RISING STAR QUILT SHOW 2014
Large and Wall Quilts
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Urban Cabin at Sunset, by Barbara Salamy
Pattern Name: Urban Cabin.
Large Quilt 95 x 97
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Had this Atkinson Designs pattern for several years. When I saw Terry Atkinson's work featured in a magazine with a photo of this quilt using black instead of white, I had to make it.
Tea Time, by Barbara Salamy
Wall Quilt 28 x 23
Machine Appliquéd, Fused
I started this quilt in Robbi Joy Eklow's workshop at The Gathering in 2012 and finally finished it this year.
Hip to be Square, by Penny Sander
Large Quilt 68 x 80
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
I made this quilt for my nephew to celebrate his graduation from high school. He just started his freshman year at Notre Dame, but my choice of the green and gold color scheme was purely serendipitous. Go Irish!
Maggie Mae, by Penny Sander
First Prize, Wall Quilts.
Wall Quilt 28 x 38
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
I designed this portrait as a wedding present for my sister. I collected the myriad batiks for the portrait each time I went to a new fabric shop. I pinned well over a thousand small rectangles of fabric onto the background, and the rectangles were attached during the machine quilting process — I removed the pins as I sewed.
Cabin by the Sea, by Sue Sharer
Pattern Name: Log Cabin and Sampler.
Large Quilt 96 x 102
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This was a block of the month from Quilters Way. The theme was The Sea. I surrounded 12 Out to Sea blocks with Log Cabin blocks, hence Cabin by the Sea.
Twisted Star, by Sue Sharer
Wall Quilt 52 x 60
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This is a Judy Neimeyer Christmas Tree skirt. I love her paper pieced patterns.
Spectacular New England, by Janice Shaw
Wall Quilt 14 x 20
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered, Machine Embroidered, Fused
A perfect fall photo inspired this art quilt. It includes a conglomeration of ideas from different workshop that I have attended over the years.
Unruly Ruler Bag, by Janice Shaw
Pattern Name: Adapted from Ultimate Quilt Show Tote: Block Party Studios, Inc..
Wall Quilt 9 x 28
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
In response to the Sewatorium Sisters fabric challenge, I put my scraps to use and made something useful! The ultimate bag lady solution to unruly rulers. A Ruler bag! It holds my favorite 25X 61/2 ruler as well as Sue Pelland's curved rulers.
Houses and Quilts, by Missy Shay
Pattern Name: Ryokan by Thimble Creek Quilts.
Wall Quilt 48 x 63
Machine Pieced, Hand Quilted, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered
This quilt was a Block of The Month at Cambridge Quilt Shop. I changed many of the house fabrics and some of the quilts fabrics to make it more scrappy. It was fun to make but the quilts were hard due to the many small pieces each had.
Summer Fun, by Missy Shay
Pattern Name: Tradewinds by Cozy Quilt Designs.
Wall Quilt 58 x 58
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This quilt was made with Hoffman Bali Strips. It went together quickly and I quilted it on the longarm at Laurena's in Burlington.
Birds of Paradise, by Stephanie Shore
Wall Quilt 32 x 32
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Begun in a workshop with Ruth McDowell sponsored by the Cambridge Quilt Shop (and finally finished!). Original repeated block pattern is based on the Bird of Paradise flower.
Fenway Rose Garden, by Stephanie Shore
Wall Quilt 31 x 26
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused, Photo Transfer
Photos taken by the artist at the Rose Garden in Boston's Fenway were transferred onto fabric.
Black & White and Red All Over, by Carol Siegel
Pattern Name: Exploding Block.
Wall Quilt 40 x 54
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
I found the technique on You Tube!
Modern Quilt Block Variation, by Carol Siegel
Wall Quilt 20 x 56
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Based on designs from "Modern Quilt Blocks" by Tula Pink.
Hawaiian Memories, by Nancy Soyring
Pattern Name: Half Log Cabin (Free style).
Large Quilt 57 x 74
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
Free-style half log cabin blocks (tutorial and inspiration from Beth at lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com) made with leftovers from the Hawaiian fabrics benefit quilts blitz.
Raspberry Rails, by Nancy Soyring
Pattern Name: Triple Rail Fence.
Large Quilt 72 x 85
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This simple and versatile pattern was chosen for the 2014 benefit quilt workshop. Before the workshop, I made this to test the instructions. It was a challenge for me to be non-scrappy, but limiting my fabric choices guaranteed quick results. I had a great time quilting this at Laurena's longarm studio.
Getaway Deconstruction Challenge , by Challenge Quilt by Spring Fling Getaway Group
Large Quilt 64 x 76
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
At our Spring Fling Getaway, 20 participants had fun with a sewing game. No one knows what it will be till they open the envelope. They had an hour to put their creativity to work making a block. The rules and starting materials are hanging with the quilt. It will be donated after the show.
Floral RSQ Block of the Month, by Jean Stringham
Pattern Name: The Anvil Block by Victoria Findlay Wolfe.
Large Quilt 68 x 68
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
In March I won the floral blocks for this RSQ Block of the Month. Thanks everybody for participating. I'm happy to show our guild and visitors the result. This colorful quilt will be a terrific benefit quilt for somebody.
Charlie's Quilt, by Peter Stringham
Pattern Name: off center pineapple.
