Patchwork

These two almost identical quilts were made by Peggy. She used panels and surrounded them with other heavy machinery fabrics. I don’t have any construction-themed pantographs, so we settled on an abstract pattern instead and went with “Diagonal Plaid Bias Cut”.

This Southwest-themed outdoorsy quilt was made by Gerry. The fabrics she used show all kinds of animals including bears and elk, so “Deer in the Woods” was an obvious choice for quilting.

Stack-n-Whack is another great technique for those large scale prints that seem too precious to cut into tiny pieces. I personally have never tried it but I sure enjoy looking at the results. This rose quilt was made by Linda, and I like the on point setting and the frames around the blocks in different colours, they look great against the black background. The quilting pattern Linda chose is called “Ground Cover”.

This darling little quilt was made by Gayle as a gift for a grandbaby. Aren’t those animals just super cute? My favourite is the zebra, I have to laugh every time I look at it. The quilt didn’t need an elaborate quilting pattern, just something abstract to put it all together, and Gayle chose “Diagonal Plaid Bias Cut” to finish her project.

This quilt was also made by Christine, and she used the pattern “The Great Outdoors” by local designer Barb Cherniwchan of Coach House Designs. This pattern makes clever use of a fabric panel to create the cabins. Christine went all the way with the outdoors theme and chose the design “Deer in the Woods” for quilting.

Here is another of Christine’s quilts. This is a great pattern for those gorgeous large scale prints that are so difficult to cut because you don’t want to destroy the pattern. The quilt makes enough of a statement on its own and didn’t need intricate quilting. The pattern Christine chose is called “Lapis”.

This cute little quilt was made by Christine. She used a quilt panel by Benartex called “Sunday Ride” and added a couple of borders. The quilting pattern is called “Wandering Daisies”. A charming project in pretty colours that was a lot of fun to work on.

Mary made this Rail Fence quilt using modern, mostly black and white fabrics. The only splash of colour is the outer red border. All these straight lines needed some curvy quilting, and Mary chose the pattern “Wild Wind” for her project.

Here is another great idea for a scrap quilt. If you have lots of strips, stitch them together, cut squares on the diagonal and put them together to form a secondary pattern. Sandra made this quilt and chose the pantograph “Champagne Bubbles” which is a nice contrast to all those straight lines and finishes her project nicely.