight dazzling on a stained glass window.

ENERGIZED

BY BARBARA OLIVER HARTMAN

FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced, appliquéd and quilted, couched

Design Source:

Circles, color, and creating movement and energy

I am fascinated with circles but mine are always irregular. The circle of life is never a perfect shape.

FRACTURED RAINBOW

BY AMY KIDD

First Place - Modern

NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

An uneven Log Cabin block

This quilt is an uneven Log Cabin quilt. Using the striped Kaffe Fassett fabric for the wider logs creates additional patterns in a rainbow of colors.

Most of the assembly was done at the 2017 Boston Modern Quilt Guild retreat in Maine, where I received feedback, encouragement, and a little help from other guild members in arranging the blocks into a quilt top. The completed quilt top hung in front of a sunny window where the light and colors inspired the name Fractured Rainbow.

MORADA

BY MARY MENZER

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Half-square triangles in rainbow layout

COLOR TRANSFORMATION

BY SUSAN SHAW

CHANTILLY,VIRGINIA

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced, paper-pieced

Design Source:

Clam Shell pattern, New York Beauties and Flying Geese by Carl Hertsch

Spencer, a courageous individual seeking truth, inspired me. A strong young person on a unique journey, he discovered the essence of what it means to be true to yourself, family, and faith.

RAINBOW BLENDER

BY STEPHANIE SKARDAL

CLEMMONS, NORTH CAROLINA

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Embroidery stitches, color exploration

RAINDROPS

BY ANA BLICKENDERFER

First Place - Traditional

CHARLES CITY, IOWA

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Raindrops by Quiltworx

EFFERVESCENCE

BY LISA ELLIS

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Mock Cathedral Window

BE NO SLEEPING IN THE
GYPSY CAMP TONIGHT

BY CYNDIA GERNER

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

USA

Techniques:

Hand-pieced, machine appliquéd and quilted

Design Source:

Millefiori designs

Willyne Hammerstein’s millefiori quilts are fascinating. I used her La Passacaglia with Mr. Roberts as my jumping off point. After one rosette I was hooked and I started manipulating the shapes and playing with color. Then the white pentagons became dancing petticoats. This quilt was a joy to make and hard to call completed.

ROUND THE GARDEN CITY

BY CHAR HAY

MISSOULA, MONTANA

USA

Techniques:

Hand-appliquéd, embroidered, and embellished, machine quilted

Design Source:

Adaptation of Round the Garden pattern by Wendy Williams

Round the Garden City was conceived the minute I saw Wendy Williams’ pattern Round the Garden.  I knew I had to make a version based on the city where I live, Missoula, Montana, which is known as the Garden City. It is often considered the cultural center of Montana, with its eclectic mix of loggers, hippies, university students, sports fans, retirees, outdoor enthusiasts, musicians, dog lovers, and social activists.

SUSPENDED DIAMONDS

BY MICHELE LEA

OXFORD, OHIO

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced, appliquéd, quilted, and embellished

Design Source:

Maria Shell’s use of solids and simple geometric shapes

ROUND THE BAYVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD

BY JULIE OREN

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

USA

Techniques:

Machine appliquéd, quilted, embroidered, and embellished, painted

Design Source:

Round the Garden by Wendy Williams

My quilt is adapted from Round the Garden pattern by Wendy Williams. I modified the pattern to depict homes and locations in the Bayview neighborhood in which I live. I utilized Spoonflower fabric to design the houses. The Bayview landmarks in the center and the corners are entirely my own creation

HAPPINESS

BY ANN PIGNERI

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

USA

Techniques:

Hand-pieced, machine pieced, quilted, and embroidered

Design Source:

Circular quilts

I absolutely love color and always have! Whether it is the color of the top of my food storage lid, or the color of my dress, color has always been important to me. It can brighten a mood, or stifle a smile.  Color and the itch to create is what has drawn me to designing my original quilts. I loved designing, piecing, stitching, and quilting this circular quilt. The many colorful quilted threads display a stunning array of all my original interlocking quilting designs.

INSANITY

BY CARRIE STRAKA

KRUM, TEXAS

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Judy Martin’s Log Cabin Quilt Book

FLORA AND FAUNA

BY TIMNA TARR

SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS

USA

Techniques:

Hand-appliquéd, machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Circle in a Square

Appliquéd circles is an ideal technique for showing off fun fabrics and color combinations. I made each circle/square combination as an individual unit without regard to the finished product. Once all of the units were made, my goal was to lay out the blocks in such a way as to create a colorwash over the quilt.

WHAT YOU CAME FOR

BY PAMELA ZAVE

SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY

USA

Techniques:

Machine pieced and quilted

Design Source:

Log Cabin

I have wanted to make a Log Cabin quilt for a long time. And for all that time these same fabrics, in these same color combinations, have kept reappearing on my design table, begging to be used.  At last the ideas came together. Inside this traditional pattern, there is a coded modern message: Do it for your soul. Do it wider and deeper. Do it until you make a discovery - if your mind is open, you always will, and that is what you came for.