Large Quilt 52 x 69
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermott
My grandson's high school graduation present. Many odd pieces are sewn together to form one beautiful whole--how like all of us.
Inescapable Network of Mutuality , by Peter Stringham
Pattern Name: school house blocks.
Wall Quilt 43 x 48
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
The colors came from a photograph of a large group of people at an Indian color festival. I quilted a quote from Martin Luther King Junior after Ferguson. "It all really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality."
Jazzy Turnaround, by Barbara Tarrh
Large Quilt 64 x 86
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
My son Evan wanted a scrappy blue and gray quilt, and chose a nifty variation on the traditional courtyard steps block. I decided to add some warmer tones but doing so ruined the pattern! Several trial fixes resulted in this quilt, with quarter blocks
7-petaled stars, by Barbara Tarrh
Wall Quilt 14 x 20
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused
Our bee challenge this year involved using a funky black, yellow and green print in a quilt longer than wide. I loved the idea of using it in a pictorial quilt of Trientalis borealis, a flower with 7 petals - one each for the seven Sewatorium Sisters.
Holiday Trees, by Becky Toland
Pattern Name: Christmas Glitter.
Wall Quilt 19.25 x 28.5
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused
Pattern by Dandelion Seed Design. Holiday trees wall quilt has fused appliqué with machine embroidery using metallic and rayon threads. Star shaped buttons and rhinestones were applied by hand. Free motion quilted.
Searching For a Landing, by Pamela Turner
Pattern Name: Anita's Arrowhead.
Large Quilt 86 x 102
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted by Laurena McDermitt
An offshoot of a "block of the month" that got a bit carried away!
Sunset over First Encounter Beach, by Pamela Turner
Pattern Name: Self-designed landscape.
Wall Quilt 22 x 22
Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Fused, Embellishment
One of many beautiful August sunsets in Eastham.
Rainforest Flowers For My Wedding Ring, by Beth Valliere
First Prize, Large Quilts.
Pattern Name: Flowers For My Wedding Ring.
Large Quilt 87 x 99
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted by Linda Bevins
"I will never sew another Wedding Ring" I promised myself! Then I saw this Judy Niemeyer pattern and fell in love. I used Quiltworx Impressions' fusible applique flowers along with my own fabric selection from the rings. It took ten months to complete!
A Christmas to Remember, by Lynn Vogt
Pattern Name: Millennium Sampler.
Large Quilt 110 x 110
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This was a Block of the Month through Cambridge Quilts a few years ago. It's one thing to make the blocks each month. It's another thing to put them together and quilt it!
Seven Sisters, by Lynn Vogt
Pattern Name: Self designed using the Accidental Landscape Method.
Wall Quilt 16 x 40
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
The Sewatorium Sisters Bee challenge this year was simply our interpretation of the number 7 and the use of one specific fabric. I thought that a quilt of the Seven Sisters Mountain range would be quite appropriate.
Dudette, by Anne Walker
Pattern Name: 3 Dudes Jelly Roll Twist.
Large Quilt 60 x 78
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This was inspired by the Missouri Quilt Company tutorial of the 3 Dudes Jelly Roll Twist. It's a terrifically fun pattern and very chic in batik. I agonized over sashing options and wanted to tone down the pink. I love how the deep blue "mans it up" a bit.
Code, by Anne Walker
Wall Quilt 30 x 15
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
This is part of our annual Sewatorium Sisters bee challenge using a challenging fabric and the theme of 7 (since there are 7 of us)! While watching an episode of the Bletchley circle I was inspired to use the morse code symbol for "7" in my quilt.
Self Portrait, by Nancy Wasserman
Second Prize, Wall Quilts.
Pattern Name: Sun Portrait by Susan Carlson.
Wall Quilt 22 x 22
Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted
Sun Portrait pattern from Susan Carlson's book, "Serendipity Quilts, Cutting Loose Fabric Collage". I replaced the center of Susan's sun with my own features taken from a picture of my face.
Pleasant Dreams, by Sandy Whitecross
Pattern Name: Tiffany Quilt designed by Bart Raymond of Legacy Studio.
Large Quilt 75 x 99
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Templated Pieces
I downloaded the pattern from JoAnn's 5 years ago, bought most of the fabric and set it aside. I finally got the courage this summer to create the templates for the center top blocks. After creating two samples to get the correct size of the finished block, I moved on with the real fabric!
Dock of the Bay, by Sandy Whitecross
Pattern Name: Harbor Project from Mickey Lawler's SkyDyes.
Wall Quilt 21 x 39
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Painted
All of the fabric in this quilt top was created during and after the RSQ workshop with Mickey Lawler in May 2014. In her book SKYDYES, there is a pattern that utilizes the "nature" fabrics she teaches about; skies, sunsets, moving waters and wood.
Andean Sun, by Linda Whitehead
Wall Quilt 22 x 22
Machine Quilted, Fused
Each casita at Sol y Luna, a charming lodge in the Urubamba Valley in Peru, had stained glass windows of the sun and moon which were the perfect starting point for the WAQ challenge "sun" for the RSQ show. The original window was made by Patrick Manning, an Irishman living in Lima, Peru. For more information, visit http://www.hotelsolyluna.com .
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